10:03 p.m. - 2010-07-15
The Importance of Gold Medals
A gold medal is usually the medal awarded for the highest achievement in any filed that is not military related. They are not always pure gold, but always have the appearance of gold.
For hundreds of years they have represented outstanding achievement in many fields.
In sports, gold silver and bronze medals are awarded for first, second and third place finishers respectively. The first overall finsher gets gold, while the second and third place finishers get silver and bronze respectively. This separation in the three medals awarded actually represents the Ages of Man in the Greek Mythology. The golden age stands for the times when the man was living among the gods, the silver age represents the youth of the man that lasted a hundred years and the bronze age represents the era of the heroes.
It hasn't always been like this in the olympics.
These medals today find their applications in every aspect of society. Gold medals have extraordinary value to the people who have earned them.
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