Sentence examples for before the qualifying round from inspiring English sources

And Holly Bleasdale came up smelling of roses after a potential disaster before the qualifying round of the pole vault.

Just before the qualifying round began it was announced that eight top riders would be going directly into the final round, not six as originally planned.

Another drug scandal hit track and field today when Mihaela Melinte of Romania, the gold-medal favorite in the women's hammer throw, was told on the track before the qualifying round that she had tested positive for nandrolone.

For personal reasons, he pulled out of the first ranking tournament of the season, the Wuxi Classic, shortly before he was due to face Michael Wasley in the qualifying round.

She finished 34th in the qualifying round.

Slovakia is one of eight teams in the qualifying round.

And they all must get through the qualifying round.

She defeated Victoria and Melina in the qualifying rounds before making it to the finals at Cyber Sunday, where she lost to Lita.

11 An eerie storm straight out of "The Wizard of Oz" strikes just before the United States and Mexico kick off the qualifying round for the World Cup of soccer.

Great Britain, who made the World Group II play-off last season before losing to Sweden, are seeded second in the qualifying rounds because of the relatively high world rankings of Watson and Robson.

A notable absentee from the draw was defending champions TP Mazembe of the DR Congo, who were disqualified 24 hours before the draw for fielding an ineligible player in the qualifying rounds.