Design History of the Olympic Gold Medal
In light of the impending 2012 London Olympics, it seemed highly appropriate to dig into the history of the games since the ancient times. A substantial part of this history has been the prizes, which weren't always gold, silver, and bronze medals. Distinctions between the Summer and Winter games considered, here's A Design History Of The Olympic Gold Medal.
Text by Cedar Pasori (@cpasori).
Image by Simon Jones.
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ReplyDeleteIn the very early days, Shaun Palmer personified winter action sports. He was awarded the first gold medal in Winter X Games history, which came in in Snow Mountain Biking Dual Downhill event in January 1997 at Snow Summit Mountain Resort in Big Bear Lake, California .
ReplyDeleteThe 2002 Winter X Games were a huge year for ESPN and the X Games. It was the first year that the games were held in Aspen Colorado at Buttermilk Mountain. The Games continued to add new events including the ski slopestyle event and the ski superpipe event. The most memorable incident of the 2002 Games was when the entire 2002 U.S. Olympic freestyle snowboarding team showed up to compete in the Winter X snowboard superpipe event, just weeks before to the Salt Lake City Olympics. Also in 2002, ESPN announced the establishment of the X Games Global Championship. The Global Championship featured two distinct venues hosting competitions in summer and winter action sports simultaneously. It consisted of six teams of the World’s top athletes, grouped together by their region of origin, to compete in the four day event. The winter sports were held in Whistler Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia, and the events included snowboarding and skiing.
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