Sentence examples for abandon a race from inspiring English sources

The Race Committee will abandon a race if the wind is blowing at or above a sustained 24.4 knots for longer than 30 seconds before the start of the race or if that speed is sustained for more than five minutes during the course of the race.

Abandoning a race that continued without us is "winning" only as Charlie Sheen would see it: a blinders-on, super-subjective judgment with no basis in reality.

The Norfolk Stakes does not always throw up a great talent but we're likely to see Reckless Abandon in a race like the Middle Park later in the season at Newmarket.

Ryder Hesjedal, the Giro d'Italia champion, was forced to abandon the race after a horrific crash in Stage 6.

However Jean-Christophe Peraud, the highest ranked Frenchman in the general classification coming into the day's stage, was forced to abandon the race after fracturing a collarbone on a morning reconnaissance ride and then falling on the same joint as he struggled in the afternoon.

Malcolm presented Islam as the antidote to racism at a time when science was already starting to abandon "race" as a meaningful category.

To do so, they need to abandon Saratoga Race Course for a race or two and cross Union Avenue to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

A few days later she rode in medal position during the National Road Race Championships but had to abandon the race due to a broken derailleur in the second last lap.

A dramatic day in wet conditions sees defending champion Chris Froome, already suffering from a crash on stage four, abandon the race after crashing twice more - before the notorious cobbles.

Froome was given a stark reminder of the fragility of his position after team-mate Boasson Hagen fractured his right shoulder blade in a crash and was forced to abandon the race.

Celia Byrne, London Golly in the Cupboard by Phil Frampton is his vivid account of growing up as an abandoned mixed race child in a children's home of the 1950s and 60s.