{"id":67092,"date":"2014-02-01T08:19:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T04:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=67092"},"modified":"2014-02-01T08:19:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T04:19:39","slug":"sochi-olympic-medals-will-contain-fragments-of-the-chelyabinsk-meteor-that-slammed-into-russia-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=67092","title":{"rendered":"Sochi Olympic medals will contain fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor that slammed into Russia last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chelyabinsk-Meteorite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-67090\" alt=\"\u0549\u0565\u056c\u0575\u0561\u0562\u056b\u0576\u057d\u056f\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0568\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056e \u0565\u0580\u056f\u0576\u0561\u0584\u0561\u0580\u056b \u0574\u0561\u057d\u0576\u056b\u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chelyabinsk-Meteorite.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chelyabinsk-Meteorite.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chelyabinsk-Meteorite-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chelyabinsk-Meteorite-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gold medals presented to winners at the Sochi Olympics will contain fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite that struck Russia last year.<\/p>\n<p>The medals are not the official coins handed out in the Olympic ceremony, but special commemorative ones to be given out to the sportswomen and men who win on the anniversary of the meteor strike on February 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sochi-Olympic-ceremony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-67091\" title=\"\u0555\u056c\u056b\u0574\u057a\u056b\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u0561\u0580\u0561\u0580\u0578\u0572\u0578\u0582\u0569\u0575\u0578\u0582\u0576,\u057d\u0578\u0579\u056b\" alt=\"sochi-Olympic ceremony\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sochi-Olympic-ceremony.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sochi-Olympic-ceremony.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sochi-Olympic-ceremony-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sochi-Olympic-ceremony-457x300.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten medals will have a chip of the meteorite embedded in its centre, crafted by specialists at a workshop in Zlatoust, in the Chelyabinsk region, Russian media report.<\/p>\n<p>The meteor fireball meteor that blazed across southern Urals last February was the largest recorded meteor strike in more than a century.<br \/>\nThe 600kg rock, believed to be one of the largest pieces of this meteorite, is currently being exhibited at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum in the Southern Urals.<br \/>\nThe Chelyabinsk government said it had struck 50 medals, which will be unveiled on Monday, and ten would be issued to the athletes who win finals on the anniversary of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>The presentations will not be part of the official Olympic program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u00a0\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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