Sentence examples for explosive sports from inspiring English sources

One of the most explosive sports stories of the year involved the sex verification of Caster Semenya, 18, the world-champion middle-distance runner from South Africa.

Researchers are also eager to know whether the juice offers an edge in other types of "explosive" sports, where power and strength are key.

The past keep rearing up, too, and it wasn't pretty, with top Pakistani cricketers, including the test captain, Salman Butt, convicted in Britain of spot fixing, and with a sexual abuse scandal engulfing Penn State University and its football program and quickly becoming the most explosive sports story of the year in the United States.

That largely explains why Dodge has remade its explosive Viper sports car into an even more explosive sports car -- and why the workaday Neon subcompact has been transformed into a fierce street racer that can blow away a Porsche Boxster -- at least in a straight line.

Activity level: Reg, regularly physically active and recreational sports; Unt, untrained; Exp, explosive sports (i.e., volleyball, basketball, handball); Run, runners; Cri, cricket players.

A substance that's manufactured in the body during protein metabolism, Creatine is a fuel source for explosive sports movements or bursts of activity that typically last one to six seconds, says Amanda Carlson, director of performance nutrition and research at Athletes' Performance, an intensive training facility based in Arizona.

Short-track is an explosive sport where skaters reach speeds in excess of 30mph on a tight rink measuring 60m x 30m.

The modern game of tennis has evolved to a current fast-paced, explosive sport based on strength and power. 1 66 67 Maximal strength is defined as the result of force-producing muscles performing maximally, either in isometric or dynamic patterns during a single voluntary effort of a defined task.

"It is a hugely dynamic, explosive powerful sport.

In each case, Mr. Clarke said, the assailants tried to set off explosives carried in sports bags or small backpacks, and then fled on foot when the bombs failed to detonate.

The types of stimuli vary from isometric [ 2– 4] and dynamic contractions [ 5– 7] to whole-body vibration [ 8, 9] and electrical stimulation [ 10] (i.e., posttetanic potentiation), which can lead to augmented power output in further activities like explosive contractions and sport-specific actions [ 1, 11, 12].