No medals will be alike at 2010 Winter Olympics

Medals awarded at next year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver will feature Canadian aboriginal art, and for the first time in Games history, every single medal will have a unique design.



Designs for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games’ medals were unveiled today in a ceremony at Vancouver’s athletes village.



Every gold, silver and bronze medal to be awarded at the Games will feature sections of two larger works of contemporary aboriginal art.



Their surfaces will be undulating rather than flat, another first for the Games.



The medals, which were produced by the Royal Canadian Mint and Vancouver-based miner Teck Resources, will weigh between 500 and 576 grams, making them among the heaviest ever to be awarded at an Olympics.



The Games will start on February 12.