what are the 2006 olympic medals made of ?
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I'm not sure what they're made of, but has anybody else noticed that they look like tinted CDs?
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Russia is one of my favorite , its obvious that they will be competing for the gold medal at least . I would put Finland on 2 nd place and Belarus on 3rd . Belarus is very strong and potential . So called "dark horse" . You never know what to expect from them , despite recent loss to Sweden . Its because Belarus ruled by dictator like in Soviet Union times . Lukashenko said " You have to get a medal "
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Diamond. It is pure carbon.
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The sports that India participates in during the 2006 Winter Olympics are Alpine Skiing, Cross Counting Skiing, and Luge. There are four athletics the athletics include Neha Ahuja and Hira Lal for Alpine Skiing, Bahadur Gupta for Cross County Skiing, and Shiva Keshaven participates in Luge. So far, India has not won a medal in this Winter Olympic Games.
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Coins are made from gold, silver, copper, aluminum (in some cases) and more commonly by alloys of iron, nickel, copper, and tin.
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Australia won the gold medal by beating  Russia on September 23, 2006 - 14:00 at the score of 91–74, in the the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women which took place in Brazil from September 12 to September 23, 2006.\n\nIt was Australias first win in the said championship with  player Penny Taylor-Gil awarded as Most valuable player.\n\nFinal standing on the said tournament as follows:\n# Team \n1  Australia \n2  Russia  \n3  United States  \n4  Brazil  \n5  France \n6  Lithuania  \n7  Czech Republic\n8  Spain \n9  Argentina  \n10  Canada  \n11  Cuba  \n12  China  \n13  South Korea  \n14  Chinese Taipei  \n15  Senegal  \n16  Nigeria
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The new trophy is 36 cm high, made of solid 18-carat gold and weighs 6175 grammes. The base contains two layers of semi-precious malachite while the bottom side of the Trophy bears the engraved year and name of each FIFA World Cup™ winner since 1974.
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This is the full list of all the medals won at the Athens olympics. Unless i have missed one I do not see any shooting events mentioned in the list, so it looks like they won none.\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/3609588.stm
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There is really no logical reason for these medals to have such large holes.  Logically speaking I suppose it gives more room for the ribbon allowing the medal to lay flat around the recipients chest.  However the reason for having this medal is that it was the design chosen by the Olympic organizing committee to represent these olympic games.  In essence you can say that the Italians have different tastes for artistic design when it comes to medals.
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There are many places dedicated to medal production:\n\nSome are here:\nhttp://www.bullseyeuk.com/index.php?OVRAW=medals%20and%20trophies&OVKEY=trophy%20and%20medal&OVMTC=standard\nhttp://www.bw-trophies.com/\nhttp://www.centennialofflight.gov/wbh/loc_wb_pdf/pdf_files/medals-trophies.pdf#search='medals%20and%20trophies'
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If you assume that the nation with the most medals to have "won" the unofficial champions would be:\n\n(Number of Gold medals take precedence over total medals)\n\n1996\n\n1. USA -------- 101 (44 Gold)\n2. Russia -----  63 (26 Gold)\n3. Germany ----  65 (20 Gold)\n\n2000\n\n1. USA --------  97 (40 Gold)\n2. Russia -----  88 (32 Gold)\n3. China ------  59 (28 Gold)\n\n2004\n\n1. USA -------- 103 (35 Gold)\n2. China ------  63 (32 Gold)\n3. Russia -----  92 (27 Gold)\n\nLookout for China in '08. It looks as if they'll dominate
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There are 84 events in the 2006 Torino Olympics and they will award 252 medals.
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Ummmm, they won both the silver and bronze medals in Pairs Figure Skating in Torino and numerous medals in short and long track speed skating.  Not to mention summer olympics where they are leaders in diving and gymnastics. For lists of athletes, see http://www.olympics.org
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They have a hole in the middle through which the ribbon loops.\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10685869/?meta_salt=1356452\nClick on "Olympic Designs", and it's the last picture.
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The current trophy is not a cup, but the original was one.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_World_Cup_Trophy\n\n"Designed by Abel Lafleur and made of gold plated sterling silver on a blue base of lapis lazuli, it stood 35 cm high and weighed 3.8 kg. It was in the shape of an octagonal cup, supported by a winged figure representing Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory."\n\nYou can see pictures of the original and current trophy on the above page.
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The adidas +Teamgeist is the ball used in the 2006 World Cup (manufactured in Thailand)\n\nThe golden adidas +Teamgeist Berlin is the ball used in the Final (manufactured in Germany)\n\nThe +Teamgeist is a 14 panel ball, and each match in the World Cup finals will have its own individual ball, printed with the date of the match, the stadium and the team names. It will be replaced for the final match by the gold coloured +Teamgeist Berlin.
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Most goggles are made of plastic. The straps and eye cup gaskets are made up of rubber, latex, and/or silicone.