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 themselves can be paid to under-perform, generally so that a gambler or gambling syndicate can secure a winning bet.

Dallas, Texas has attracted students to the dance floor with its poppy beats and compels them to consider the undeniable commonality between everyone that attends SMU: the mascot, fashionistas, fraternity bus parties, the Umphrey Lee cafeteria crowd and Mustang Athletes.

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

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

Category: Athletes stripped of Olympic medals

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

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

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.

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

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.

He is a member of the International Olympic Committee Athletes ' Commission.

Athletes using Rossignol products won at both the Winter Olympic games in Albertville and in Lillehammer.

Boulmerka was later elected to the Athletes ' Commission of the International Olympic Committee.

*" Catherine Ndereba ", n ° 38 on Time ’ s list of " 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch "

Category: Athletes stripped of Olympic medals

* 3 Olympic Athletes

* 1999-Awarded Special Prize in the " Best Athletes of the Century " selection jointly organized by the Chinese Olympic Committee, Henry Fok Foundation and China Sports Press Association

Category: Athletes stripped of Olympic medals

Athletes from the Palestinian territories, represented by the Palestine Olympic Committee and competing as Palestine, participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

East Timorese athletes had competed as Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

The first Timor-Leste Olympic team was somewhat less successful in terms of results in Athletics than the Individual Olympic Athletes from Timor-Leste were in Sydney.

Category: Athletes stripped of Olympic medals

Athletes from the Federated States of Micronesia ( IOC code: FSM ) have competed in the Summer Olympic Games three times, but have yet to win any medals.

" At Princeton he had three to four hours of classes and four hours of basketball practice daily, studied an average of seven hours each weekday and up to 24 more hours each weekend, frequently spoke for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes around the country, and taught Sunday School at the local Presbyterian Church.

* Athletes with cerebral palsy-Sport classes 32 to 34 ( wheelchair ) and 35 to 38 ( standing )

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Athletes may also be sanctioned for missing tests, seeking to avoid testing or tampering with results, refusing to submit to testing, through circumstantial evidence, or confession of use.

Athletes can be granted a permanent classification if they demonstrate a stable level of function over a series of classification tests.

Team Singapore ( SSC )' s recovery centre will be based at UEL, providing high-performance athletic services including an Athletes ’ Lounge.

Athletes can be seen crossing themselves before entering the field or while concentrating for competition.

Athletes who repetitively raise their arms above their heads-such as swimmers, track and field runners, and volleyball players-are known to be predisposed to the development of TOS.

Not only is there more involvement, but Division III Athletes have proven to be more successful in time management when compared to non-athletes at the same institution.

In many instances, Athletes in Action give their testimony at halftime and offer those in the audience an opportunity to be saved by receiving Jesus Christ as Savior.

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.

Accusations of racism and ethnocentrism were leveled at him ; however, actual excerpts from the book seemed to show his extreme opposition to racism, and in later materials ( see " How Not to Misread Darwin ’ s Athletes ") he acknowledged his unfortunate naïveté regarding how a white author would be perceived when writing on such a topic.