Podium

How it is used

Reports say an athlete reaches the podium to describe a top placing.

Example sentences

1. The three finishers stood on the podium for photographs.

   The platform brings the leading finishers together for the ceremony.

2. She missed the podium by a fraction of a second.

   Here podium refers to a medal placing, not the platform itself.

Common collocations

• reach the podium
• podium finish

Related terms

• personal bestThe best time, distance, weight or score an athlete has ever achieved in a particular event or exercise; often shortened to PB or PR.
• scoreTo win a point, goal or run in a game; as a noun, the number of points each side has, as in "The score is 2–1".

More terms: Competition & Scoring

• match
• tournament
• referee
• draw
• league
• opponent
• beat
• qualify
• doping
• off-season
• shootout
• point