Sentence examples for olympic contest from inspiring English sources

The I.J.A.'s "individual championships" are the closest thing in juggling to an Olympic contest.

Much work remained, with Team USA's first Olympic contest less than a week away, but not until after a potential gold-medal-game preview that counts for nothing but could hold major Olympic implications anyway.

Events for women fencers have been added to the Olympic contest over the years: individual foil for women was first included in the 1924 Olympic Games, and a team event for women was introduced in the 1960 Games.

The dangers are all political in the latest Olympic contest, the International Olympic Committee woo-a-thon that kicked off with Michelle Obama's arrival in Copenhagen to pitch Chicago's bid.

The game had none of the horrifying edge of the teams' last Olympic contest in Australia, remembered by some as the "blood in the water" game at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

The libretto's background is an ancient Olympic contest, here rendered contemporary in David Roger's designs with a boxing match, a valiant sprint around the theatre and a Vivaldian take on the Chariots of Fire theme thrown in alongside Nick Elphick's vast human figures.

The first three Olympic contests only reinforced the notion of invincibility.

In Olympic contests only the 10-metre platform and 3-metre springboard are used.

From then until Saturday, the Americans had competed in nearly 60 games worth of exhibitions, world championships and Olympic contests.

The Americans have played 39 Olympic contests since then, including Tuesday's, and have won them all.

Three of the Olympic contests start at higher altitude, where the conditions are fine, but their courses finish at the base of the mountain where the other three contests take place.