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

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

Athletes from disability groups can take part.

Athletes are grouped by reference to functional ability, resulting from their impairment.

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.

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

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

( 2000 ) ' The Kenya Connection ', in TABOO: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid to Talk About It.

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

Athletes ( Burnett, Cockburn and MacLennan ) coached by Ross hold the FIG world records for highest difficulty in the Men's Individual and Women's Synchronized trampoline events.

The most famous competition of this type is World's Strongest Man and the " World's Strongest Man Super Series ", however North American Strongman, Inc. ( NAS ) and the Canadian Federation of Strength Athletes ( CFSA ) hold amateur and other meets throughout the United States and Canada.

In 2007 Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning and Cal Ripken, Jr. founded the charity Athletes for Hope, which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities.

Athletes with a SRY gene were not permitted to participate as females, although all athletes in whom this was " detected " at the 1996 Summer Olympics were ruled false positives and were not disqualified.

Athletes remain in the same lane on the running track throughout all sprinting events, with the sole exception of the 400 m indoors.

Athletes remain in the same lane on the running track throughout all sprinting events, with the sole exception of the 400 m indoors.

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

Athletes ( in selected events ) who win their event at all six meetings take a share of a USD $ 1 million jackpot.

Athletes such as Carlos Lopes, the Castro brothers, Fernando Mamede, all of whom are international medal and record winners, Rui Silva, Naide Gomes, Francis Obikwelu ( Europe ’ s fastest man nowadays, and silver medal in Athens 2004 ), Yuri Bilonog and Ionela Târlea are all athletes of Sporting's centenary generation that expresses and interprets Sporting ’ s drive for success on all fronts. She has big lips.

An Athletes ' Commission, made up of 8 elected summer Olympic athletes and 2 winter Olympic athletes, advises the AOC executive on all matters pertaining to the Olympic movement from a competitor's perspective.

Daizee also wrestles regularly in ROH's sister promotion, Shimmer Women Athletes, an all female wrestling promotion based out of Chicago.

Athletes, however, used javelins that were much lighter than military ones because the idea of the event was to demonstrate distance rather than penetration.

* All other nations march in English alphabetical order, except that the first nation marching in the Parade of Athletes is the host nation of the previous games, and the host nation of the current games marches last.

Athletes during the 400 metres event

Athletes exercising in extreme conditions ( for three or more hours continuously e. g. marathon or triathlon ) who do not consume electrolytes risk dehydration ( or hyponatremia ).

Organizations such as the Challenged Athletes Foundation have been developed to give amputees the opportunity to be involved in athletics and adaptive sports such as Amputee Soccer.

* Morgan, Catherine, Athletes and Oracles: The Transformation of Olympia and Delphi in the Eighth Century BC, Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Athletes in these activities compete not only against other athletes, but also against environmental obstacles and challenges.

Athletes, gymnasts, dancers, and martial artists perform stretching exercises to lengthen their ligaments, making their joints more supple.

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

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

Athletes in the Ancient Olympic Games participated barefoot – and naked.

This group -- SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes ( S4EA ) -- serves people with developmental disabilities within the age range of 5 years old through adults.

Athletes use a steering rein and drag their hands and use their legs in order to drive around the tight flat corners.

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

Athletes in the Ancient Olympic Games participated barefoot — and naked.

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 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.

In 1997, Healthy Athletes became an official Special Olympics initiative, offering health information and screenings to Special Olympics athletes worldwide.

By 2010, the Healthy Athletes program had given free health screenings and treatment to more than 1 million people with intellectual disabilities.

The bill authorized funding for its Healthy Athletes, Education, and Worldwide Expansion programs.

In the Young Athletes program, children ages 2 – 7 play simple sports and games.

Athletes with a physical disability have competed at separate international events since 1952.