Sentences with phrase «become olympians»

To become Olympians.

Actually, I was just interviewed recently because the Uzbekistan Olympic Committee has decided they're going to start testing children for a suite of genes to predict who's going to become Olympians.

Non-disabled people are not urged to go out and «overcome», to become olympians with a «can do» attitude - so why are disabled people?

Athletes become Olympians through the application, over many years, of a work ethic that approaches obsession.

Hawkins allowed her daughter to leave their Virginia Beach home and close family bonds to pursue her dreams, train with Chow's Gymnastics in Iowa, and become the Olympian she is today.

Four - time Olympic women's ice hockey medalist Angela Ruggiero says that starting ice hockey at age 10 is not too late to become an Olympian; that some of her Olympic teammates, in fact, didn't start until age 12 or 13.

Growing up in the United Arab Emirates, Amna Al Haddad wouldn't have predicted she'd become an Olympian.

Despite all the odds stacked against him, he studied every speed book religiously, trained obsessively for 7 years and through his hard work, he accomplished the impossible; he became an Olympian in the 100 meters.

Margot Robbie takes on Tonya Harding, the ice queen of the ice rink who broke records, became an Olympian and later became mired in a scandal involving her bodyguard, her rival Nancy Kerrigan and a tabloid - ready tale of assault.

Not exact matches

Became the most decorated beach volleyball Olympian of all - time after winning bronze in 2016; has three gold and one bronze in beach volleyball

One player who thrived in the Rio sun was Australia's John Millman, who become the first Olympian to win a men's singles match without losing a game.

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And Team USA brought in more gold yesterday, as Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever, with 21 gold medals, while young Katie Ledecky, who may some day surpass him, won her third.

Former Olympians often take brand ambassador positions or become spokespersons for a specific cause.

Or take this picture of President Barack Obama posing with U.S. Olympian McKayla Maroney, who became a meme this summer for her infamously unimpressed scowl.

Howard became the first Olympian ever to row The Boat Race having already won two Olympic medals when he competed last year as stroke of the victorious Oxford crew.

On the other side of the ring... after hunting high and low for a tag team partner, Jason Jordan finally found his man in Chad Gable, a legitimate Olympian who could become the next Kurt Angle - style wrecking machine.

Madison has become popular for the children of celebs in the past few years and is common among professional athletes and olympians as well.

By becoming a member, you'll also get access to two new programs: Strong by Zumba (a 60 - minute high - intensity workout) and Team USA Bootcamp (so you can train like an Olympian during the Winter Games 2018).

It's famous as a performance enhancing supplement used by Soviet Olympians back in the 1980s, who were so impressed with its energy boosting powers that they vowed to kept it hidden from Westerners, but even the Viking hordes took rhodiola rosea to become hardier warriors.

For months, there has been speculation surrounding Bruce Jenner's changing appearance with many people guessing that the Olympian cum reality star is transitioning to become a woman.

Covering the waterfront of Harding's life from when her domineering mother pushed her onto the world stage of figure skaters, through her emerging stardom on the ice to becoming a promising U.S. Olympian to the scandal where she tried to violently eliminate her main competitor Nancy Kerrigan and a marriage that involved domestic abuse — this film has it all but chooses a Rashomon - like storytelling device to play it all out onscreen.

In the same manner that National Treasure rekindled an interest in American History and Night at the Museum became an ad for New York's Museum of Natural History, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief may spark curiosity about the ancient Greeks who ruled the world from their thrones atop Mt. Olympus.

Sometimes it's OK that our sports movies are over-the-top in an almost operatic way, so the frequent references to the ancient Spartans, Melville's monomaniacal and self - destructive Captain Ahab, or to the mythic Greek Olympian Theogenes seem not only expected, but typical — and a refrain of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 transcends its cheesiness and becomes cathartic.

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad became the first U.S. Olympian to wear a hijab during competition and earned a bronze medal as a member of the women's sabre team.

Where most children spend their time playing with friends, learning new games and dabbling in recreational sports, future Olympians give up everything to become the fiercest athletes in the world.

While studies on the link between violent games and aggression are inconclusive, declaring that the imaginary bullets of video games are more dangerous than actual bullets that tear apart the bodies of their victims requires an Olympian level of mental gymnastics — but one that becomes necessary when more obvious conclusions are considered politically untenable.