Sentences with phrase «medal race»

Keep up with the competition schedule and medal race to see what's happening and who's winning.

The quartet, which had switched Olympic medallist Steven Burke for Senior Academy rider Ollie Wood, won their heat against Belgium and then had to wait nervously to see whether their time would be good enough for the bronze medal race.

However, despite his best efforts, the 17 - year - old couldn't finish with a medal after losing out to the eventual champion Anza Urankar in the last four, and then Song Huang of China in the bronze medal race.

The medal race has been scheduled to run on Day 13 but should it not, gold, silver and bronze will be awarded on current standings and Mills and Clark will finally get their moment of glory.

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There was consolation for Austria in the 49er as Nico Delle - Karth and Nikolaus Resch won the Medal Race following back - to - back race victories the previous day to land the gold with six points to spare over Stefano Cherin and Andrea Tesei.

«For me and Hannah to convert a second into a first in the medal race shows we're making progress, but we've still got progress to make.»

It was a tall order, but the 2012 World Champions Mills and Clark took on the fight and played their part to seal an emphatic medal race victory.

«But I finished third in the medal race and second overall so that's a good result, but I've had some little frustrations in my own sailing this week.

Croatia's Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic is the new World Cup champion in the Finn, clinching gold with a 4th place in the Medal Race.

It was as much as the 32 - year - old could have asked for, with China's Chen Peina having already sealed gold prior to the medal race after a strong display all week in the predominantly light wind conditions.

There was a bit of pressure in the medal race and it was open for a number of people to win so it was great to go out and execute under pressure.

After a difficult penultimate race day, the British duo faced an uphill battle to try and wrest gold from the grip of the Austrian defending champions Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar, who started the final 10 - boat medal race with a near insurmountable 18 point lead.

While Olsson finished fourth on the day, Bouwmeester slipped to eighth in the Medal Race.

«Mid way through the week I could see that it was going to be a really tough fight and come down to the medal race.

The defending champions underlined their dominance by winning the Medal Race to score a comprehensive second successive Men's 470 World Cup triumph at the Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club.

It was good to end on a high winning the medal race and improve on a few mistakes we made at the Rio Test Event medal race.

Arguably the most impressive performer of the regatta was Britain's Bryony Shaw who successfully defended her World Cup crown in the RS: X women's class, winning the medal race for her seventh victory out of 10.

Day one in Hong Kong also saw the men's team pursuit team qualify for the bronze medal race on Thursday, while the women qualified fifth fastest in their event.

The 27 - year - old Mills was happy with their final day's efforts: «We had a great medal race today.

Changes to reflect Council's decision on the number of medal races for Nacra 17, 49er and 49er FX (one medal race only).

Tracking the Medals Race.

Not exact matches

For Vonn, who has four World Cup championships and raced in more World Cup events than any other American in addition to her Olympic medals, monetary success came in the form of lucrative endorsements.

She has four world championship medals and won her last World Cup race before heading to Pyeongchang.

The nation boasts immense human diversity, with limbs and muscles of all sizes, so race or genetic characteristics aren't a valid explanation, said Anirudh Krishna, professor at Duke University, and co-author of a 2008 paper called «Why do some countries win more Olympic medals?»

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.

If he manages to win gold in all three races, his nine career gold medals would tie Paavo Nurmi and Lewis for the most by a track and field athlete.

Le Clos did not win a medal in the race.

Howard became the first Olympian ever to row The Boat Race having already won two Olympic medals when he competed last year as stroke of the victorious Oxford crew.

One of the tweets that she deleted that you can't see said this, «I race for money or olympic medals... so how much u wan na wager?

Lillehammer abides with me not just because Koss won three gold medals and set three world records in three races; Dan Jansen finally skated to a gold himself; and 100,000 Norwegians camped overnight in the snow so they could cheer cross-country skiers with cowbells the next morning.

The four - man U.S. team won eight medals, and Peterson won six — a bronze, two silvers and three golds, for his victories in the 5,000 -, 10,000 - and 20,000 - meter track races.

In a race that jolted his sport, 21 - year - old Usain Bolt of Jamaica smashed the world record for 100 meters and established himself as a threat to win multiple gold medals at the Beijing Olympics

Last February he got the silver medal in the 20 - km race at the world championships, the highest finish for an American in international biathlon competition.

Lydia Skoblikova is not quite 22, much younger than Grishin, and she was not even at Cortina four years ago; but at Squaw Valley she won two gold medals in speed skating, too, setting a world record in the 1,500 - meter race, winning the 3,000 and coming close to winning a third medal in the 1,000, where she finished fourth.

«Until Penny Pitou fell in the slalom race,» she said in Russian, «I was afraid some other girl might win more medals than me.

Grishin, who won the 500 - meter race, equaling his own world and Olympic record, and tied Norway's Roald Aas for the 1,500 - meter medal, is one of Russia's finest athletes.

Finland and Norway staged a remarkable race in the men's 40 - kilometer relay, the famous old Finn, Veikko Hakulinen, who had won a gold medal at Oslo in»52 and another at Cortina in» 56, lunging ahead of the Norwegian, Haakon Brusveen, winner of a gold medal in the 15 - kilometer race just two days before, by the length of a ski right at the finish.

Austrian skiers won an unprecedented five of six races and amassed 15 medals out of a possible 24: France won only two gold medals: freckle - faced Marielle Goitschell took the ladies» combined title, and Charles Bozon, who had broken his back skiing four years ago and screamed from his stretcher that he would never race again, won the men's slalom.

She quickly took a liking to wheelchair racing and, at just 15, she was the youngest member of the USA track and field team at the 2004 Paralympic Games, where she won a silver and bronze medal.

By the end of their first year or rowing, college rowers can be seen walking around regattas, hanging out between races, and ideally getting up on docks to receive medals, with everything on display.

It had been one of the tightest of Olympic races; only.18 of a second separated Lee - Gartner's gold medal from Kronberger's fifth place.

Tomba gazed at the gold medal Polig was wearing but superstitiously refrained from touching it, because, he explained, that might cause sfiga — literally, «disfigurement» — in his races this week.

After the race Girardelli was asked if he felt am different now that he finally had an Olympic medal.

«Unfortunately,» he would say after Sunday's race, «I tend to get medals when I do that... so people get confused.»

SIXTEN JERNBERG SWEDEN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Gold - medal winner in the 1956 50 - kilometer race, Sixten rates as the Games» fastest long - distance man.

When all was said and done in the final week of the Games, the U.S. men had won eight of the nine medals in the 100, 200 and 400 meters; Dwight Phillips had held off U.S. teammate John Moffitt for a one - two in the long jump; and in the dying sunlight on Sunday, Mebrahtom Keflezighi of the U.S. took silver in the marathon, running the race of his life.

I moved up throughout the race and started trying to push the pace into the top six and medal.»

Just a nice, quiet, radically fast young man with no interest in making social statements and no clue as to why anyone — all the reporters who peppered him with questions about race after he won the gold medal, all the people roaming websites, even a writer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED — would make color an issue.

Despite a gold medal from Sanya Richards - Ross in the 400 - meter dash (and a bronze from DeeDee Trotter in that same race), Team USA fell behind China in the overall medal count after Day 9.