Winning an Olympic gold medal is considered a crowning achievement for an athlete, so it’s only fitting that the physical medal represents the significance. What’s on each gold medal is special for ...

An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver ...

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated where the Eiffel Tower will go after the U.S. Olympics Trials. No decision has been made. The French took more than two years to build the Eiffel ...