Sentences with phrase «won pentathlon»
The first Native American sports hero, Jim Thorpe was hailed as the greatest athlete in the world after he won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.
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But as it was, it set the twittersphere alight and he became a trending topic — a more talked - about subject than Britain's Jessica Ennis, who won pentathlon silver in Istanbul.
Not exact matches
He was also the individual winner of the men's Modern Pentathlon varsity match, which saw Oxford claim an unprecedented 17th consecutive Varsity win and a record score to match.
Dick Ellis, Army master sergeant of Attleboro, Mass., ran third in 40,000 - meter cross-country at Bern, Switzerland to help U.S. win five - nation pentathlon, help himself finish second with total 5,041 points in contest.
1912 Prodigious Jim Thorpe won gold medals in decathlon and pentathlon at Stockholm but, accused of professionalism, was forced to return them.
Dr Stephanie Cook, who won a gold medal in modern pentathlon in 2000, said: «I hope that this incredible atmosphere provides some inspiration for the athletes that are training here today.
Standouts for the U.S. were NEIL GLENESK, who set a world pentathlon record of 3:16.5 in the 300 - meter freestyle swim and scored an American - record 5,347 points, and MIKE BURLEY, who won the 4,000 - meter run.
Kate French believes the experience of competing at her first Olympic Games last summer is starting to rub off after she clinched her maiden modern pentathlon World Cup win in Cairo this weekend.
This came a year after winning a silver in the modern pentathlon at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.
Jamie Cooke took modern pentathlon World Cup gold in Hungary, and on the water Alison Young won World Championship gold in the Laser Radial class.
KJT, as she is known, surged away in style to win in 2:16.63 as she completed her graduation from European indoor to world indoor pentathlon champion.
Preston's Samantha Murray won modern pentathlon silver in front of the home crowds at London 2012 and finished ninth four years later at Rio 2016.
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.