Sentences with phrase «gold medal around»

Olympians didn't just say they wanted to be the best... they set the goal to have a gold medal around their neck for the sport they love so much.

Kurt Angle's entrance was as God Bless America - n as possible, as he strutted down the ramp in a wrestling singlet with a gold medal around his neck and the crowd yelling «you suck!»

• At the victory ceremony IAAF vice-president Lamine Diack hung the gold medals around the runners» necks, while Nebiolo stood aside.

Not exact matches

And if Simone Biles wins the individual all - around as expected, it will be another feather for Karolyi: the first time a country has claimed that gold medal in four consecutive Olympics.

Wired calculated that a typical gold medal would weigh 3.35 pounds and be worth around $ 76,000 in terms of the pure value of the gold.

And there's the «Biles,» named after Simone Biles, who just won the women's all - around gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

When the women's race was over Phelps received his gold medal in a ceremony on the pool deck, took it from around his neck and dashed under the stands to prepare for his 100 - fly semi.

«I wanted to compete as if I'd never won anything and I would go as the underdog, even though a lot of times I was not,» says Ohno, dressed in a shimmery gold tracksuit, the medals slung around his neck to complete the look of an exaggerated version of himself: the spokesman obsessed with gold.

And it could become even more popular in 2012, given the adulation around long - distance runner Mo Farah, who won two gold medals for Britain at the Olympics.

The spirits judging will commence on Friday, April 13 where more than 40 world - renowned judges will taste several thousand entries from around the world in over 100 categories, bestowing coveted SFWSC Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Double Gold medals on the best of them.

The Dairy Australia gold medal is one where ten judges from Australia and around the world gather to contemplate the dollop of a yogurt, the culture of a butter and the size of an ice cream's crystals.

On Thursday, Gabby Douglas took home the gold medal in the women's all - around gymnastics competition.

Turn around again and you're the coach of a gold - medal - winning Southern white youth who chooses the look and style of a black youth as he sprints right through what's left of the barriers because he never even sees any barriers.

Indeed, it was good enough to win the first medal for an American in the men's all - around since Paul Hamm touched gold in 2004, and only the second since 1984.

«I don't walk around in my leotard wearing my medals,» says Retton, who at age 16 won the all - around gold as well as two silvers (in team competition and the vault) and two bronzes (uneven bars and floor exercises) at the Los Angeles Games in 1984.

Russia, which threw the bear hug around five of eight Greco - Roman titles and picked up another gold medal in freestyle at Melbourne, should overshadow other nations in the world Greco - Roman championships at Budapest, July 24 - 27.

When Bulgarian 114 - pounder Valentin Dimitrov Jordanov won the gold medal last Friday afternoon, he came sprinting off the mat, around the barriers, and scooped Alex Schultz out of the crowd.

Discover PyeongChang, South Korea where athletes from around the world are contending for the gold medal.

There's no way around it, breakups can suck — but the gold - medal skier reminded us in December 2015 that there's a major silver lining to splitting.

The Pixie that brought you Loretta and Hazel's Journey around the World (Bakery Story) and the Great Halloween Whodunnit «Tinder in the Olympic Village is next level,» American snowboarder and gold - medal winner Jamie Anderson says

### While Americans wait patiently each week for a quick shot of ass on the latest episode of True Blood, the Four - time Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Inge de Bruijn walks around a beach completely naked in the video above from a Dutch nude dating show.

Around the time that I got divorced, I had an epiphany that there is no blue ribbon or gold medal for living someone else's life, for fulfilling someone else's dreams.

So many people at the time were either butthurt it used the Bongo controller or just played it from beginning to end without realizing it was designed around being point based and never bothered getting Gold or Platinum medals in stages.

For those of you who are diving back in or already have, we've got level guides to each of the five levels including what loot is acquired on those levels (so you don't have to check the loot - specific guide) and strategies for getting gold medals (though they aren't necessary for achievements this time around) and of course a wave breakdown for each.

Goldman often explores people's motivations for doing what they do, whether it's solo sailing around the world or pursuing a gold medal.

Around 200 people gathered at Repton School's Sports Centre on the morning of Monday August 8 to watch GB swimmer Adam Peaty power his way to an Olympic gold medal and a new world record in the men's 100m breaststroke event.

Yet, when it comes to the sport in education of «dummying down» standards, we have a very unusual story around the gold medal winners in both the last and the current competitions.

Meanwhile, our neighbours south of the border are slightly more generous and reward their medalists with around US$ 25,000 per gold medal, US$ 15,000 for silver medals and US$ 10,000 for bronze.

Russia, for instance, plans to give its gold medal winners around US$ 61,000, whereas the U.K. rewards its Olympic heroes zilch for bringing home gold or any other medal, for that matter.

As of 2015, the Southeast Asian country claims to award athletes SGD$ 1,000,000 — around CA$ 969,000 — for their first gold medal.

She began grooming competitions in 1985 and since then has won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at Intergroom, multiple Best in Show, Best All Around Groomer, Best Scissored Dog, Best Groomed Poodle, and her biggest show accomplishments, International Groomer of the Year 1998, and 1999's Oster Invitational Tournaments Grand Champion.

Gold Medal combines excellent flea and tick control with coconut conditioner for an all - around great experience in a canine shampoo.

Chef Timmins also received a fellowship from the Epicurean World Master Chefs Society; a Doctorate from Johnson & Wales University for his successes and contribution to the Culinary Arts; and numerous gold medals at culinary Olympics and competitions around the world.

So many people at the time were either butthurt it used the Bongo controller or just played it from beginning to end without realizing it was designed around being point based and never bothered getting Gold or Platinum medals in stages.

We estimate it takes an average pilot around 15 hours just to complete the missions and double (or even triple) that to get a gold medal on all of them (and yes there is a Trophy for that!).

I try drift events, and instantly dislike trying to do something that I've never been good at in any sim racing game, I try to beat the hot lap times and can't even get within a second of the bronze medal, let alone the gold, and I feel like I need a few hours of practice before I can even vaguely hope to race in a Ferrari 312T F1 car around Zandvoort.

Another is for getting gold medals on all missions available, which appears to be around 70.

The exhibition, organized by the High Museum of Art in collaboration with Los Angeles — based conceptual artist Glenn Kaino, considers the historic gesture of gold medal sprinter Tommie Smith as he raised a fist at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico to protest abuse of human rights around the world and in response to the struggle for civil rights in the United States.

A half - century before NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee, gold medal sprinter Tommie Smith raised a fist at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico to protest abuse of human rights around the world and in response to the struggle for civil rights in the United States.

Expected to win five gold medals, U.S. gymnast Simone Biles has achieved three golds so far, on the vault and in the individual and team all - around events.

Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, the museum won a Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects and is home to over 24,000 works of art from around the world that celebrate «the human power of creation» and include collections of Mediterranean, South Asian, European, and African art.

She celebrated alongside Olympic champions, cheered her friends as they carried the torch into Whistler, watched Canada win a gold medal in hockey, stood at the sidelines of thrilling events and met athletes, fans and volunteers from around the world.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Mary Lou Retton became the first American woman to win a gold medal and the All - Around Title in gymnastics.

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.