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Thommo is one of the great blokes and great athletes. Every time I catch up with him it is like yesterday. The recollections I have of playing cricket with Queensland – I think Thommo is in every story. I always said when England's Daley Thompson won the Olympic decathlon he would have finished second i...
SOURCE: The Courier Mail -
The Bahraini Olympic Committee has received a letter from the disciplinary committee of the International Olympic Committee announcing the decision to strip runner Rashid Ramzi of his gold medal for the 1500m
SOURCE: The Courier Mail -
Sigrun competed in the 200m freestyle for Iceland at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing
SOURCE: University of Arkansas Athletics -
Katalin is one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the world having competed in the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games for her country, Hungary
SOURCE: University of Arkansas Athletics -
I was quite tired after winning the marathon in Berlin Worlds, so I trailed in most time of the race. My next aim is to win a gold medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, and I am confident I can make it
SOURCE: People's Daily Online -
I have a million stories ... I tracked down Arnold Schwarzenegger at Gold's Gym in California. When I went to (Olympics decathlon gold medal winner) Bruce Jenner's house, he invited us in for a beer.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com -
One of the club's visions is to send a minimum of 10 marathon and track-and-field athletes to the next Olympic Games to be hosted in the United Kingdom in 2010.
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
He was literally crawling on the floor, room to room, after the Olympic trials marathon
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times -
There are people out there [who hate me] who don’t even know me. That is something I always talked about but never believed until I came through the Athens Olympics [she failed to finish the marathon]. Why would I have entered [Birmingham] if I did not have that interest [in representing her country]? I...
SOURCE: Times Online -
Back in 1948, it was in London that India took part in the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation. It was in Cardiff, Wales, that India claimed its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when Milkha Singh won the 400m race in 1958
SOURCE: Webindia123 -
We have also reached an agreement with Olympic Council of Asia to host some of the Asian Beach Games events in Muscat like triathlon, marathon swimming, kabaddi, body-building and woodball. The preparations are in progress to successfully organise these event
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I remember going to a track meet at University of Florida and seeing Olympians run in the fast heat right before me ... It’s a motivating experience to know that you are running on the same track as Olympic athletes. I don’t look at it as though I won’t be able to win the race, I want to see how I stack...
SOURCE: Naples Daily News -
I want to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in the marathon ... I will start developing those skills more when I graduate. I excel at longer distances and think if I can keep improving, I can match the world's best.
SOURCE: Lancaster Online -
I’m actually excited to perform in Dublin, Ireland - I have this charity event that I hold - that’s a 5k run to raise awareness for the Special Olympics. I did the first one in San Antonio and it was really cool - we’ll be doing the second one in Dublin, so I’m excited to do that and get that started ag...
SOURCE: OH NO THEY DIDN'T -
intense, personal campaigning - much like the final sprint to lobby the (International Olympic Committee) members.
SOURCE: Des Moines Register -
I've been working on my javelin for probably about eight years now, so if they get it here, I can't imagine, in six more years, how good I'll be able to throw a javelin. If they get it here, I'd have the home field advantage ... It'd be really neat to get the Olympics here in Chicago.
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For me, this is beyond exciting because here we are, just hours away from a decision that could be a landmark in Chicago history ... For us to be able to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be what my grandmother used to call our crowning glory -- something that certainly would be worthy of...
SOURCE: AOL Sports -
My imagery is so vivid and intense six weeks before the first race ... The Olympics are coming so soon I'm mentally preparing and thinking that I'm going to a classic sprint (which she won at the 2006 Turin Olympics).
SOURCE: TSN.ca -
Nobody loves sports like the people of Chicago -- trust me ... I have spent endless hours .... in front of baseball TV games, you name it. Whether it's football or soccer, baseball, boxing or a good marathon -- Chicagoans know how to enjoy sports..... And I know that Barack and I would feel such tremend...
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OSTERSUND, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 05: Former olympic champion Vincent Defrasne of France skis during Men's 10 km Sprint the E.ON Ruhrgas IBU Biathlon World Cup on December 5, 2009 in Ostersund, Sweden.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica feeds a three-month old male cheetah cub at the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) headquarters in Kenya's capital Nairobi November 2, 2009.
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Greg Murphy drives the #51 Sprint Gas Racing Holden during practice for the Sydney 500 Grand Finale, which is round 14 of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, on the Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia reacts after failing to clear the bar during the women's pole vault final at the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 17, 2009.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Sanya Richards (C) of the U.S. celebrates as she finishes to win ahead of Shericka Williams (L) of Jamaica and Anastasiya Kapachinskaya of Russia in the women's 400 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Aug...
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya falls after winning the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 18, 2009.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Caster Semenya of South Africa celebrates after winning the women's 800 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 19, 2009.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica crosses the finish line ahead of Wallace Spearmon (R) of the U.S. and Alosno Edward (L) of Panama winning the men's 200 meters final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 20, 2009.
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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates with mascot 'Berlino' after winning the men's 200 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 20, 2009.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 29: 2008 Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Collis Birmingham of Australia lead the Elite male athletes race away from the starting line during the Australian Road Running Championships and Great Australian Run held at Albert Park on No...
