(n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
(n.) Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.
(n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
(2) In a comparative study 11 athletes and 11 untrained students were investigated at rest, of these 6 trained and 5 untrained individuals during exercise as well.
(3) During recovery, while the heart rate decreased and the RR interval variance increased, there was a relative increase in LF and a relative decrease in HF in normal subjects (either sedentary or athletic).
(4) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
(5) "He's defined by being himself, by being smart, by being a good athlete," Goldwater said of Keller.
(6) "They haven't just got to be able to run like athletes," says Hall.
(7) #Tigers #Athletics @HunterFelt October 11, 2013 David Lengel (@LengelDavid) @HunterFelt Unless you're Yoenis Cespedes of course!
(8) The brightly lit ice palaces themselves are stunning, inside and out, and the sporting facilities have been rightly praised by almost all the athletes.
(9) However, the mean serum EPO concentrations of male and female athletes engaged in a variety of sports were not different from those of sedentary control subjects of both sexes (26.5-35.3 U.ml-1).
(10) Sudden death in healthy athletes is uncommon but, when it occurs, the primary mechanism is cardiovascular.
(11) Thus many athletes sustain dental-related injuries resulting in deformity and discomfort which may persist throughout their lives.
(12) He is big, strong, athletic, very quick and has got a fantastic leap on him," said McClaren.
(13) The increased volume of flowing blood and increased stroke volume in athletes probably allows for a reduction in flow velocity and thereby a reduction in kinetic energy.
(14) In Iten, I heard stories of athletes being told weeks in advance when to attend the testing centre in Eldoret.
(15) Many athletes, particularly female, are iron depleted, but true iron deficiencies are rare.
(16) Maximal power output was on average 81.1 W for the male population and varied from 65.8 W for class II athletes to 92.2 W for class LA.
(17) These results indicate that the increase in glucose storage by acute exercise is not systematically associated with an improved glucose homeostasis, suggesting that other adaptive mechanisms also contribute to the improvement of insulin sensitivity in endurance athletes.
(18) An echocardiographic evaluation of 77 members of a championship childhood swim team showed dimensional variations from normal in most athletes.
(19) Ballet dancers generated significantly less mechanical power than indoor soccer, basketball and bobsled athletes, while wrestlers generated significantly less power than indoor soccer and basketball athletes (all p less than 0.05).
(20) (GL) and M. deltoideus (D) were studied in 89 athletes practising 11 different sport events.
Athleticism
Definition:
(n.) The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Example Sentences:
(1) He will not be easily replaced, but Ogletree is the top inside linebacker in this year's draft, boasting greater range and athleticism than the more talked-about Manti Te'o.
(2) "We like his athleticism," said the Raiders' head coach, Dennis Allen.
(3) In conclusion, athleticism in women is associated with an elevation of daytime melatonin levels independent of menstrual status.
(4) Despite this vulnerability, Patterson was, nevertheless, a thinking boxer of considerable speed and athleticism, who made the most of his attributes and - until he ran into Liston - benefited hugely from the protection afforded by his caring manager Cus D'Amato, who would take the teenage Mike Tyson under his wing a quarter-of-a-century later.
(5) His athleticism and speed had always helped him out of trouble, but his concentration and positioning always seemed to get him into trouble – with a bad habit, it now seemed, of making at least one costly mistake a game.
(6) Twombly inherited his father's nickname, but not his athleticism.
(7) A predisposition to autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, may exist among athletes, and disease may ensue when athleticism ceases.
(8) Her most fruitful relationship has been with Russell Maliphant, whose stylistic fusion of meditative stillness and reckless athleticism has brought out glowing revelations in her own dancing.
(9) Patterson has freakish athleticism but runs sloppy routes and his work ethic has been questioned.
(10) The MYTH Competition subscale was related to perceived leadership, athleticism, and--when age and IQ were partialed out--to task attention in the classroom.
(11) The novel is a sequence of restaurant meals, parties and clubs – interrupted by episodes of psychopathic violence (for which the novel has become infamous) and bouts of heartless sexual athleticism.
(12) These conclusions are discussed in relation to other workers' findings on the effects of age, sex and athleticism on the ultrastructure of muscle.
(13) The topic of plasticity in the pulmonary system is discussed with specific reference to the effects of physical training and athleticism.
(14) Pogba’s athleticism and high-kneed running style makes him a fiendishly difficult opponent and, if anything, he needs some of the players around him to raise their own level of performance.
(15) Football is not just athleticism, it’s a question of technique, tactics and mentality.
(16) 10.15pm BST 87 min: That goal was all about Bale's awesome athleticism, crowned with a wonderfully delicate finish.
(17) If his athleticism has declined at 34, then it is more than made up for by the leadership he brings to his teams.
(18) Upon being asked why there's no place for Rio Ferdinand in his side, he says that Chris Smalling's athleticism might benefit his team tonight.
(19) It is the thinginess of Thoreau's prose that still excites us, the athleticism with which he springs from detail to detail, image to image, while still toting something of Transcendentalism's metaphysical burden.
(20) "You have to admit that Mario David's legendary flying tackle to the head in the Battle of Santiago displayed an athleticism sadly lacking in this shower," writes Rosie Mitchell.