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

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 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.

Billy Graham, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Lt. Col. Oliver North, Steve Forbes, Leonard Davidson, former US Senator Jesse Helms, Sam Donaldson, John R. Rice, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, CEO William S. Simon, Elisabeth Elliot ( wife of the late missionary Jim Elliot ), Skip Erickson, Freddie Gage, Adrian Rogers, governor Tim Kaine, Sean Hannity, Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Pastors ; Mel White, Mark Driscoll, Josh Mcdowell, Miles McPherson, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick and Francis Chan, Entertainers / Athletes in pro-wrestler Lex Luger, Bobby Bowden, Lou Holtz, Carrie Prejean, Allan Houston, and Candace Cameron Bure, Douglas Gresham, Gianna Jessen, Clint Hubbard and 2008 Presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul.

Giffnock North have represented Scotland on several occasions at the UK Young Athletes League Finals and have consistently came last in Scotland in the young athlete age groups.

In 1999, ESPN counted down the Top 50 Athletes of the 20th Century, selected from North American athletes and voted on by a panel of sports journalists and observers, premiering a new biography highlighting each top athlete every week throughout the year.

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.

She played for the North Tartan AAU team that won nationals and earned the Sporting News Top Student Athletes in the Country among other numerous awards.

Athletes in short-track speed skating and cross-country skiing were disqualified for various reasons as well ( including doping ), leading Russia and South Korea to file protests and threaten to withdraw from competition.

Athletes from the South African and Irish national Olympic teams will be joined at St Mary's by endurance athletes from the Chinese and Japanese Olympic teams in the run up to London 2012.

Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid then condemned the production for breaking the international boycott against South Africa.

High Contrast played a key role in selecting and producing the music for the Athletes Parade at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Athletes from East Germany ( German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony ) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Athletes gather in the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games.

Athletes who trained there regularly under Malcolm include former World 110m Hurdle Champion and World Record Holder, Colin Jackson ; Commonwealth 110m Hurdle medallist, Paul Gray ; and Nigel Walker who had two sporting careers, first as an Olympic hurdler and then later as a Welsh rugby union international player.

The IOC had allowed a mainly symbolic four-member team to take part in the 2000 Sydney Games under the Olympic flag as " Independent Olympic Athletes.

Athletes subject to USADA testing and that fall under the organization's jurisdiction include:

It operates under five corporate banners: Sport Chek, Atmosphere ( renamed from Coast Mountain Sports ), Sport Mart, National Sports and Athletes World.

The IOC had allowed a mainly symbolic four-member team to take part in the 2000 Sydney Games under the Olympic flag as " Independent Olympic Athletes.

Athletes from Taiwan compete in international sporting events, often under the banner of " Chinese Taipei " due to China's opposition to the use of " Taiwan " under such circumstances.

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.

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

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

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.

* 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 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.