Sentences with phrase «medallist for»

This is big news in the week the PM has been branded an Olympic gold medallist for chillaxing.

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.

In 2015 Kindred Organics was a finalist in the «Delicious» awards for both pre-rinsed quinoa and for buckwheat wholemeal flour; a medallist for the latter product.

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What we have is an entire sector under the blowtorch and battling serious reputational damage as the audience lay witness to AMP lying to the regulator, CBA awarded the «gold medallist» for charging fees for no service, planners caught taking fees from dead people, NAB caught false witnessing documents, client impersonation, inappropriate advice, Orwellian protection policies and a witness cutting short his testimony after collapsing.

The four - time Olympic gold medallist has revealed that he has been a Gunners» fan since moving to Britain as a boy, and would love to work for the club, potentially to help deal with fitness.

Former Dark Blue rower, multiple Olympic medallist and World Champion Pete Reed speaks about his experiences for Great Britain and his thoughts on the future.

To have eight Olympic Champions line up alongside previous Commonwealth Games medallists and some supremely talented younger athletes is genuinely exciting for us.

A speaker programme including Olympic medallists Kelly Holmes and Wendy Sly has been confirmed for The National Running Show at Birmingham's NEC on January 20 - 21.

Germany's World Cup gold medallist Manuel Neuer has retained his crown with another runaway victory as «The World's Best Goalkeeper» for 2014.

The 24 - year - old has already set her sights on Tokyo 2020 and an Olympic medal but to get ready for the move up in weight class, revealed she has been sparring her male teammates on the England squad — including bronze medallist Luke McCormack — to prepare for bigger opponents.

Olympic silver medallist David Florence will start his quest for a third successive Olympic Games when the UK Canoe Slalom Championships take place at Lee Valley White Water Centre next weekend.

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.

Three - time Olympic medallist Chris Newton believes Great Britain's strength in depth bodes well for the future as he prepares the endurance squad for the upcoming Track Cycling World Championships.

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.

Vicky Thornley battled through a testing semi-final in the women's single scull, finishing third behind Poznan gold medallist Magdalena Lobnig and Annekatrin Thiele while a second - placed finish behind Poland in the repechage saw the women's quadruple scull also qualify for their final.

Al five of Great Britain's gold medallists from 2016 — Jason Kenny, Jonathan Dibben, Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, Laura Kenny (then Trott), are absent for a variety of reasons.

There was disappointment for Olympic silver medallist Gemma Gibbons as she couldn't progress beyond the round of 16.

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Chelsea's squad includes Katie Chapman, Eniola Aluko and Claire Rafferty, while Laura Bassett, Alex Greenwood and Ellen White are among the World Cup bronze medallists who could feature for Notts County.

Sophie Hitchon was pleased to win another British hammer title but the national record - holder and Olympic bronze medallist was disappointed with her best of 67.58 m. Together with her season's best of 73.97 m from May, it was enough to secure Hitchon's spot for the World Championships, however, as she got gold ahead of Rachel Hunter with 63.27 m and Sarah Holt with 61.53 m.

Olympic silver medallists Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have claimed silver for Great Britain at the 470 World Championships, which concluded today (17 October) in the Israeli port city of Haifa.

There was no perfect finale for Sir Bradley Wiggins in Team Sky colours, but the London 2012 gold medallist insisted he was still content with how his Paris - Roubaix panned out.

And there was more success for our Team GB Olympians in the men's event as London 2012 team bronze medallist Sam Oldham won parallel bars gold, with Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival champion Joe Fraser winning his first all - around title on Saturday.

Having seen his elite fighters return four medals at the 2011 World Championships - where 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Stevenson won a second title in Korea - Hall believes everything is on track for Olympic success.

Olympic bronze medallists Liam Heath and Jon Schofield have booked a shot at an upgrade at Rio 2016 with canoe sprint's men's K2 200m final set for the Lagoa at 13:08 BST.

Pacific Games gold medallists Fiji and reigning Asia - Pacific Womens Sevens champions Papua New Guinea will also feature in the nine team tournament with the top three placed teams qualifying directly for RWC Sevens 2013.

