def nameMedals(last, first):
    gold = int('0')
    silver = int('0')
    bronze = int('0')
    lastflag = False
    firstflag = False
    flag = False
    with open("athletes.txt", encoding= 'utf-8') as file:
        for line in file:
            line = line.strip()
            if line == last:
                lastflag = True
            elif line == first:
                firstflag == True
            elif lastflag == True and firstflag == True:
                flag = True
	# Added new elif statement here
	    elif flag == True:
                if line == '1':
                    gold +=1
                elif line == '2':
                    silver +=1
                elif line == '3':
                    bronze +=1
	# Moved them here
		flag = False
            	lastflag = False
            	firstflag = False
            else:
                print("The name you specified is incorrect or is not in the data.")