Sentences with phrase «olympic qualifying»
Although her Rotterdam time was under the international Olympic qualifying standard for women's marathon, it wasn't fast enough for Canada's much tougher qualifying standard of 2:29:55 — considered by Canadian sports bureaucrats the kind of time necessary for a podium finish in London.
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The FIBA AmeriCup competition marks the launch of a new competition and Olympic qualifying format, being adopted by FIBA which features a new «home and away» structure for international play.
Jessica Chastain plays Bloom, whose career on the slopes was ended prematurely due to a horrifying crash during Olympic qualifying.
What's unique about his upcoming endeavor is that, first, his goal for this event is to beat his grandfather's Olympic qualifying time of 2 hours and 40 minutes.
This past June at an Olympic qualifying run, James Wade just missed earning a spot on the U.S. team in slalom kayaking.
It was also inside the Olympic qualifying standard which is huge!
Almaz Ayana produced one of the best runs of the day in the 3000m, winning in a time of 8:23.12 clear of a field including Britain's Eilish McColgan, whose 8:43.27 for 10th was her second PB this week after clocking an Olympic qualifying time in the 5000m, and Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto won the men's race in 8:05.13.
He won the second race in a season's best and Olympic qualifying mark of 45.04 to qualify as the fastest for the final.
Britain's Rob Mullett ran well in his first major final and was frustrated the slow early pace cost him an Olympic qualifying mark but his 8:33.29 for sixth place represented one of the best steeplechase performances by a Briton for a long time.
Grenada's Olympic champion Kirani James clocked 44.23 over one lap to beat his fellow sub-44 second man Isaac Makwala of Botswana as Britain's Matthew Hudson - Smith achieved an Olympic qualifying time with 45.13 in fourth, while Burundi's world indoor champion Francine Niyonsaba front - ran her way to better both the 800m meeting record and Kelly Holmes» 20 - year - old stadium record with 1:56.92.
Both runners were well outside their PBs and the Olympic qualifying time of 2:31:00, but they already had the qualifying mark going into London and sealed automatic selection with their top two spots.
I have got the 20 km Olympic qualifying time and I want to get better and improve my PB.
And she needed just 27 seconds to beat her opponent, this time with a uci - mata to throw Miskovic Hasanbegovic and pick up 500 Olympic qualifying points.
Guy touched the wall in 1:45.19 in the 200m freestyle final to dip under the Olympic qualifying standard for the second time this week, after making the cut in the 400m freestyle on Tuesday.
Then he had the team burn minutes, in games that counted for Olympic qualifying purposes, on rehabbing Rose.
So the door is open for players who skipped Olympic qualifying.
He also won the Golden Ball in the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
A week after Pearce was hospitalized, Davis went head - to - head with White at the Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier at Mammoth.
Nicola Adams insists the carrot of making further history is what is driving her on at the forthcoming European Olympic qualifiers in Samsun.
He was called up to the Nigerian Under - 23 team at the start of camping for their Olympic qualifiers two years ago, but injury and later club commitments stopped him from honouring the invitation.
He has played in European Championships, Olympic qualifiers, and throughout Europe promoting the game of baseball through MLB International.
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Grant qualified for the junior Olympic nationals twice and competed at the NCAA level in diving.
At her peak, Carroll ran the marathon in under 2 hours and 45 minutes, which was fast enough to qualify her for the 2011 Olympic Trials.
Just before her 18th birthday, Maame Biney became the first African American woman to qualify for the US Olympic speedskating team, winning accolades from one of her heroes, Apolo Ohno.
She credits her Stanford University coach for pushing her to try for the 2016 Olympic team; she was ready to move on after she missed qualifying for the 2012 games.
«With teams like Spain and Brazil already qualified and fantastic venues across the country, the Olympic Football tournaments promise to be a great family day out at the Olympic Games next summer.»
# 25 David Zuniga WORLAND Member of 1996 U.S. Olympic wrestling team qualified for four of last five world championship teams.
«All of my focus and energy is aimed towards my near future: I want to earn a first class degree at MMU and qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio 2016.»
In the past few months he has received the Outland Trophy as the nation's top interior lineman, wowed talent evaluators at the NFL's scouting combine and won the shot put title at the NCAA's indoor championships, thereby qualifying for the Olympic track and field trials to be held June 14 - 23.
American swimmer and Olympic favorite Michael Phelps nearly missed the Men's 400m IM Finals, finishing eighth in qualifying.
South Africa's Oscar Pistorius, the first athlete to compete in both the Paralympic and Olympic Games, qualified for the 400m semifinals in London on Saturday.
But on Tuesday in Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Venezuela, Willian notched a brace with two goals in the first half en route to a 3 - 1 win for future Olympic hosts.
«In the 1956 Olympic trials,» he recalls, «I hadthe second - fastest qualifying time in the 200 - meter breaststroke, but I nevergot to the finals.
Paulette Mitchell COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA Paulette, a senior at Lincoln High, qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials by heaving the shot put 53» 3 1/2».
In fact, she almost reached her Olympic dream in 2012, but fell just two - tenths of a second from qualifying for the team in the 200 - meter freestyle.
Last week he sewed up a spot on the U.S. Olympic team by winning the third of five Grand Prix qualifying events, and started gaining buzz as the favorite to take gold in Turin.
This allowed her to qualify through the Olympic quota system, despite being unable to do any tricks.
He works out three days a week, only 40 minutes a session, but the former track standout who qualified for the»96 Olympic trials in the high jump, is faster than ever.
Davis had not yetemerged as a long - track whiz in 2002, when he qualified as an Olympic alternateon the U.S. short - track team.
Camp, a 32 - year - old U.S. Navy flight instructor who has been running for 16 years, beat 6,472 other starters to win the fourth Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C.. His time of 2:19:35 qualified him for the Olympic Trials.
Head Coach 11 US Olympic Trial Qualifiers 8x NCAA Qualifying Times One Olympic Trial Semi-Finalist European Championship Finalist World Junior Championship Finalist 20x School Records 4x NAIA National Coach of the Year
Head Coach 11 US Olympic Trial Qualifiers 8x NCAA Qualifying Times One Olympic Trial Semi-Finalist European Championship Finalist World Junior Championship Finalist 20x School Records 4x NAIA Nat
Last spring he gave up baseball to concentrate on track, but quit at midseason, partly because his best time in the 100 meters, a 10.39 at the Florida Relays in March, wasn't good enough to qualify him for the Olympic trials, and partly because the demands of being a Heisman hopeful — interviews, addressing school kids and the like — took up too much time.
Michels finished third in the 242 - pound division at the U.S. Olympic Trials, qualifying as an alternate, but he was refused that spot because he had failed a drug test at the»83 Pan American Games.
James, who competes for West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy, also won the State All - Around title this spring, and qualified at the Western Regionals in Phoenix from a field of 65 athletes for the two - day national meet.
After striking a perfect putt on his final hole — a putt that Miller had to make to qualify for the Olympic Club in San Francisco — his golf ball stopped on the edge of the cup.
Fanelli says he set the burning pace so that the three U.S. qualifiers would all have better times than the eventual Olympic champion.
Johnson, although ranked No. 1 in the world in the 400 for two straight years, had run only the 200 in the qualifying meet for the worlds and planned to do the same at the Olympic trials.
Such raiment is in character for a fellow who introduced bikini briefs and fishnet tank tops to track and field when he came out of nowhere to qualify at the 1972 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore..