Sentence examples for select athletes from inspiring English sources

"We maintain that the overriding aim of the selection panel has been to select athletes who provide the Great Britain Taekwondo team the optimal chance of winning the best set of medals at the Games this summer".

"The selection panel's primary aim has always been to select athletes who have the best potential to win the best set of medals for Great Britain.

And he understood that hitting a ball was a different skill, that only Barry Bonds, whether or not he was using anything, and other select athletes could master.

"We were trying to give the athletes an opportunity to make adjustments and select athletes who are able to make these adjustments," said Steve Rybacki, a member of the women's Olympic selection committee.

Here in Salt Lake City, there was even a controversy involving a tattered flag from the World Trade Center that the United States Olympic Committee wanted to be carried by select athletes into the opening ceremony on Friday night, but the I.O.C. felt that gesture would have been too political.

"I think the WTF, the BOA, UK Sport and the IOC need to set clear guidelines to organisations for when we select athletes.

She was thrilled that the Olympic oath, recited by one select athlete at Friday's opening ceremony, included a commitment to avoid drugs.

The artist selected athletes, bodybuilders and members of acrobatics teams to fulfill the technical requirements.

"We're selecting athletes more on their stories, their determination and life achievements than the number of medals or triumphs they've had," said Quenton Martin, the vice president for Olympics of Coca-Cola North America, a sponsor of the Games.

"We wish all the selected athletes well at the event, but will certainly explore ways in which future selections can be made to match the true "spirit" of our sport".

Only athletes who have qualified for state competitions as individuals or as members of teams that have reached state playoffs have been tested so far, though the association hopes to expand the testing to randomly selected athletes on any team at any point during a sports season.