Sentences with phrase «more gold medals»

In Vancouver last winter, the United States proved its competitive spirit by winning more medals — gold, silver, and bronze — at the Winter Olympic Games than any other country, although the German member of our research team insists on pointing out that Canada and Germany both won more gold medals than the United States.

STEM teaching resources Imagine if we could show young people how some engineers get to watch football for a living, or develop software enabling Britain's swimmers improve their technique and ultimately win more gold medals?

Riding the crest of glory from that competition, Phelps subsequently participated in the 2005 World Championship games, where he netted five gold medals and one silver medal, then moved on to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won eight more gold medals — the most ever won by an athlete at a single Olympics.

And his then - fiancée Laura was certainly not going to miss out on the fun, defending her team pursuit and omnium crowns, with world records aplenty on the track and her way to two more gold medals.

She brought home four more gold medals at the Junior Olympics in Greensboro.

Venus and Serena Williams now have more gold medals than any tennis players in Olympic history after their third doubles gold.

The world's most explosive slalom skier, Alberto Tomba, hopes to blast his way to two more gold medals in Albertville

Then he explains how the Netherlands» 2014 Olympic speed skating team used the shorts, and they won more gold medals than they ever had before.

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But with everything going on right now, I realize that this is more important than any gold medal.

Over the course of her career, the 35 - year - old has earned tennis Grand Slam titles, Olympic gold medals and more than $ 84 million in prize money on top of a slew of endorsement deals and multimillion - dollar partnerships.

American wrestlers grappling in Rio this month are competing for much more than just gold medals thanks to some wealthy Wall Street donors.

Most U.S. Olympians not named Michael Phelps, Serena Williams or Gabby Douglas who win a gold, silver, or bronze medal this year will receive little more than the U.S. Olympic Committee's respective $ 25,000, $ 15,000, or $ 10,000 for their troubles.

A gold medal in a popular sport can mean million - dollar endorsements deals, commentating gigs, and more.

If a medal is gilded with publicity as well as the standard six or more grams of gold, the value equation is completely different, and auction prices can shoot through the roof.

Hundreds of gold medals are awarded during every Olympic games, and it's inevitable that some athletes — who, more often than not, won't get rich from their sport — wind up selling them.

As her gold medal proves, the answer, after a bit more consideration, was always no.

The Rio Olympics have shown the world there's much more to winning the gold medal.

And Team USA brought in more gold yesterday, as Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever, with 21 gold medals, while young Katie Ledecky, who may some day surpass him, won her third.

What's more, even the metal in their medals are taxed, at a value of up to $ 501 for gold medals and $ 300 for silver.

Home to Olympic medalists Simone Biles, Simone Manuel, Kerron Clement and more, H - Town is now 10 gold medals richer.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea Ice dance legends announced their retirement, a five - time Olympian pairs skater finally gained gold, and two North Koreans won hearts if not medals in an Olympics packed with more drama than usual even for figure skating.

Brundage also knew that Hitler, already stung by Owen's presence on the gold medal stand, would be even more outraged if two Jews mounted it, over the vanquished Germans.

And it could become even more popular in 2012, given the adulation around long - distance runner Mo Farah, who won two gold medals for Britain at the Olympics.

Allyson Felix enters competition in Rio with more medals than any other member of Team USA, and she's had her heart set on repeating in Rio the same gold medals she won in the last Olympics.

The spirits judging will commence on Friday, April 13 where more than 40 world - renowned judges will taste several thousand entries from around the world in over 100 categories, bestowing coveted SFWSC Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Double Gold medals on the best of them.

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It has since won more than 100 medals from national and regional competitions including seven medals at the 20th Annual North American Beer Awards and two gold awards at the 2016 Great American Beer Festival.

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At last count he has won 30 trophies, including 51 gold, and more than 300 other medals.

Over 657 Chilean wines were tasted during the week - long competition — more than any other year in its running — by a panel of highly esteemed judges, resulting in the record - high award of 93 gold medals.

Wybo, created in 1927, is currently sold in more than 80 countries worldwide, and touts more than 20 international awards in addition to winning a Gold Medal in the 2014 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

The People's Republic of China had won 57 medals, including 16 golds, and it seemed likely that with eight more days of competition and some of China's best events still to come, the harvest had barely begun.

More recently, McFadden established herself as one of the best wheelchair racers in the world at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, winning five medals in five events, including four golds.

The United States took top honors at the 2012 London Olympics, finishing with more total medals and gold medals at the Summer Games.

(The West Germans are winning more than twice as many gold medals as their teammates and compatriots from the East.)

However, the numbers that count, as hockey continues the battle to establish itself as something more than NASCAR of the North, will be the ones that emerge over the next 20 years, when kids who watched the gold medal game start playing and become involved in the sport.

Farah's wife, Tania, is pregnant and expecting soon, giving him even more reason to add a second gold medal to the collection.

He's looking to add one more gold in the 4x100 on Friday night, which would tie him with Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi for the most gold medals by a track athlete with nine.

I think it would be a neat experience and a lot of fun, and especially winning a gold medal would be even more fun.»

Yet, ever since Winter Olympiad I in Chamonix, France, when one Charlie Jewtraw of Lake Placid, N.Y. won the first gold medal in any winter sport (in the 500), U.S. speed skating teams have produced more glittering prizes than any American entry — 32 medals in all, 11 of them gold.

If golf is just, he'll grab a couple more majors to pair with his 2013 U.S. Open title and his Olympic gold medal.

This year, when 17 - year - old Chloe Kim won the gold medal at Pyeongchang, more than 22.3 million people watched her do it.

Yet a historic Games still had more to offer, Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro capping off their partnership in scintillating style, picking up a third gold medal in the individual dressage.

Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins won the women's team sprint freestyle race at the Pyeongchang Games, outsprinting more heralded teams from Sweden and Norway to become the first Americans to win an Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing.

And there were more European Championships across the continent, with England winning two badminton bronze medals and Scotland a silver, while in taekwondo Great Britain topped the medal table with three golds.

Three more European Championship silver medals followed in 2014 and 2015 as well as team gold from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

«For us, sporting success is about more than medals and trophies,» said Laura Trott, Britain's four - time Olympic gold medallist.

In its relatively short history, the venue has already played host to countless memorable moments of British success at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and Laura Kenny, who won double Olympic gold in 2012 and the omnium title in 2016, believes that a vocal home crowd will lead to more British medals.

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Google worthy Rhiannons include Rhiannon Jeffrey (American swimmer and gold medal winner for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens) and Rhiannon Leigh Wyrn (child actress now grown up and trying for more «serious roles»).