athlete
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In such a world, fans will be able to watch replays from the view of their favorite athlete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
But Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian winter athlete in the sport of skeleton, called the IOC’s move “a shameful decision.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
These milestones were the culmination of Parks' tireless lobbying; the debt to him was formally acknowledged in 2010 when he became the first wheelchair athlete to be inducted into tennis' Hall of Fame.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Kenyan athlete, who is the reigning world champion over the distance, surged past the Briton in the home straight to win in a time of one minute and 56.19 seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“My athlete says you don’t have her paperwork,” I said, with my hand outstretched with Faizah’s documents.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Soccer is the No. 1 sport in most countries, so the top athletes naturally gravitate to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
They became a bigger selling point for beverages after Gatorade, launched in the 1960s, and Powerade, launched in the 1980s, marketed them as a something that could help athletes rehydrate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Vozinha's performance in that game saw his fame explode overnight, and his 50,000 Instagram followers ballooned to 17.4 million - more than athletes such as NFL legend Tom Brady.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The IOC said all returning Russian athletes must meet relevant antidoping requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
What the athletes also gave him was an ability to reach into every slice of the school’s population, into every self-defined and self-limiting clique.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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