Sentences with phrase «years gold championship»

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It's been a great year for NBA superstar LeBron James: Olympic gold medal, league MVP and championship ring.

Unless you've been living totally off the grid for the past 22 years, you know Venus Williams: ranked the world's No. 1 tennis player on three separate occasions; winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles; winner of 14 Grand Slam doubles championships; 4 - time Olympic gold medalist... I could go on and on.

Two years later, at the 1958 FIS world championships in Bad Gastein, she took both the women's downhill and giant slalom and was hailed as the new ruler of the skiing world, the first girl since the great Andrea Mead Lawrence to win two gold medals in world competition.

SKIING — NORWAY took five gold medals in the world Nordic championships in Oslo as BJORN WIRKOLA, a 22 - year - old shipping clerk, won both the Holmenkollen Hill special 90 - meter and the 70 - meter jumps, and 24 - year - old GJERMUND EGGEN took two individual cross-country gold medals — the 50 kilometer and 15 - kilometer — and anchored the winning 40 - kilometer relay team (page 51).

Jenny, 16, and Dragonfire Kublakhan, her 8 - year - old Morgan gelding, won the world championship in dressage for Morgans and Grand National gold medals in dressage and hunt seat over fences, both in Oklahoma City.

He probably won't earn a berth on this year's Olympic team, but, says Bruins throws coach Art Venegas, «this is a guy who could medal at the»97 and»99 world championships and could win a gold at the Olympics in 2000.»

The 30 - year - old has won four world championships in skiing and also a Winter Olympics gold medal.

But even better will be if she loses the title to Naomi again, who had the championship for less than 48 hours before having to give it up after waiting years and years to finally win gold in WWE.

Now Holy Bull is in position to become the first horse since Slew O» Gold, in 1983, to win the 3 - year - old championship without winning a Triple Crown race or the Breeders» Cup Classic.

It was there, last March, that he drove his quartet to the first world championship for a U.S. team in 50 years and raised hopes that at the Vancouver Games next February, the U.S. men can win their first Olympic bobsledding gold medal since 1948.

While she entered her senior year already highly decorated — she had a pair of world championship gold medals from multiple stints with the U.S. Youth National Team, and helped anchor a CalStars Elite club team roster that went 59 - 1 and won the 2015 summer title.

Fraser won a hat - trick of gold medals in Tbilisi two years ago, as well as silver and bronze medals and was making his senior debut at the national championships.

The 24 - year - old, who won the world indoor title last winter, ran a 20.99 first lap on his way to winning the Czech Republic's first gold medal of the championships.

Whitehead, who is already a three - time world gold medallist in the T42 200m, believes his role as a judge adds to the excitement of this year's championships.

Next weekend, I'll be watching the Sydney triathlon — the first stop on this year's world championships series, and the first race on this course since Simon Whitfield's immortal gold - medal performance in 2000.

Mo Farah — The 34 - year - old saw his global championship win streak of 10 gold medals dating back to the 5,000 m at the 2011 world championships ended as Muktar Edris of...

Two years ago he earned the coveted gold medal in the Open of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games in Nicaragua, a world title he happily added to his Latin American and Costa Rican championships.