Sochi Winter Olympics medals unveiled

Posted by Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff May 30, 2013 10:25 AM

Associated Press

By Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff

The organizing committee for the next Winter Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia, in February, unveiled its medal designs Thursday.

Images were released via Twitter.

And here we go! #Sochi2014 Olympic Gold Medal! RT! pic.twitter.com/KndxQcIyLc
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) May 30, 2013

The committee also tweeted an explanation of the design.

On #Sochi2014 medals sun's rays reflect through the snowy mountain tops onto the beaches of the Black Sea coast pic.twitter.com/DH8LoKg0WJ
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) May 30, 2013

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