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 29: 2008 Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya and Collis Birmingham of Australia lead the Elite male athletes race away from the starting line during the Australian Road Running Championships and Great Australian Run at Albert Park on Novembe...
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning the men's 200m final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 20, 2008. Bolt set a new world record with a timing of 19.30 seconds. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez.
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) winner of the female athlete of the year poses with her coach Clyd Hart (R) winner of coach of the year during the Iaaf World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 2009 in Mona...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) makes her acceptance speech after receiving the female athlete of the year award watched by Prince Albert II of Monaco, IAAF President Lamine Diack and World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usai...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt (R) winner of the male athlete of the year kisses 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (C) winner of the female athlete of the year as IAAF President Lamine Diack (L) looks on during th...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (2nd, L) and World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt (2nd, R) pose alongside Prince Albert II of Monaco (L) and IAAF President Lamine Diack (R) after winning the male and female athletes of...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica (L) makes his acceptance speech after winning the male athlete of the year as Prince Albert II of Monaco (R) and IAAF President Lamine Diack (C) look on during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Cl...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) makes her acceptance speech after receiving the female athlete of the year award from Prince Albert II of Monaco during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 20...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica (R) receives the male athlete of the year award from IAAF President Lamine Diack during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 2009 in Monaco.
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA poses with her trophie after being awarded the female athlete of the year award ahead of the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 2009 in Monaco.
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Thommo is one of the great blokes and great athletes. Every time I catch up with him it is like yesterday. The recollections I have of playing cricket with Queensland – I think Thommo is in every story. I always said when England's Daley Thompson won the Olympic decathlon he would have finished second i...
SOURCE: The Courier Mail -
The Bahraini Olympic Committee has received a letter from the disciplinary committee of the International Olympic Committee announcing the decision to strip runner Rashid Ramzi of his gold medal for the 1500m
SOURCE: The Courier Mail -
Sigrun competed in the 200m freestyle for Iceland at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing
SOURCE: University of Arkansas Athletics -
Katalin is one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the world having competed in the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games for her country, Hungary
SOURCE: University of Arkansas Athletics -
I was quite tired after winning the marathon in Berlin Worlds, so I trailed in most time of the race. My next aim is to win a gold medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, and I am confident I can make it
SOURCE: People's Daily Online -
I have a million stories ... I tracked down Arnold Schwarzenegger at Gold's Gym in California. When I went to (Olympics decathlon gold medal winner) Bruce Jenner's house, he invited us in for a beer.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com -
One of the club's visions is to send a minimum of 10 marathon and track-and-field athletes to the next Olympic Games to be hosted in the United Kingdom in 2010.
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com -
He was literally crawling on the floor, room to room, after the Olympic trials marathon
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times -
There are people out there [who hate me] who don’t even know me. That is something I always talked about but never believed until I came through the Athens Olympics [she failed to finish the marathon]. Why would I have entered [Birmingham] if I did not have that interest [in representing her country]? I...
SOURCE: Times Online -
Back in 1948, it was in London that India took part in the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation. It was in Cardiff, Wales, that India claimed its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when Milkha Singh won the 400m race in 1958
SOURCE: Webindia123 -
We have also reached an agreement with Olympic Council of Asia to host some of the Asian Beach Games events in Muscat like triathlon, marathon swimming, kabaddi, body-building and woodball. The preparations are in progress to successfully organise these event
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I remember going to a track meet at University of Florida and seeing Olympians run in the fast heat right before me ... It’s a motivating experience to know that you are running on the same track as Olympic athletes. I don’t look at it as though I won’t be able to win the race, I want to see how I stack...
SOURCE: Naples Daily News -
I want to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in the marathon ... I will start developing those skills more when I graduate. I excel at longer distances and think if I can keep improving, I can match the world's best.
SOURCE: Lancaster Online -
I’m actually excited to perform in Dublin, Ireland - I have this charity event that I hold - that’s a 5k run to raise awareness for the Special Olympics. I did the first one in San Antonio and it was really cool - we’ll be doing the second one in Dublin, so I’m excited to do that and get that started ag...
SOURCE: OH NO THEY DIDN'T -
intense, personal campaigning - much like the final sprint to lobby the (International Olympic Committee) members.
SOURCE: Des Moines Register -
I've been working on my javelin for probably about eight years now, so if they get it here, I can't imagine, in six more years, how good I'll be able to throw a javelin. If they get it here, I'd have the home field advantage ... It'd be really neat to get the Olympics here in Chicago.
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For me, this is beyond exciting because here we are, just hours away from a decision that could be a landmark in Chicago history ... For us to be able to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be what my grandmother used to call our crowning glory -- something that certainly would be worthy of...
SOURCE: AOL Sports -
My imagery is so vivid and intense six weeks before the first race ... The Olympics are coming so soon I'm mentally preparing and thinking that I'm going to a classic sprint (which she won at the 2006 Turin Olympics).
SOURCE: TSN.ca -
Nobody loves sports like the people of Chicago -- trust me ... I have spent endless hours .... in front of baseball TV games, you name it. Whether it's football or soccer, baseball, boxing or a good marathon -- Chicagoans know how to enjoy sports..... And I know that Barack and I would feel such tremend...
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