I won an Olympic medal

I won an Olympic medal today.

NBC was nowhere in sight.

There weren’t any photographers present, either, so I took my own picture of the medal later.

There was no elaborate medal ceremony. I didn’t stand on a podium, and there was no national anthem.

All I did was show my Olympic photo badge, sign a form and accept the medal from a gracious volunteer.

The International Olympic Committee and the Beijing Organizing Committee awarded a medal to each member of the accredited press corps here. We could pick them up today in the Main Press Center.

The medal is a solid piece of metal, but I don’t think it’s gold, silver or bronze. Copper, maybe?

Still, after 19 days overseas it was a nice surprise.

And the best part? I didn’t have to suffer through reporters’ questions in a mixed zone.

My Olympic medal