In the final days of the Olympics, we have been paying a lot of attention to gold — both the color and what it symbolizes. As Olympic athletes vie for the iconic medal, we took a look at how our readers view “gold” in their everyday lives.



So for this week’s Photo Challenge, we asked you to send in your own gold.



The color brought to mind images of warmth, wealth and success, and these 16 p

You've just won an Olympic gold medal, the culmination of a lifetime of training and sacrifice. You're standing on the podium, the flag is rising and the national anthem is blaring. How are you going to react? Are you going to stand stoically? Or are you going to turn into a blubbering mess of mucus and tears?

If you had to choose between a silver medal and a bronze medal, most people would choose silver. But psychologists who analyzed photos of Olympic medalists say that there's a complicated dynamic at work.



The second had a beaming face. He said, "[I] swam my own race. And knew I had a lane, and had an opportunity, and I went for it. It worked out, you know, it's just awesome that I get to go on