The London 2012 gold medallists will announce the mascot design competition on BBC children's TV show Blue Peter and form part of the judging panel for entries

But the 2014 European and 2015 European indoor medallist is determined to challenge for a first senior global gong.

In Pool B, Scotland were unable to keep the run going as they suffered a 6 - 1 reverse to 2014 bronze medallists New Zealand — Alison Howie scoring for the Scots.

There was little sign of an injury hangover for Olympic bronze medallist Amy Tinkler as she and the rest of the British women's squad followed their male counterparts with strong qualifying displays at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

The women's 3000m steeplechase and mile saw some of the quickest times in the history of the events as Tunisia's Olympic and world silver medallist Habiba Ghribi went to second on the world all - time list for the longer event before Faith Kipyegon, who claimed 1500m silver in Beijing, went to fourth on the mile all - time list.

Something else from which Lake has recently benefited is her promotion to the top tier of British Athletics» World Class Performance Programme for athletes considered to be potential 2020 Olympic Games medallists.

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

Richard Thompson followed up his sub-10 win in Hengelo with a 10.02 clocking for 100m victory in Oslo, the 2008 Olympic silver medallist beating Jimmy Vicaut with 10.04.

Rio medallists win British Athletics Writers Association female and male athlete of the year honours for a record sixth time apiece

Another top name confirmed for the Jamaican Invitational in Kingston on May 20 is Olympic and world triple jump gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen from Colombia.

In the women's event Kelly Simm took the all - around crown, ahead of Rio floor bronze medallist Amy Tinkler, with their individual apparatus finals set for Sunday.

Portland native Rupp is set to contest the final event of Friday's «Distance Night in Eugene» — the 10,000 m. With organisers advising that the Olympic silver medallist has asked for a fast pace, he'll be targeting his own US 10 km track best of 26:48.00.

British record - holder Tiffany Porter clocked 12.81 for fourth, one place ahead of Germany's world silver medallist Cindy Roleder with 12.91.

World indoor bronze medallist Shaunae Miller of Bahamas went sub-50 seconds for 400m for the first time, clocking 49.92 to beat USA's Olympic champion Sanya Richards - Ross who clocked 51.12 and Jamaica's Novlene Williams - Mills with 51.15.

The world leads kept coming, France's world indoor silver medalist Pascal Martinot - Lagarde having his winning time in the 110m hurdles adjusted to 13.12 for the quickest run so far this year as British champion Will Sharman clocked 13.38 for fourth ahead of Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment and 2011 world champion Jason Richardson.

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

The Scottish athlete clocked 1:59.14 for her second - quickest ever time to beat world champion Eunice Sum of Kenya — the athlete Sharp finished behind in Glasgow — and USA's world bronze medallist Brenda Martinez, the pair clocking 1:59.42 and 1:59.56 respectively.

Three - time world 1500m gold medallist Asbel Kiprop has been confirmed for the 1500m at the Doha Diamond League on May 5 where he will face fellow Kenyans Silas Kiplagat and Elijah Manangoi.

Having said that, the pace did pick up enough for the winner, Ethiopia's Yenew Alamirew, to clock a world - leading 13:01.57 as Kenya's Caleb Ndiku — winner with a then world lead in Eugene — ran 13:02.15 to cross the line ahead of Olympic silver 10,000 m medallist Rupp with a season's best 13:03.35.

USA's Erik Kynard was second with 2.35 m ahead of Zhang Guowei's 2.32 m. Britain's Olympic bronze and world indoor silver medallist Robbie Grabarz went over 2.29 m for fourth, while British indoor champion Chris Baker was joint fifth with 2.26 m.

The 22 - year - old world silver medallist started off with a slow 76 - second first lap but picked up the pace for a blistering 58.7 final 400m that Dibaba couldn't match, turning the tables on the Ethiopian who had beaten her to the world title 12 months before.

Also among those sub - 2:00 performers was Britain's European and Commonwealth medallist Lynsey Sharp, who clocked 1:59.51 for a Rio qualifying time and fifth place in her first 800m of the season.

European cyclo - cross bronze medallist Ben Tulett leads a three - man selection for the junior men's race in the Netherlands.