Sentences with phrase «crowds of major competitions»

Not exact matches

In the end they forced a move of the gymnastic competition to the larger Winnipeg Arena where, on the final night, there was a standing - room - only crowd of 10,000, as the U.S.'s Mark Cohn, a magna cum laude graduate of Temple University, won the side horse, and Linda Jo Metheny, a 19 - year - old University of Illinois physical - education major, won four gold medals in her shocking fuchsia tights.

Deschamps is mindful of Germany's impressive record in major competitions, but said his players, backed by a fervent home crowd, would not be intimidated in the Stade Velodrome.