Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
Sports

1988 Olympic gold nets green for seller

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Jul, 2020 06:08 PM
  • 1988 Olympic gold nets green for seller

A Boston-based auction house says it has sold a gold medal presented at the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics.

RR Auction says a buyer paid $15,365 at an Olympic memorabilia sale held this month.

The name of the seller has not been released.

The medal was won by the Soviet Union in the 4 x 7.5-kilometre biathlon relay.

A gold medal from the 1908 Olympics in London sold for more than $33,000.

The torch from the Oslo 1952 Olympics fetched a price of $55,000.

Members of the biathlon team that won the biathlon medal were Dmitry Vasilyev, Sergei Tchepikov, Alexandr Popov and Valeriy Medvedtsev.

MORE Sports ARTICLES

KPU Design Students Turn Cool Idea Into Athletic Advantage

KPU Design Students Turn Cool Idea Into Athletic Advantage
Product Design graduate Jaymes Williams and Fashion & Technology graduate Laura Hutchison have been commissioned by the Canadian Sport Institute to make eight cooling vests for Canada’s elite wheelchair rugby players

KPU Design Students Turn Cool Idea Into Athletic Advantage

Rio Olympics: Spirited Sakshi Takes Bronze To Open India's Account

Rio Olympics: Spirited Sakshi Takes Bronze To Open India's Account
The 23-year-old from Rohtak overturned a 0-5 deficit in a hectic second round to win 8-5 in the bronze medal bout at the Carioca Arena 2 here on Wednesday.

Rio Olympics: Spirited Sakshi Takes Bronze To Open India's Account

Reigning World High Jump Champion Derek Drouin Wins Olympic Gold For Canada

Reigning World High Jump Champion Derek Drouin Wins Olympic Gold For Canada
Derek Drouin emphatically got Canada back on track at the Rio Olympics, laying down an inspiring performance to win the gold medal in the men's high jump on Tuesday.

Reigning World High Jump Champion Derek Drouin Wins Olympic Gold For Canada

Amitabh Bachchan Joins Political Fraternity In Lauding PV Sindhu On Semi-finals Feat

Amitabh Bachchan Joins Political Fraternity In Lauding PV Sindhu On Semi-finals Feat
Amitabh Bachchan lauded ace Indian shuttler P.V Sindhu who reached the semi-finals of the women’s singles event at the Rio Olympics.

Amitabh Bachchan Joins Political Fraternity In Lauding PV Sindhu On Semi-finals Feat

Shawn Barber Crashes Out Of Pole Vault Event As Canada's Medal Streak Ends At Nine Days

Shawn Barber Crashes Out Of Pole Vault Event As Canada's Medal Streak Ends At Nine Days
It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for Canada, the first day in which it found itself without a medal.

Shawn Barber Crashes Out Of Pole Vault Event As Canada's Medal Streak Ends At Nine Days

Abhinav Bindra Blames System For India's Failure To Open Medals Tally

Abhinav Bindra Blames System For India's Failure To Open Medals Tally
Beijing Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Tuesday blamed the system for the Indian contingent's failure to open its account in the medals tally at the Rio Olympics.

Abhinav Bindra Blames System For India's Failure To Open Medals Tally