101. North Korea regularly celebrates major holidays by awarding medals and promoting soldiers. 102. No bronze medal was awarded. 103. Only the president may award the medal. 104. President Emile Lahound had awarded the medal posthumously. 105. President Emile Lahoud had awarded the medal posthumously. 106. President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday awarded medals for bravery to the Egyptian security men who defended him against the assassination attempt earlier this week in Ethiopia. 107. Sale and Pelletier, initially awarded silver medals behind the Russians, got their gold medals in a special ceremony with Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze. 108. Shorter insisted that awarding medals to athletes who were deprived of Olympic victories by dope cheats would act as a serious deterrent to would-be drug users. 109. Students who excelled academically during the last schoolyear will be awarded medals. 110. That would be like awarding two medals to the super-G, he said. |