Olympic Silver for the Icelandic men's handball team.
The Icelandic men’s handball team lost 28-23 against France in the final at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday morning. But Iceland still celebrates coming in second and taking home the silver in handball for the very first time.
Only once before has an Icelandic athlete won the silver at the Olympics, Vilhjálmur Einarsson in triple jump in 1956. In 1984 and 2000, Icelandic athletes won the bronze, but the gold remains unconquered.
The President of Iceland, Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has decided to grant the Order of the Falcon, the highest national award, to the entire men’s handball team for earning the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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