Sentence examples for first time I competed from inspiring English sources

The first time I competed on an international stage and there was hardly anyone there.

"This is the first time I have competed at an international at my home pool and I am really excited," Daley said.

Introduced in 1952 as a competition car, the original Mercedes 300SL won the 24 Hours of Le Mans the first time it competed in the famously demanding endurance race.

It is a very unique experience and I was quite surprised the first time I walked through it competed.

"It's the first time I've been back to compete at Tollcross [which hosts next year's Commonwealth Games swimming] and it will be great fun".

For the first time, surfers competed as professional teams.

The first time he competed, in 1950, he won the Top Hand title, which was awarded for the most prize money earned over the four Sundays in October.

He announced, however, that those Olympic Games would be his last, and the following year he failed to win any medals in the Alpine skiing world championships, the first time Maier competed in a major event without winning a race.

The USTA Men's Pro Championships of Calabasas was the first time he competed since undergoing back surgery last fall.

He was 26 at the time of his participation in Beijing, which marked the first time he competed in any Olympic event.

Russell Docker, who was paralysed from the waist down following a skiing accident in 1995, appeared at the Paralympics for the first time and competed in the LW12 classification.