The phrase "athletes killed" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing incidents or events where athletes have lost their lives, such as accidents or violent situations.
Example: "The report detailed the tragic events that led to the athletes killed during the competition."
Alternatives: "athletes who died" or "athletes who were killed".
What if the athletes killed in 1972 had been American, or French, say?
A doctor said polluted waters in the Yarkon River caused the death of one of the three Australian athletes killed by a bridge collapse at the Maccabiah Games.
Earlier this month, two widows of the athletes killed in Munich were treated to a private screening in Israel in the company of Spielberg's producer, Kathleen Kennedy, and one of the screenwriters, the renowned playwright Tony Kushner.
"Yes, we absolutely support the campaign for a moment of silence at the Olympics to honor the Israeli athletes killed in Munich," Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a statement.
Victor Homola GERMANY: DAMAGES DENIED -- Munich's High Regional Court rejected an appeal for $7.21 million in damages, plus interest, made by relatives of 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian guerrillas at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
NBC's Bob Costas noted a controversy over honoring Israeli athletes killed at the Olympics 40 years ago during his coverage of the Games' opening ceremony Friday, but stopped short of offering his own protest.
There is an irony to watching the world's best athletes kill each other in mortal combat, while gorging on "snacks" and other things that probably shouldn't pass as food.
Kumaritashvili, who ranked 44th in the World Cup standings, was the first Olympic athlete killed in training or competition since the 1964 Innsbruck Games, when two athletes died while training.
The double-amputee athlete killed 29-year-old Steenkamp by shooting four times through a locked toilet door on Valentine's day last year after mistaking her for an intruder.
The statement also said the acccident was caused by Kumaritashvili's errors — not by "deficiencies in the track .Kumaritashvili is thought to be the first Olympic athlete killed during training or competition since the 1964 Innsbruck Games, when two athletes (one in luge, one in skiing) were killed during training before those Games opened.
In recent years, she has introduced us to Derrick Hamilton, the self-taught "jailhouse lawyer" who helped uncover multiple wrongful convictions, and Taylonn Murphy, the father of a star high-school athlete killed by gang members, who eventually channelled his grief into a crusade to end a feud in Harlem housing projects.
