Athletes generally consider the Olympic classes to be premier events and are more interested in rowing in these than at the World Championships.

Athletes are assigned a number which is displayed on a bib.

Athletes are selected based on their speed and strength, which are necessary to push the sleigh to a competitive speed at the start of the race.

Athletes or teams are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively.

Athletes may follow rituals in preparing for contests, which are dismissed as superstition, but this sports psychology device may help them to attain advantage in an ecstasy-like state.

Athletes are judged on some of the same physical abilities and skills as their female counterparts, such as hand / body-eye co-ordination, but tumbling, strength, power, and martial arts skills are the main focus, as opposed to flexibility and dance in women's rhythmic gymnastics.

Athletes performances are timed or measured at virtually all track and field competitions.

The Ridgemen are run by an organization called Athletes in Action.

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Athletes in sports such as speed skating, bobsled, winter triathlon, ski-racing, cycling and gymnastics wear garments that are similar to catsuits, but which are specifically geared to the needs of the sport involved.

Athletes, especially intercollegiate or professional athletes, are typically followed closely by team athletic trainers during this period.

Athletes in other sports wear caps with their team's logo and colors as " sideline " caps ; both types are also sold as authentic team merchandise in retail stores and are quite popular.

The Rebecca Rish Gay Award and Walter E. Gay Award are given to the " Athletes of the Year " and are named after the parents of former President Daughdrill ’ s wife, Libby Daughdrill.

Athletes are permitted to appeal their classification if they feel they have not been properly evaluated.

Athletes competing for the first time in any given league are known as " rookies ".

Athletes and relay teams that qualify for the consolation final ( determines places 9 – 16 ) are considered Honorable Mention All-Americans.

Athletes who place in the top 15 of each gender division at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, a series of annual cross country running races which are held in various regions of the US, are awarded All-American honors.

Athletes such as Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Shoaib Malik, Derek Jeter, Thierry Henry, Kenan Sofuoglu, Park Ji-Sung, Rahul Dravid, and Michael Clarke are sponsored by the company.

* " Euphoria ", a song by DJ Tiësto from his album Parade of the Athletes

Athletes would hold the javelin by the thong and when the javelin released this thong unwound giving the javelin a spiraled flight.

Athletes must be approved by the USOEC, their national governing body and NMU to be admitted into the program.

Athletes were given increased rations, the same as those received by dockers and miners, which meant 5, 467 calories a day, instead of the normal 2, 600.

Athletes gain entry into these competitions by earning selection from their national athletics governing body, which is generally done by assessing athletes via their past achievements or performances at a national selection event.

Athletes have three bouts of shooting each followed by a 1000 m run.

The Anti Drug Athletes United ( ADAU ) and 100 % Raw Federation allow no supportive gear to be worn by the lifter while the IPF, AAU, NASA, U. S. A. P. L, Iron Boy and the ADFPF only allow a single-ply tight polyester squat suit, deadlift suit and bench shirt, wraps for knees and wrists, and a belt.

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* 1983-Missionary Athletes International, a global soccer ministry, founded by Tim Conrad

Athletes attack the hurdle by launching at it from 6 – 7 feet away ( depending on runner's closing speed ).

The other is the Centro de Formação de Atletas Presidente Laudo Natel ( President Laudo Natel Athletes Formation Center ), nicknamed Centro de Treinamento ( CT ) de Cotia ( Cotia's Training Center ), which is used by the youth teams.

Athletes return to the surface by pulling themselves up along a line or swimming while using their fins ( AIDA ).

Among the events sponsored by Athletes in Action is the NFL-sanctioned Super Bowl Breakfast which features the presentation of the Bart Starr Award " to honor the NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community.

Wade Boggs was named one of the Top 10 Most Superstitious Athletes by Men's Fitness.

* " Athena ", a song by Tiësto from the album Parade of the Athletes

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Canada's Athletes of the 20th Century as voted on in a 1999 survey of newspaper editors and broadcasters conducted by the Canadian Press and Broadcast News:

On February 23, 2006, Koivu was elected by his fellow Olympic competitors as a member of the Athletes ' Commission of the IOC.

* " Cristina Sánchez ( bullfigher )", in Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How They Influenced Sports in America by Janet Woolum ( Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998 ), pp214 – 215

The company was founded in 1969 as the dance-in-education group Ballet in a Nutshell by Suzanne Musitz ( Davidson ), later changing its name to Athletes and Dancers, and Dance Company ( NSW ).

Athletes such as Benji Weatherley, Matt Hoffman, and Bam Margera, known as Jones Pro Riders, promote Jones by appearing with the logo ( or often the actual product ) at various events or on television appearances ( During the episode of MTV Cribs featuring Bam Margera, he opened his fridge to reveal several bottles of Jones Soda ).

Athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya hold all the distance records ( except the 1500 metres ) from 800m to the marathon.

In April 2007, a large group of athletes and volunteers in the San Diego area broke away from the Special Olympics to start a new local group to serve athletes with developmental disabilities ages 5 through adult: SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes.

Athletes from 25 nations competed at these Games, up from 16 in 1924.

Athletes who received money prizes for competitions, were sports teachers or had competed previously against professionals, were not considered amateurs and were barred from competition.

Athletes from 16 nations competed in the first Winter Olympic Games.

Athletes from 17 nations competed in these Games, down from 25 nations at the previous Games in 1928.

In observance of the 40th anniversary of the April 22 Earth Day, Earth Day Network created multiple global initiatives, ranging from a Global Day of Conversation with mayors worldwide, focusing on bringing green investment and building a green economy ; Athletes for the Earth Campaign that brings Olympic, professional, and every day athletes ' voices to help promote a solution to climate change ; a Billion Acts of Green Campaign which will aggregate the millions of environmental service commitments that individuals and organizations around the world make each year ; to Artist for the Earth, a campaign the involves hundreds of arts institutions and artists worldwide to create environmental awareness.

Athletes from such countries as Australia, New Zealand, Bermuda, South Africa, Argentina, Iraq, Israel, Mexico, Brazil and even the Virgin Islands have become involved with the sport in recent years.

Athletes from Voss have been present, representing Norway, at every winter Olympic games except one since 1948 Winter Olympics, the exception being 1972.

Athletes from Naustdal do very well both in national and international championships, especially in volleyball and weightlifting.

Athletes from disability groups can take part.

In addition to the religious protest, Soap also faced substantial pre-broadcast criticism from the International Union of Gay Athletes and the National Gay Task Force, both of which were concerned about the way the gay character Jodie Dallas and his professional football player lover would be portrayed.

Athletes have a short run up and then take off from one foot to jump over a horizontal bar and fall back onto a cushioned landing area.

Athletes found to have taken substances on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list receive sanctions and may be banned from competition for a period of time, reflecting the seriousness of the infraction.

In 1995, Mercer graduated from James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, where she was a track captain and a leader of the school's Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

In addition, the 2006 report from the FIG Athletes ' Commission cited major concerns about scoring, judging and other points of the new Code.

Athletes with learning difficulties were excluded from the games due to the difficulties in testing for and classifying these disabilities.