Sentences with phrase «sprint events»

The South African paralympic runner inspired millions when he competed in sprint events at the 2012 Summer Olympics on two prosthetic legs, and so a partnership with Nike was a natural fit.

ALTON, Va. — Local driver Johan Schwartz captured the Touring Car pole position Saturday at VIRginia International Raceway after provisional pole winner Vesko Kozarov was disqualified in technical inspection in preparation for Saturday's 40 - minute sprint event in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

This weekend's GT will be televised on Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM, ET and the GTS doubleheader sprint events will air on Saturday, March 24 at 9:30 PM, ET.

In the GTS Amateur division, Aristotle Balogh of Palo Alto, California, drove his Stephen Cameron Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 to the win and seventh overall in the 50 - minute GTS sprint event.

Indian children suffering with birth defects compete in a 25 Meters sprint event during a «Special Olympics» held by the survivors of the deadly 1984 Bhopal gas leak in an effort to shame Olympic sponsor Dow Chemical Co. on the eve of the London Games in Bhopal, India, Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Jessica is a track cyclist who competes in all track sprint events and has enjoyed fantastic success on an international stage, including achieving a silver medal at the Junior European Championships in Anadea, Portugal.

There are eight men's and four women's canoe sprint events and three men's and one women's canoe slalom events.

CBS Sports Network will televise all of the Pirelli World Challenge classes (GT / GTA, GTS / GTSA, TCR, TC and TCA) beginning with this weekend's Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (March 9 - 11) with the GT / GTA and GTS / GTSA doubleheader 50 - minute sprint events at the 14 - turn, 1.8 - mile temporary street course near the docks of St. Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The all - new Fast Track Racing sponsored by CLASSIC BMW GTS racing team makes its GTSA class debut this weekend (March 9 - 11) at the Pirelli World Challenge season opener in the streets of St. Petersburg when Toby Grahovec, Justin Raphael and Chris Ohmacht compete in the 50 - minute doubleheader sprint events.

Helen competes in the tandem pilot, 1 km time trial and the sprint events and, more recently, has enjoyed success in the latter two events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, earning gold in the 1 km time trial and the sprint!

he will fare better in the sprint event..

Both Team GB athletes made the last 16 of the sprint event but failed to progress any further.

Some of Switzerland's top athletes are also due to compete, with European champion Kariem Hussein set to line up in the 400m hurdles in Lausanne for the second time, while national 100m and 200m record holder Mujinga Kambundji has been named for the longer of the two sprint events.

A men's 200m is also set to take place on Friday July 24, while the women's sprint events are set to be held on the Saturday.

Usain Bolt tests his fitness after recent injury over half a lap against fellow countryman Nickel Ashmeade, Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre and Alonso Edward of Panama, plus Britons Danny Talbot and Adam Gemili, who is entered for both of the sprint events.

Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and is the only man to win all three sprint events at three Games.

One of the key determinants of which style of fitness will work for a person is the proportions of muscle fibre types they have, which can be ascertained from whether you perform better at short, sharp, sprint events or endurance activities as well as whether you have a variation of the ACTN3 gene.

Some research shows that stretching doesn't reduce muscle soreness after exercise, and other studies show that static stretching performed immediately before a sprint event may slightly worsen performance.

The MSA also dictate that Frontal Head Restraints are compulsory in stage rallying, hill climbs and sprint events.