Sentences with phrase «first gold medal on»

Elinor Barker stormed to the points race champion title in a race dominated by the home nations, with Katie Archibald and Neah Evans riding to silver and bronze respectively for Scotland - Wales's first gold medal on the track since 1990.

Not exact matches

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and gymnastics gold medal favorite Simone Biles looking on, seven - times grand slam winner Williams won the first set but became frustrated as the match wore on, losing 4 - 6 6 - 3 7 - 6 (5) to the world number 62.

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu ended her long wait for Olympic victory and Australia captured two gold medals in an exhilarating first day of swimming competition that saw three world records smashed in Rio on Saturday.

Born in Minnesota and now a resident of Vail, Colorado, Vonn was on Team USA for the Olympics in 2002, 2006 and 2010 when she became the first American woman to win a downhill Olympic gold medal.

Chanu's persistence for bringing gold to India has given nation the first medal on its opening day at 2018 Commonwealth Games, in Australia.

The Commonwealth Games begin on the Gold Coast on Wednesday evening, with the first swimming medals up for grabs the following night.

With a dominant win in the men's 200 IM on Thursday, Michael Phelps became the first men's swimmer to win an individual gold medal in a single event in three consecutive Olympics, and likely ended for good any discussion about whether he or Ryan Lochte is the star of London.

On Sunday pistol shooter Wu Xiaoxuan, who in 1984 became the first Chinese woman to win an Olympic gold medal, carried the torch through the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and then donated $ 70,000, collected from other torchbearers, to earthquake relief efforts.

NOTES: Nicole Hensley, a goalie on the gold - medal winning U.S. Olympic women's hockey team, dropped the ceremonial first puck.

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

American David Boudia wins gold medal in men's platform diving on final dive, first gold for a U.S. male diver in 20 years.

Sevens is now introduced to the Olympics, with the first Gold Medals, Men's and Women's, on offer in 2016 in Rio de Janiero.

Rowlands» medal follows up her success in the halfpipe event earlier in the Games when her gold medal was the first ever won by a Team GB athlete on snow in the history of the Olympic and Youth Olympic Games.

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.

The 24 - year - old, who won the world indoor title last winter, ran a 20.99 first lap on his way to winning the Czech Republic's first gold medal of the championships.

England's Jessica Learmonth admitted she was hanging on for dear life as she claimed the home nations» first Commonwealth Games medal with a triathlon silver on the Gold Coast.

But those aren't the only three with realistic gold medal hopes on day seven, Laura Trott leads Team GB's women's team pursuit quartet on the track in the velodrome hoping to become the first British female to win three Olympic titles.

Former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo (L) and Kenneth Cole (R) talk at The National Arts Club and Living Beyond Belief presentation of the First Gold Medal for HIV / AIDS Awareness in the Arts to Kenneth Cole on February 9, 2007 in New York City.

Next weekend, I'll be watching the Sydney triathlon — the first stop on this year's world championships series, and the first race on this course since Simon Whitfield's immortal gold - medal performance in 2000.

Director Stephen Hopkins (best known for directing episodes of 24 and House of Lies) and married screenwriting team Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse chose to focus on a few key years in Olympic runner Jesse Owens» (Stephan James) life, starting with his first day of school at Ohio State University in late 1933, up to his astounding four - gold - medal triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Snowboarder Redmond «Red» Gerard, a 17 - year - old who overslept on the day of his event and had to borrow a too - big jacket after he couldn't find his own, clinched Team USA's first gold medal last Sunday.

She went on to win gold in parallel giant slalom snowboarding as well, making her the first woman to win two gold medals in different sports at the same Olympic Games.

Focus Features has released the first trailer for Race, the upcoming sporting biopic which stars newcomer Stephen James as Jesse Owens, the U.S. Olympian who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany; check it out here... Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest -LSB-...]

2004 Cruise Nationals Gold Medal Grand Champion Robert Passer's ’58 Pontiac holds the distinction of being the first - ever CIAS Cruise Nationals champion, and you can see it on the floor at this year's show, 10 years after that win.

Jaci was selected for and competed on the first gold medal winning Groom Team USA representing the United States in the International team Grooming competition held in Windsor, England, and silver medaled in Standard Poodles.

In gaining Green Globe Certification, the resorts join the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, also on Grand Cayman, which at 65 acres is one of the Caribbean's leading horticultural attractions as well as a Gold Medal winner at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show, and the first botanic park in the Caribbean to secure Green Globe Certification.

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

Last Raven is no exception as even after thrashing the entirety of Ninebreaker, with all of its 150 Gold medals acquired for each of its training programs, the final entry to the PlayStation 2 Armored Core pantheon promptly blew me into oblivion on the first mission.

«By crossing the finish line first or throwing the Javelin furthest will make players fell like an athlete about to receive the gold medal on the podium.

As someone who is pretty good at Trials, although I find the Expert tracks to be an absolute pain in the backside, I found this gave me plenty a reason to retread old ground where I had gained a gold medal on my first attempt.

-- Complete a lap in an online race 15 G Time Attack Master — Complete 10 laps in time attack mode 15 G Drift Master — Reach level 50 in drift mode 20 G Combo Master — Achieve 50 combos in drift mode 20 G Endurance — Drive for two hours in a session 35 G Real Fan — Drive your first lap at the Nordschleife 15 G Tamed Hell — Complete a lap at the Norschleife under 7:30 40 G Novice Series — Complete one Novice series 15 G Intermediate Series — Complete one Intermediate series 15 G Trofeo Series — Complete one Trofeo series 15 G Trofeo Advanced Series — Complete one Trofeo Advanced series 15 G GT Series — Complete one GT series 15 G GT Extreme Series — Complete one GT Extreme series 15 G Formula — Complete the Formula series 15 G Hypercars — Complete the Hypercars series 15 G Novice Driver — Complete all the Novice series 35 G Intermediate Driver — Complete all the Intermediate series 35 G Trofeo Driver — Complete all the Trofeo series 35 G Trofeo Advanced Driver — Complete all the Trofeo Advanced series 35 G GT Driver — Complete all the GT series 35 G GT EXTREME — Complete all the GT Extreme series 35 G Pro Driver — Complete all the series with gold medals 60 G Drifter — Achieve a silver medal on all the drift events 15 G Fast!

The idea is that you have to beat a lap time to get the gold medal, and you can do this on the first lap if you're good enough.

-- Achieve a gold medal on all the special events 90 G First Race — Complete a lap in race mode 15 G

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Hopkins Architects are among the pioneers of modern wood design and have been on TreeHugger many times; Our former London correspondent Bonnie wrote that the First London Olympics Gold Medal Should Go to the Velodrome which they designed.

The two arenas are very similar in that the competitor who is the most prepared, has the best coach, and is focused on the finish line and first place will win the gold medal or the job.

At the age of 16, she became the first American woman to win an all - around gold medal in gymnastics and was the first female athlete featured on the Wheaties cereal box.