Sentences with phrase «medal in»

If the Olympic Committee is impressed, LayPort may find himself vying for an Olympic medal in 1976.

Hamilton's involvement attracted a lot of attention, but it may have led some people to believe you need to be ready to medal in the X Games to operate one of the boards.

Terry McDermott, the winner of a gold medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968, says, «Eric is definitely the best who ever skated.»

He made his debut as part of the disappointing 2004 team that won a bronze medal in Athens, then helped rebuild the USA Basketball program that's re-established itself as the global juggernaut.

The former Spurs man has gone onto win five Premier League winners medals and a Champions League winners medal in his time with United, while our side has had to settle for FA Cup wins since the French midfielder's departure...

Minnesota's Cindy Nelson, 23, winner of the bronze medal in 1976 at Innsbruck, speaks with affection of the experience: «It's exhilarating to work with the forces of speed on a mountainside, to control them, to use them.

The host nation pulled off a successful defense of its gold medal in rowing at the men's four event at Dorney Lake on Saturday.

Stenson, the oddsmakers» favorite to follow up his Royal Troon win with a gold medal in Brazil, appeared unstoppable in his opening 2 - under nine holes.

At age 79 after he fell and hit his head on a concrete gym floor, Harold Connolly (above), who won the gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Olympics despite throwing with a left arm that had been withered since birth.

Speed skater Charlie Jewtraw, a Lake Placid, N.Y., boy who won the first gold medal in these first Winter Games, said simply, «It was like a fairy tale.»

WRESTLING — MARK SCHULTZ of Palo Alto, Calif., gold medalist in the 181 - pound division at the 1984 Olympics, beat Bulgaria's Alexander Nanev 10 - 5 to win a gold medal in the same division at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Verschoth reflected on the moments of elation she had experienced at the Games — watching Wyomia Tyus win her second gold medal in the 100 in Mexico City, viewing the towering 400 - and 800 - meter double by Cuba's Alberto Juantorena at Montreal in 76.

It's the first gold medal in any diving event for the United States since 2000 and the first individual medal for a man since 1992.

«I reckon it's going to be really tough for me to win a gold medal in the Olympics,» he said after the L.A. meet.

Did he expect the other players to come and hand him a winner's medal in the physio room?

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.

If you don't have quads in your routine, you don't win a medal in men's figure skating.

She was the MVP of the USA Basketball Women's 3 × 3 U18 World Cup team that won a Gold Medal in early July in Chengdu, China.

The Red, White, and Blue have just one bronze medal in the ten combined chances since curling came back to the Olympics in» 98.

American wrestler Kyle Snyder won the gold medal in the men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling competition at the Summer Olympics on Sunday.

Although he had won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics and was undefeated in seven professional fights, if he was recognized in public, and he seldom was, it was mainly because of his black gunfighter's hat and his picket - fence smile.

If not, Isles would certainly be welcomed back by the US national team, who hope to defend their Olympic gold medal in Rio in 2016.

American Galen Rupp earned a bronze medal in the event.

Fresh off his first career silver medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay, Michael Phelps returned to the pool Monday morning for the first round of qualifying for the 200m butterfly, and he made it through to the semifinals in comfortable fashion.

He is 32 now, and since winning his gold medal in Mexico City his life - style has drastically changed.

Some of his accomplishments include his crews qualifying for the Youth National Championships from 2003 through 2006, earning a Silver medal in the Boy's V8 + in 2004 and a Gold medal in the Boy's V4 + in 2005.

Sugar Ray Leonard, who had won the Olympic light welterweight gold medal in Montreal in 1976 and was now WBC welterweight champion, had come back to that city to defend his title against the former lightweight champion of the world, Roberto Duran.

His wife, the former Mary Rand, who won a gold medal in the long jump — and set a world record — for Great Britain in the 1964 Olympics, listened patiently for a while.

Martin Keown is one of the best defenders that Arsenal and England have ever had and although he only made 10 Premier League appearances in his final season as a Gunner, that was enough to earn him a winners medal in our invincible season.

Lauren Jackson had a 25 - point double - double to earn her fourth Olympic medal in the bronze medal matchup against Becky Hammon and Russia.

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.

Keshorn Walcott had the longest toss in the javelin throw, earning Trinidad and Tobago its first ever medal in the field portion of the Olympics and only its second gold in any event.

his last medal in the last game of his afc's career?

Meb won the silver medal in the 2004 Games, and more recently, won the U.S. Marathon Trials in January.

Former high school phenom Alan Webb could cap his best year yet with a gold medal in the 1,500 at the worlds.

By 1976 he was an Olympic equestrian, and at the»96 AtlantaGames he won a silver medal in team jumping.

That is some team and shows just how much quality Gallas had around him during his playing career, which ultimately led to him collecting two Premier League titles, a League Cup, runners up medal in the 2006 World Cup and countless individual accolades.

Jan Philipp Rabente scored both goals in Germany's 2 - 1 victory to give his squad their second consecutive gold medal in men's field hockey.

Meseret Defar of Ethiopa won the gold medal in the women's 5,000 - meter race Friday night in the 2012 London Olympics in a race unsurprisingly dominated by East African nations.

Leyva was America's best hope for a medal in the all - around event, and he got it done with this routine, which ended up netting him a 15.700, tops in the event on the day.

I think Wenger has a loser's medal in champions league.

Earlier in the week, on Valentine's Day, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain won the gold medal in ice dancing — as was expected — but Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert, the No. 1 U.S. ice dancers, four - time national champs and world bronze medalists, were euchred out of an Olympic medal in a game of musical snooker.

He has won four times at the Winter X Games, making him the only athlete to win a medal in both editions.

The Soviet squad at Squaw Valley is packed with world champions who could win every gold medal in both men's and women's events

He won the United States» first men's marathon medal since Frank Shorter's silver in 1976; Keflezighi's silver, combined with Deena Kastor's bronze, marked the first time the U.S. has won a men's and a women's marathon medal in the same Games.

Tyler returned with two medals, a bronze in the junior male shito - ryu kata and a silver medal in the senior male 70 kg kumite.

# 23 Harvey Glance PHENIX CITY Member of three Olympic teams; sprinter won 4x100 - relay gold medal in Montreal in 1976.

Sport scholar, Catherine Pearson, defended her British Champion title at the Taekwondo British Championships, and earned a silver medal in teams.

«We monitor their levels, and then they're gone, back to their owndoctors,» says Rydze, 56, who won the silver medal in platform diving atthe 1972 Olympics.

On the girls» side, Calton and Fitzgerald are veteran swimmers who Sherman expects to medal in a number of events.