Sentences with phrase «first olympic»

Join me as I aim to complete both my first Olympic - distance triathlon and my first marathon this year!

Over the weekend, the United States Olympic Luge Team announced they are the first Olympic team in the country to advocate for and accept bitcoin in...

When the first trailer for Eddie the Eagle debuted back in December, the lighthearted biopic of British ski - jumper Eddie «The Eagle» Edwards immediately drew comparisons to Cool Runnings, Disney's 1993 film about Jamaica's first Olympic bobsled team.

MBBB Associate Victoria Santoro successfully completed her first Olympic distance triathlon on Saturday, September 15, 2012 in Freeport, Maine.

The Winter Olympics might be a while off yet but Mario and Sonic have got an early assault planned for space under Christmas trees again after the massive success of their first Olympic Games title on the Wii.

It'd be fair to say that, ever since the initial shock of Mario and Sonic teaming up for their first Olympic outing (which was, in turn,...

It'd be fair to say that, ever since the initial shock of Mario and Sonic teaming up for their first Olympic outing (which was, in turn, immediately over-shadowed by their cross-over appearance in Super Smash Bros..

At the age of 21, Duke won his first Olympic gold medal and went on to represent the United States for 20 years.

Stroll through the historic Japanese garden and across a redwood footbridge overlooking what was the first Olympic - size swimming pool in California.

A short comic play about the novelty of the first Olympic games in Ancient Greece.

The nation's first Olympic women's curling team debuted just four years ago.

Hugh Jackman's «Eddie The Eagle», the biopic about Britain's lovably inept first Olympic ski jumper, is slated to release on April 29, 2016.

Alina Zagitova has taken the women's figure skating title to become the first Olympic Athlete from Russia to win a gold medal at the Pyeongchang Games

February 21, 2018 • On Wednesday, U.S. long track skaters won bronze in the women's team pursuit event — the first Olympic medal since 2010.

During the summer of 2013 he completed his first Olympic distance Triathlon as well as a half Marathon.

Sikkim is set to hosts the Dr. Tao Football Tournament for the first time in their state history in honor of India's first Olympic team captain - Dr. Talimeren Ao.

The two - time Olympic 100m gold medallist, who won her first Olympic title in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium in 2008, had said that the 100m and 4x100m relay events were her focus for the IAAF World Championships which takes place from August 22 - 30.

Weightman was just 21 when she made her first Olympic Games, reaching the final of the 1500m at London 2012, and has since gone on to win Commonwealth Games and European Championships medals, as well as reaching her second Olympic final in Rio and finishing sixth in the World Championships 1500m final in London last summer.

A World Championship bronze medallist, Scott won his first Olympic medal at Rio 2016, where he also took bronze.

A year later Ling competed for Team GB again, this time at the Baku 2015 European Games, where he finished fourth, before winning his first Olympic medal when he claimed bronze at Rio 2016.

Having won the first Olympic Sevens title with a Cambridge Blue as their head coach, Fiji have turned to a Dark Blue to guide them to their defence in Tokyo in 2020.

Whitlock, who became Britain's first Olympic gymnastics champion in Rio last year, will be joined by Olympic high bar bronze medallist Nile Wilson and European all - around bronze medallist James Hall at the seven - day event.

At the London 2012 Olympic Games, Rowsell Shand won her first Olympic gold medal, coming alongside Laura Kenny and Dani King, with the trio breaking the world record on six occasions en route to glory.

Kate French believes the experience of competing at her first Olympic Games last summer is starting to rub off after she clinched her maiden modern pentathlon World Cup win in Cairo this weekend.

He won his first Olympic medal in the individual pursuit at Beijing 2008 before following that with team pursuit gold in 2012 and 2016.

The cyclist's first Olympic medal came 12 years earlier when winning team pursuit bronze in Sydney.

The U.S. men's team is still looking for its first Olympic champion, but with Phil Mahre and his twin Steve gaining speed, the break could come at Lake Placid

If you needed any reminder of it, Wanjiru became Kenya's first Olympic Marathon champion (in itself an incredible fact given the Kenyan dominance over marathon running) by

I'm here to enjoy my first Olympic Games.

The first international downhill events came in the late 1920s, the first U.S. championship in 1933, the first Olympic medals in 1936.

The sport that had been absent from the summer games since 1904 got off to a rather slow start Thursday, with a smattering of spectators applauding Brazil's Adilson da Silva after the first Olympic tee shot in 112 years.

The first Olympic tournament played by pros that could be seen by Americans who weren't insomniacs or night watchmen might prove to be a watershed moment for the sport — and for North America — which prompted Owen Nolan to bolt the Team Canada bench with four minutes to go, race into the dressing room and grab his video camera.

It was there, last March, that he drove his quartet to the first world championship for a U.S. team in 50 years and raised hopes that at the Vancouver Games next February, the U.S. men can win their first Olympic bobsledding gold medal since 1948.

On the men's side, Novak Djokovic will be looking to hold off Andy Murray to win his first Olympic gold medal.

U.S. OUTLOOK: Tony Benshoof could win his first Olympic medal, Mark Grimmette and BrianMartin their third.

Wierather came in 2nd at this past year's World Championships and is looking for her first Olympic medal.

Kevin Durant, in his first Olympic experience, is averaging 20.5 points per game and connecting on 70 percent on his three - pointers.

But I got a medal in my first Olympic Games and a lot of that is down to Usain and our coach.»

Figs were also presented as laurels to the winners, becoming the first Olympic «medal.»

But the two made it to the 2017 World Championships and are now headed to their first Olympic Games.

She and her teammates will constitute Africa's first Olympic bobsled team.

And while other companies may follow AT&T's lead, they won't have the impact that comes with being the first Olympic - linked corporation to speak out against Russia's discriminatory laws.

With the victory, Schooling won Singapore's first Olympic gold and became just the third person to beat Phelps in an individual Olympic race.

Egypt made their first Olympic appearance in women's beach volleyball on Sunday since the sport was added to the games in 1996 and the athletes of the moment, Doaa El - Ghobashy and Nada Meawad of Egypt, wore uniforms that upheld both their culture and their love of volleyball.

Third - ranked Americans Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross fell to second - ranked Brazilians Barbara Seixas and Agatha Bednarczuk in the women's beach volleyball semifinals on Tuesday night in straight sets, marking Walsh Jennings's first Olympic loss in 27 matches.

While athletics, gymnastics, and swimming have been around since the first Olympic games in 1896, other sports are making their first appearance this year.

Pairs figure skater Savchenko was born in Ukraine in 1984 and competed in her first Olympic competition in 2002 at the Salt Lake City Games for her home country.

The first Olympic Champion on Team USA usually gets the most clips played back over the ensuing two weeks, putting them in a better position for endorsement deals and longer - term relevance than anyone on a team sport or who wins closer to the Closing Ceremonies.

Not exact matches

(Never mind that not two weeks after her Olympic win, Puig lost in the first round of the U.S. Open.)

When Pyeongchang first pitched itself to host the Olympic games, few people inside of South Korea could even locate it on a map.