Sentences with phrase «medallist after»

After finishing 12th at Beijing 2008, Scott went on to become a double Commonwealth gold medallist after clinching the double trap pairs title at Delhi 2010 alongside Stevan Walton and the individual accolade four years later at Glasgow 2014.

After finishing 12th at Beijing 2008, Scott went on to become a double Commonwealth gold medallist after clinching the double trap pairs title at Delhi 2010 alongside Stevan Walton and the individual accolade four years later in Glasgow.

Claire is an Olympic bronze medallist after enjoying success as part of Eve Muirhead's rink at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

Not exact matches

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Another 2015 bronze medallist, Rachelle Booth, bowed out after losing 15 - 6 to Ruth Gbagbi of Ivory Coast in their round - of - 16 encounter.

Emma Pooley wants to seize a «rare opportunity» after the Olympic silver medallist announced her intentions to come out of retirement and compete at Rio 2016.

Olympic bronze medallists Ellis and Chris Langridge will go for gold in the men's doubles after dispatching Goh V Shem Goh and Tan Wee Kiong 15 - 21 21 - 16 21 - 15 in their semi-final, while Smith also teamed with Sarah Walker to book a place in the women's doubles final by defeating home favourites Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa 21 - 15 21 - 15.

Either side, Sarah was a double Olympic gold medallist before retiring from competitive sailing after Beijing 2008.

The world silver medallist landed a late yuko for victory after Conway had recorded three wins to battle for gold.

The British champion held her nerve after two - time Commonwealth Games gold medallist David levelled the match at 1 - 1, before eventually coming through 3 - 1 for bronze.

Dan Bramble was fifth in the long jump while Allan Smith was the best performing Brit in the high jump final, clearing a season's best 2.27 m in fifth after Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz had three failed clearances at 2.21 m and placed 12th.

That left men's doubles Olympic bronze medallists Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis to wrap up the contest 3 - 0 by beating Terry Hee Yong Kai and Danny Bawa Chrisnanta after Ellis and Smith had opened up with a win in the mixed doubles.

Beijing bronze medallist Bryony Shaw struck silver in the RS: X women's windsurfing event after being guaranteed a podium finish heading into the final day of racing.

So too will Charlie Maddock, 19, in the women's competition after she became Britain's first female European Games gold medallist in Baku, beating teammate Jones to the punch by 24 hours.

... Three - time Olympic gold medallist Pete Reed is hanging up the oar for the final time after announcing his retirement from internat...

In the women's 1500m a storming final 200m by world silver medallist Kipyegon helped her on her way to improving her own Kenyan record as the 22 - year - old crossed the line in a world - leading and meeting best of 3:56.82 after a 58.54 last lap.

Poland's two - time Olympic discus silver medallist Piotr Malachowski claimed his fourth Diamond League series win after finishing as runner - up to Sweden's Daniel Stahl who threw 65.78 m to Malachowski's 65.27 m.

Britain's world indoor medallist Lorraine Ugen finished fifth with 6.55 m, having been outside the top four after three jumps and therefore unable to continue in the competition.

Olympic silver medallist Keri - anne Payne admitted there were mixed emotions after she finished the 10 km marathon swim in 15th at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir has said this will be his last Paralympic Games and after finishing sixth in the 800m final he hinted that the two - lap event in Rio could have been his last individual track race too.

In the fourth heat, Jamaica's Campbell - Brown, making an immediate return to competition after the CAS overturned her two - year suspension last week, ran 7.22 in a race won by world indoor bronze medallist Tianna Bartoletta of the US in 7.13.

World long jump silver medallist Shara Proctor, who is second on the 2016 world list, was picked after missing the trials with a niggle, while Lynsey Sharp, who finished third at the trials in Sheffield behind surprise winner Adelle Tracey, has been selected for the second 800m spot.

World and Olympic champion Robert Harting threw a best of 68.24 m in the final round to secure his victory in style, with Moscow Worlds silver medallist Piotr Małachowski again runner up behind Harting with 65.45 m. Jeff Henderson called it a day after his personal best leap of 8.33 m in the fourth round of the long jump.

Jeptoo, the 2013 Virgin London Marathon winner and 2012 Olympic silver medallist, broke her East African rivals with a sustained period of pace just after halfway.

Fans and fellow athletes send messages of support after six - time Paralympic gold medallist Weir describes his performance at the Rio Paralympic Games as «terrible»

Poland's world indoor and outdoor bronze medallist Piotr Lisek and Czech European silver medallist Jan Kudlicka placed joint fourth on 5.75 m, while Canada's world champion Shawn Barber could only place 10th after three failures at 5.65 m.

Chris Baker, the revelation of the season in the high jump after his 2.36 m sent him to second on the world rankings, is another title - winning contender and he is joined by Olympic bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz.

After placing eighth to finish as the top Briton in the competition at the Olympic Games last summer, Sawyers has since relocated to train with Athens Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton and the 22 - year - old is hoping the collaboration can help her to more success in 2017.

But after finishing eighth in the 3m springboard final at her first ever Olympic Games, the European bronze medallist believes she might have finally convinced her mum to do away with the tension.

Henson, who lost his legs after being hit by an explosive device while serving as a solider in Afghanistan in 2011, reflected on his journey to Olympic medallist.

The Briton went on to clock 24.51 ahead of China's four - time 2015 world gold medallist Cuiqing Liu with 24.85 and London 2012 T12 100m champion Zhou Guohua with a 24.99 PB for her second Paralympic gold after T12 100m silver medals at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Van der Breggen took the Olympic title after chasing down lone leading rider Mara Abbott of the USA and out - sprinting silver - medallist Emma Johansson of Sweden and Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini, who took bronze.

The six - time Paralympic gold medallist had planned to race in the USA after competing at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha

The six - time Paralympic gold medallist can't wait to get his season started but says he hopes he is competing on a level playing field after news of Polish wheelchair racer Tomasz Hamerlak's four - year doping ban

The Scottish record - holder went into this weekend as the fastest Briton on paper over 400m hurdles and after an impressive run in the heats it looked as though Child would beat the European bronze medallist for the first time since 2007.

After five events in the decathlon, world silver medallist Damian Warner sits top with 4424 points.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir contests five events in Rio and the wheelchair athlete remains on the hunt for a podium place after finishing just outside the medals as he defended his T54 1500m title.

With his salary not forthcoming after 14 months, the Algeria 2007 All Africa Games bronze medallist decided to return to the US.

He plays Lou Zamperini, an Olympic medallist who survived months at sea after a plane crash before being held as a POW in Japan.

Pupils at a Wandsworth primary school were inspired to be more active after receiving a special visit this week from an Olympic gold medallist thanks to «The Active Kids Do Better» programme.

Pupils at a Wandsworth primary school were inspired to be more active after receiving a special visit this week from an Olympic gold medallist.

Olympic medallist Tom and his Oscar - winning husband Dustin Lance Black have put their Southwark home on the market after four happy years there.