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Dwight Perry

Sideline Chatter: He gives a different meaning to precious medal

Medal of silver, heart of gold.

Poland discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, the runner-up at the Rio Olympics, auctioned off his silver medal to cover two-thirds of the $126,000 surgical cost for a 3-year-old boy with eye cancer.

"My silver medal today is worth a lot more than a week ago," Malachowski wrote on Facebook. "It is worth the life and health of a small Olek. It is our great shared success."

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