Robinson's success opened the door for other black athletes to play on all-white professional teams.
VOA: special.2009.04.05
These are highly competitive athletes, at the top of their sport, coming here to Princeton when they were recruited.
这都是竞争力很强的运动员,属于单项之最,被普林斯顿招来时都是顶尖的。
and so our organisation is trying to get as many medals as possible for the Olympics, for UK athletes.
所以我们的组织努力地为奥运、为英国运动员争取尽可能多的金牌。
With specially cooled tracks and racing equipment, it is not unusual for luge athletes to reach speeds of one hundred forty kilometers an hour or more.
VOA: special.2010.02.10
to get our athletes used to competing in front of big crowds
让我们的运动员适应在众多观众面前比赛,
They became eligible for the Winter Games in 1992, but the NHL has allowed its athletes to go to the Olympics only three previous times: in 1998,2002,and 2006.
VOA: standard.2010.01.12
Famous people and star athletes came to see him play and many of his high school basketball games were televised.
VOA: special.2010.08.06
So last year,students,parents, school officials,stars,politicians, athletes and other people were urged to write thank-you notes for the special teachers in their lives.
VOA: special.2010.04.30
Today,the Special Olympics has grown to include about three million athletes in more than one hundred fifty countries.
VOA: special.2009.08.23
Information in a biological passport can help catch athletes who use banned drugs but find ways to avoid testing positive for them.
VOA: special.2011.04.12
Then athletes say they are more likely to want treatment by someone of their own sex.
VOA: special.2010.07.15
It is said to be most-useful to athletes in endurance sports such as cycling and distance-running.
VOA: special.2011.04.12
The athletes share a common goal to do their best and win a gold medal.
VOA: special.2010.02.10
It will include ninety-one athletes, compared to seventy-six athletes four years ago.
VOA: special.2010.02.10
These new professional athletes are training to win basketball games and championships.
VOA: special.2009.07.10
One job of an athletic trainer is to treat injured athletes.
VOA: special.2010.07.15
And now that we see them being awarded to athletes from all over the world, we are very proud about that."
VOA: standard.2010.02.16
"We will never be able to eliminate all risks,and athletes who engage in competition are taking these risks also.
VOA: standard.2010.03.01
She said even athletes who have to travel halfway around the world to compete, will come to Chicago and feel at home.
VOA: standard.2009.09.16
He brought women into the IOC fold, she says,and always ensured funds were available to support countries and athletes in financial need.
VOA: standard.2010.04.21
They also know the gestures. Nearly 4,000 athletes have come from more than 80 countries to take part in the games this year.
VOA: standard.2009.09.10
Semenya and the other athletes were invited to lunch by President Jacob Zuma who praised the young woman for her achievement in the face of adversity.
VOA: standard.2009.08.25
Besides sponsoring the Family Home in Vancouver, P&G decided to take an extra step, launching a campaign to provide special monetary support for mothers of U.S.athletes.
VOA: standard.2010.02.20
With Nordic combined athletes limited to as few as five jumps a week, Demong said being a more experienced athlete helps him maintain the focus to compete.
VOA: standard.2010.01.31
They consider themselves athletes here to participate in the games.
VOA: standard.2009.09.10
But the athletes are able to overcome language barriers.
VOA: standard.2009.09.10
"It really shows you what a treat it really is and what it really means to the United States of America, and how these athletes get one goal four years around.
VOA: standard.2010.01.12
"The fact of the matter is it helps our athletes, it inspires our kids, it really embraces all that the Olympics has to offer all of us as a country, as a community and as a world."
VOA: standard.2010.02.23
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