Pyeongchang unveils 2018 Olympic medals

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Seoul (South Korea), Sep 21 (ANI): The South Korea on Thursday unveiled the bronze, silver and gold medals for which the world's top athletes will compete in 2018, Pyeongchang will host Asia's first Winter Games outside Japan and kick off an Asian Olympic cycle that reflects the region's growing influence on world sport. Taking place 30 years after Seoul claimed its place on the global sporting stage with the 1988 Summer Games, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics will see South Korea join an elite group of countries to complete the 'hosting grand slam'. The designs of the glittering medals were inspired by Korean alphabet called "Hangeul".

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