Olympic bullion medalsare singular sufficientasitis,butthe ones since outatthe 22nd Winter Olympicsin Sochi, Russiawillbe rarer still:somewill embody the squareofthe hulk meteoritethat exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia the single year prior.The special medalswillonlybe handed outto winnerson Feb 15th,to honourthe one-year anniversaryofthe stone descendingto earth.Whilethe citiesof Chelyabinskand Sochi aren’t just neighbors— Google Maps estimates the 34-hour expostulate—that doesn’t appeartobethe point.“Wewill palm outour medalstoallthe athleteswho win bulliononthat daybecause boththe meteorite set uponandthe Olympic Gamesare tellurian events,”said Alexei Betekhtin, Chelyabinsk minsterof culture.