Rare winner's medal issued to Ukrainian gymnast Ruslan Mezentsev at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. Silver, 68 mm, 185 gm, by Wojciech Pietranik and Brian Thompson; manufactured by the Royal Australian Mint. The front depicts a 'Seated Victory' with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse portrays the Olympic rings over the iconic Sydney Opera House, with the Sydney Olympic torch at right, inscribed in the upper and lower rim, "Artistic Gymnastics / Men’s Team." Medal features instances of scratching, scuffing, and tarnishing. Complete with the original blue ribbon embroidered in silver with the legend, "Sydney 2000." In the men’s artistic team all-around at the Sydney Olympics, Mezentsev competed in the Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, and Still Rings events, adding a total of 28.725 to the Ukrainian team’s final score of 230.306, enough to clinch a second-place finish behind the Chinese national team, which tallied 231.919 total points. Accompanied by two Ukrainian 1 hryvnia coins.
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