LONDON (AP) — Bigger, wider, heavier — that could be the motto for the medals at the 2012 London Olympics.
Measuring 85 millimeters (3.35 inches) in diameter and weighing 375-400 grams (13-14 ounces), London's medals will be the largest ever awarded at a Summer Games.
They dwarf the 70 millimeter (2.76 inch) medals handed out in Beijing four years ago, but don't quite outsize the prizes given at the Vancouver Winter Games last year: those medals were 100 millimeters (3.94 inches) wide.
The London medals were presented by Princess Anne at a ceremony at London's Trafalgar Square on Wednesday to mark a year to go until the 2012 Olympics open.
As is traditional, the …
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