champion
Example Sentences
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While Lipinski realized her dream, becoming Olympic champion in Nagano, she knows the suffocating feeling of competing under the Olympic rings.
From Los Angeles Times
On a night when the men’s free skate turned into a splatfest, the reigning world champion wiped out twice, flubbed multiple jumps and tumbled all the way off the podium.
He had the heart of a champion then and still does now.
From Los Angeles Times
He’s been dominating the City lower weight classes while becoming a two-time state champion.
From Los Angeles Times
Weston - also a two-time world champion - thinks the fact Britain has achieved such success with no track is probably "quite infuriating" for other nations.
From BBC
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