Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...final season of a career that had already brought two world championships, broke her neck last month and died. Conditions were unquestionably risky. The timer pole that she hit was controversially sited. And Maier, a consummate pro, knew the dangers. But the slope was familiar, and 67 other competitors that day survived uneventfully. Her death emphasized for athletes and audiences alike the inherent risk in the Olympic goal of pushing "faster, higher, stronger" to the limit. It also underscored a hard lesson every competitor learns in death's little precursor, defeat: Luck is more than half of life...
While most of Roosevelt's supporters cite incumbent Weld as his main competitor, the young representative first needs to outshine Democratic opponent, Barrett, in the state primaries...
...would think this liberation would make the sport slightly less laborious. Not at all. Skating remains one of the most arduous athletic endeavors a child can pursue. To be an Olympic-caliber competitor in any sport requires tremendous devotion at an early age, but a youngster who desires to be the best on ice faces special demands. Serious training can easily cost $40,000 a year in coaching fees, costumes, skates and living expenses. The little prodigy who can already do a double flip rarely lives near one of the dozen or so shrines where the top coaches preside: either...
...TIME: Did you know when you began your talks with Sumner that an aggressive competitor like Diller could...
...anybody as my top competitors. I see myself as my top competitor. I'm the one I have to beat...