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 ).

Category: Athletes who committed suicide

Athletes who have earned Eagle Scout include Basketball Hall of Famer ( later U. S. Senator ) Bill Bradley and MLB All-Star Shane Victorino.

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.

According to Diogenes Laertius, Solon “ diminished the honours paid to Athletes who were victorious in the games, fixing the prize for a victor at Olympia at five hundred drachmae, and for one who conquered at the Isthmian games at one hundred ” ( Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Philosophers 1. 55: Solon ; Greek ).

Athletes in Action works with athletes and coaches who compete at both the collegiate and professional level to use the platform of sport to help people around the world with questions of faith.

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.

According to the group's website, McCartney got the inspiration for Promise Keepers on March 20, 1990, while he was attending a Fellowship of Christian Athletes banquet in Pueblo, Colorado, during a conversation with Dave Wardell, who was also in attendance at the event.

Along with fellow NHLers Byron Dafoe and Scott Mellanby, he founded Athletes Against Autism to raise awareness of autism and encourage more research, as well as the Carson Kolzig Foundation for Youth Autism in honor of his son, who is autistic.

Athletes who have earned degrees from the university include four-time NBA Championship-winner Shaquille O ’ Neal (' 05 ) and three-time WNBA MVP Lisa Leslie.

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

* Athletes who won any five of the six events would share in a purse of USD 250, 000.

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 who have sustained one or more serious impact injuries

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.

Athletes, who competed for post-Soviet states are listed in respective categories:

Among the events sponsored by Athletes in Action is the NFL-sanctioned Super Bowl Breakfast which features the presentation of the Athletes in Action / 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.

Since 1978, the BBC had also produced an equally popular British Superteams event, which was dominated from the start by the " Athletes "-a team of Track and Field stars, who won every series but the final one in 1985.

Athletes playing on synthetic turf sustained more skin injuries and muscle strains while those who played on natural grass were more susceptible to concussions and ligament tears.

The " Tribute to Olympic Athletes " was created to honor those residents of Champaign County who have competed in the Olympics.

Some of the other memorable pieces the show has covered include: Two Man Band ( about Patrick Hughes, a blind member of the University of Louisville band and his dad ), The Jason McElwain Story ( about the autistic high school basketball manager who came into a game and scored 20 points ), Athletes Carrying Guns ( about whether it is appropriate for athletes to carry guns ), Katrina's Impact on New Orleans ( prior to the Saints ' first game back in New Orleans ) and Steroids Impact on the Little Leagues ( and how much they affect them ).

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 coming third received no award.

He was forced to return his prize money, stripped of the International Federation of Strength Athletes points from the event, and received a one-year ban from competition.

Subsequently, she received a grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation ( CAF ), a non-profit organization.

Athletes compete for prize money at each meet, and the top athletes share in a bonus pool of $ 100, 000.

Athletes receive training and support on a year to year basis through national, regional and local fundraisers which raise money for the Olympic Scholarship Fund.

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.

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

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

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

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.

" Pindar's Songs for Young Athletes of Aigina ".

While still in Detroit, Sparky founded the charitable organization CATCH ( Caring Athletes Teamed for Children's and Henry Ford hospitals ) in 1987, which helps provide care for seriously ill children whose parents do not have health insurance or the means to otherwise pay for the care.

Other activities and organizations include Cheerleading, Color Guard, Dance Team, Journalism, Yearbook, Gifted-Talented Program, National Honor Society, Red Hawk Club, Kansas Association for Youth, International Club, Student Council, Red Hawk Reader's Club, Biology Club ( travels to the Bahamas annually ), National FFA Organization, Business Professionals of America, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

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 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.

Religious Life organizations include: Student Christian Fellowship, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Crusade for Christ, Catholic Student Fellowship, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Episcopal Campus Ministry, Hillel Jewish Fellowship, and other denominational groups.

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.

" 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.

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After checking in to the rehab center, Porter became a born-again Christian, married, and became a spokesman for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ; but his production on the field declined, never again approaching his 1979 levels.