{"id":12453,"date":"2026-04-30T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=12453"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:55:16","slug":"glasgow-unveils-historic-and-standout-prize-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/glasgow-unveils-historic-and-standout-prize-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow unveils historic and ‘standout’ prize medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games prize medal has been revealed, featuring a world-first inclusive design inspired by Glasgow’s iconic landmarks and coat of arms. For the first time in Games’ history, the medal includes braille and tactile elements, ensuring inclusion is a tangible and felt experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reveal took place at a special event held at The Glasgow School of Art (GSA), attended by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, who is Vice-Patron of Commonwealth Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

215 gold medals will be awarded across 10 sports and six Para sports, when the Games return to Glasgow from 23 July to 2 August, in the biggest sporting competition in the UK this summer. 47 gold medals will be awarded in Para sports alone, making it the largest Para sport programme in Games’ history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed in secret by award-winning artist, designer and maker, and GSA Artist in Residence Militsa Milenkova, the Glasgow 2026 medal takes the form of a Reuleaux triangle, a distinctive geometric shape that sets it apart from any prize medal seen before. Its design draws deep inspiration from city’s coat of arms and rich landscape; the Finnieston Crane, the industrial heritage and cultural traditions that define Glasgow’s identity are all woven into its structural detailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Militsa was selected to design the medals following a collaboration between Glasgow 2026 and The Glasgow School of Art, with the School’s Silversmithing and Jewellery artists in residence being invited to submit concepts for the prize medal design to a panel made up of representatives from Commonwealth Sport, Glasgow 2026, The Glasgow School of Art, the medal fabricator and an independent jewellery and silversmithing expert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about the process and her design Militsa, who is originally from Bulgaria, said: “I really wanted to be involved in designing the medals as to me this place is my chosen home. I wanted to try and portray this into something that will become a symbol for the Games and all the people who take part in it. I thought it would be a really nice way to put my connection with the city into the design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I designed the medal to be a standout edition of the Commonwealth Games medals. I wanted it to be something that the athletes would resonate with. When I was thinking about the design, I wanted to try and fit Glasgow into one shape and to do that I was naturally drawn to the symbol of the city \u2013 the coat of arms. That’s where I took the distinctive shape from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I then started to play around with my ideas, using the Finnieston Crane and the shapes from it and how that also reminds me of the tartan. I wanted to include that as well as it’s a symbol of national identity for Scotland. The triangular shapes that I have on the surface of the medal come from the top of the crane and the texture represents the tartan.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are three surface levels representing the podiums that athletes step on to \u2013 which is possibly the biggest moment of their lives. And I wanted to make inclusion tangible; I’m so proud that the design is tactile and accessible with details expressed in braille on the prize medal for the very first time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The medal is one of several key visual and ceremonial elements of Glasgow 2026 which have been designed and created by local artists. The Official Tartan of the Games was designed by Siobhan Mackenzie, one of Scotland’s leading textile designers, whilst the Longines Countdown Clock, located in Central Station, was designed by another GSA graduate Agnes Jones. The 74 King’s Batons which are travelling across the Commonwealth before arriving in Glasgow ahead of the Opening Ceremony, were designed and created by Tim Norman at GalGael, the Glasgow social enterprise rooted in craft and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, these commissions reflect a commitment by Glasgow 2026 to place local creativity at the heart of the Games, ensuring that Glasgow 2026 is not simply hosted in the city, but shaped by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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