Athletes competing in this year's Commonwealth Games will be awarded medals designed by Australian indigenous artist Delevene Cockatoo-Collins, which feature designs based on the Gold Coast coastline.

The local artist created both the prize and commemorative medals for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which kicked off yesterday in Queensland, Australia, and will run until 15 April.

Cockatoo-Collins wanted the medals to represent the importance of the Gold Coast coastline as a place of gathering, meeting and sport for generations of Indigenous peoples.

Each prize medal face features a series of undulating lines formed from oddly-shaped ovals, in a bid to emulate the wave-like imprints found in the sand caused by the water's movements in low tide.
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