Sentences with phrase «medallist last»

The 17 - year - old, a Youth Olympics bronze medallist last year, gained a major senior success by defeating Portsmouth's Ben Haines to win the title.

Not exact matches

The multiple global gold medallist delights the London crowds with a winning performance in his last race ahead of the World Championships

Other notable performances included last year's silver medallist Leonie Periault, who battled hard at the front of the second chase in the bike and then ran a 17:36 split to pull herself up into 12th.

A gold medallist at last year's Samsun Grand Prix, Conway just failed to repeat the trick against German Laura Vargas Koch.

He will face some tough opposition from some of the best young riders, most notably the defending champion, Sky's Pete Kennaugh and his team - mate Ben Swift, 100 % ME duo of Sam Harrison, last year's bronze medallist, and Mark Christian, the man he beat to that medal.

World bronze medallist James Woods will lead a powerful contingent of six freestyle skiers and will compete in the new slopestyle discipline, alongside Katie Summerhayes, a recent World Cup silver medallist who finished fourth at last year's World Championships.

Whitlock, who became Britain's first Olympic gymnastics champion in Rio last year, will be joined by Olympic high bar bronze medallist Nile Wilson and European all - around bronze medallist James Hall at the seven - day event.

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.

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.

Behind Ayana, who ran her PB of 14:14.32 that puts her third on the world all - time list in May last year, Kenya's world fourth - placer Viola Kibiwot ran a 14:29.50 PB, while Ethiopia's world silver medallist Senbere Teferi clocked a 14:35.09 PB.

Saturday will be her first race at any distance since the August 25 1500m final in Beijing where she finished fifth and headed the last two World Championships gold medallists in a high - class race.

Last year's Euro Cross sixth - placer Steph Twell is in action, with her and Steel joined by their fellow Euro Cross team silver medallists from last year — Charlotte Arter, Katrina Wootton and Emily Hosker ThornhLast year's Euro Cross sixth - placer Steph Twell is in action, with her and Steel joined by their fellow Euro Cross team silver medallists from last year — Charlotte Arter, Katrina Wootton and Emily Hosker Thornhlast year — Charlotte Arter, Katrina Wootton and Emily Hosker Thornhill.

World 100m silver medallist Coleman, who clocked 6.37 for 60m and a world record (which is still to be ratified) last month, will indeed be a major barrier to Kilty realising his aspirations.

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.

Commonwealth gold medallist Foster, who retired from BBC athletics commentating duties at the IAAF World Championships last month, recently joined the team that presented Birmingham's bid to the assessment panel and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Harriet Knowles - Jones was a convincing under - 20 winner in the opening leg of the series and last year's European Cross silver medallist should start favourite here.

An Olympic silver medallist alongside Dame Katherine Grainger in the double sculls last year, Thornley has switched to the single scull for 2017 and finished less than two seconds behind Switzerland's Jeannine Gmelin, with Austria's Magdalena Lobnig taking the bronze.

In his farewell track season, the four - time Olympic gold medallist will run at his last Anniversary Games in July

The world indoor long jump silver medallist felt the victory was her biggest breakthrough so far — more so than her fifth place at last year's Worlds in Moscow.

The senior men's race will see European indoor 3000m silver medallist Emanuel take on the likes of last year's bronze medallist Heyes, plus Anthony Whiteman, James Brewer and Chris Warburton.

Meanwhile, the women's team comprises the trio of athletes who filled the top three spots at last weekend's London Marathon — Mary Keitany, world champion Edna Kiplagat and world silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo.

Robbie Grabarz's reintroduction to the international picture last summer at the IAAF World Championships will stand him in good stead to reclaim his place among the best high jumpers in the world, the Olympic bronze medallist believes.

They will be joined in London by two other team - mates — three - times London champion Martin Lel, who was second last year, and Vincent Kipruto, the world silver medallist in Daegu.

However, despite the win over a field which included the world silver and bronze medallists from last year and the world indoor pentathlon champion, she claimed she was disappointed with her first day and believes that there is plenty more to come.

Doyle's 54.53 winning time comfortably bettered her 55.43 from Doha back in 2014, beating the likes of reigning Commonwealth champion Kaliese Spencer and last year's World Championships bronze medallist Cassandra Tate.

The 2011 world 100m champion set his 100m PB of 9.69 at this event two years ago and this year, over double the distance, he faces the likes of fellow Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade — winner of the 200m event in Doha in May — as well as Qatar's world indoor 60m bronze medallist Femi Ogunode and France's European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre, who returns to competitive action following injury that ruled him out of last month's Bislett Games and European Team Championships.

British 60m silver medallist Rachel Johncock ran 7.29 to finish last in the final but had earlier run a PB of 7.24 in her heat to beat the qualifying time for Prague.

Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to Lee Valley White Water Centre, by Virgin Experience Days and Legacy 300, to check out their new «Tough Rudder» days — white water rafting under the guidance of Olympian Tim Baillie — C2 canoeing gold medallist from the London 2012 games.

(One of his proudest accomplishments, for instance, is that he was Ivan Rand's last Gold Medallist at Western, in 1964.)