Sentences with phrase «who gets the gold medal»

As for who gets the gold medal of slackerdom, that would be basketball fans.

Not exact matches

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.

Two very quick thoughts on medal - stories from the day's action 1) The «Tall and talented» programme bears fruit So the hosts got on the Gold medal board today, courtesy Heather Stanning and Helen Glover who absolutely dominated the women's pair rowing final at Eton Dorney.

The world heard about the Georgian judo champion who missed his weigh - in (and a chance to defend his gold medal) because his bus driver got lost... and of the frustrated British rowers who were reduced to standing in front of an oncoming bus, Tiananmen Square - like, as its driver bore down on them like Sandra Bullock in Speed... and of the apparent agoraphobe, afraid to drive on interstates, who sobbingly abandoned her busload of people en route to an event.

But when he gets to the podium, he's given the bronze medal and the athlete who came second gets the gold.

For those of you who are diving back in or already have, we've got level guides to each of the five levels including what loot is acquired on those levels (so you don't have to check the loot - specific guide) and strategies for getting gold medals (though they aren't necessary for achievements this time around) and of course a wave breakdown for each.

Adam Rippon is probably getting the most out of Olympics than anyone else, even those who've won gold medals.

The film follows the events that unfolded as Olympic gold medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz, and later his older brother, gold medal winner Dave (Mark Ruffalo), get involved with sinister millionaire John du Pont, who's looking to bankroll 1988 US Olympic competitors.

If you're the type of person who can't get enough of time trials and gold medals, Joe Danger will represent a significant new challenge.

In the 1960s, Bowling — who won the silver medal for painting at the Royal College of Art in the year Hockney got gold — went to the US and earned the support of the eminent critic Clement Greenberg.

But she was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, the first woman to get the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal, and probably the most successful woman architect who ever lived.

The theory is that those who win Silver are always left knowing they were so close to getting the Gold whereas Bronze winners tend to simply be happy to have won a medal at all.