Sentence examples for athletic stage from inspiring English sources

In 1949, the Dutch track athlete Foekje Dillema (1926 2007) came to prominence on the world athletic stage.

For the Chinese government, which in recent years has made no secret of its desire to promote China's supremacy on the world's most conspicuous athletic stage, the Olympics are closer to a gladiatorial contest than a sporting event.

"Through this close collaboration with the Olympic family, we will accelerate the adoption of technology for the future of sports on the world's largest athletic stage".

Was Prince — who reportedly suffered from hip and knee pain related to years of athletic stage performances — already seeing doctors well-versed in the risks of opioids?

On Friday, Athletic staged a training session there, attended by 10,000 people.

Ms. Damrau sang fluidly and expressively, conquering the coloratura hurdles while enacting Mr. Pelly's athletic staging, set in the first act against a backdrop of enormous maps.

Fans are often critical of the poor quality of filmed athletic action; staged sports are even worse.

Aug. 10 A STATE OF MIND The British documentarian Daniel Gordon follows two teenage girls as they undergo the grueling training program for one of North Korea's mass athletic exhibitions, staged for the pleasure of Kim Jong Il.

For most of their history, the Shockers were known, if at all, for their mascot, WuShock, a giant shock of wheat with an unsettlingly murderous mien, who was introduced in 1948.* The program was not well funded — to raise money in the eighties, an athletic director staged camel races and charged an entry fee, among other promotional stunts.

By the end of three years with me they were full agents of their academic and athletic lives, staging walkouts in protest, writing a letter to the president, and demanding meetings to have their voices heard.

Robert LuPone, director of the New School for Drama, said it was nearly impossible to replicate athletic contests on stage, so sports plays and musicals needed to offer compelling human stories with universal themes.