Paralympic medals with Greek Goddess of Victory theme unveiled
The medals for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, designed by Hampshire-born jewellery designer Lin Cheung, have been unveiled.
They were unveiled as part of exhibition ‘Mine To Medals: The London 2012 Olympic And Paralympic Games Medals’ at London's British Museum, which runs until the last day of the Paralympics on 9 September 2012.
An independent panel, chaired by Sir John Sorrell, picked Ms Cheung's design from a six-strong shortlist because it "held a narrative that befitted the athletes' achievements", London 2012 said.
Philip Attwood, the British Museum's keeper of coins and medals, said: "The Olympic medal and Paralympic medal hold their own unique stories but seeing them displayed together reveals the way in which the two medals relate to one another.
"The front of the Olympic medal shows the Greek goddess Nike emerging from Athens' Panathenaic Stadium and heading, as it were, for London, the city that features on the other side.
"The design of the Paralympic medal includes a detail of the wings that carry her, while the back of the medal is modelled on the tunic of the goddess, now set on London 2012."
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