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February 7, 2014 08:10 am GMT

Some Sochi Olympians Will Get Medals Made From a Meteor

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Select athletes will be taking home medals from the Sochi Winter Olympics that are literally out of this world

Fragments of a meteor that hit the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia's southern Ural region last February have been embedded in 10 commemorative medals that will be given out at the games, according to the Associated Press.

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City officials commissioned 50 total medals, 10 of which will be given to Olympians who take home the gold in their events on Feb. 15, the anniversary of the meteor strike. The ceremony will not be part of official Olympic programming, and the medals will be presented to athletes in addition to their official tokens. Read more...

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