(v. i.) To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.
(n.) The act of sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
Example Sentences:
(1) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.
(2) A timed sprint to exhaustion was performed after 45 min of exercise at 70% of VO2max, and a Wingate anaerobic test was used to measure total work and peak power.
(3) Nine well-trained subjects performed 15-, 30- and 45-s bouts of sprint exercise using a cycle ergometer.
(4) A major criticism of present models of the energetics and mechanics of sprint running concerns the application of estimates of parameters which seem to be adapted from measurements of running during actual competitions.
(5) Özil showed great determination to get into the six-yard area, sprinting forwards and turning in the cross with a stooping header.
(6) The final sprint comes after a year of wrangling in Congress, against a background of noisy public meetings and demonstrations.
(7) During 1981 to 1983, a secondary prevention study with nifedipine (SPRINT) was conducted in Israel among 2,276 survivors of acute myocardial infarction.
(8) These data suggest that intensive swimming training may prevent or delay the decline with age in the physiological factors affecting blood lactate values following a maximal sprint swim.
(9) Mark Cavendish, the flash "Manx Missile", who has won 25 stages of the Tour de France, thanks his "sprint train" with expensive watches and designer clobber when they lead him out to victory.
(10) Twice he sprinted off his line to deny a pair of Ballon d’Or winners, Roberto Baggio and George Weah .
(11) It was suggested that PRA increases are needed for increasing muscle stiffness to resist great impact forces at the beginning of contact during sprint running.
(12) Jason Kenny's campaign in the match sprint will not end until Monday assuming all goes well, but he got off to the best possible start when he set a new Olympic record in qualifying over the flying 200m, bettering Sir Chris Hoy's 9.815sec from Beijing by over a tenth of a second.
(13) Nations were allowed to sprint ahead of the pack on their own.
(14) We have performed initial clinical studies using the high resolution single photon ring tomograph (SPRINT) and Tc-99m HMPAO.
(15) The effect of heat acclimatization on aerobic exercise tolerance in the heat and on subsequent sprint exercise performance was investigated.
(16) From where he stood, the Real Madrid coach watched in awe as barely metres away Gareth Bale started the sprint that ended with him scoring what he admitted was the "biggest" goal of his career: a 50-metre gallop that won the Copa del Rey for Real Madrid .
(17) In Beijing I was very tired because I won the 200m final after six races and I was not experienced in sprinting.
(18) "Well, the competitive juices might just kick in as we sprinted for the line."
(19) As Wales laboured anxiously, white-shirted Russians were sprinting through from midfield to support Dmitry Bulykin.
(20) After 8 wk of training, small but significant decreases in lactate dehydrogenase activity (15%) were found in the soleus and white vastus lateralis muscles of the sprint animals.
Sprinter
Definition:
(n.) One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2008 the brand ran a campaign timed to coincide with the Olympic handover from Beijing to London featuring 2012 hopefuls including basketballer Luol Deng, middle-distance runner Emily Pidgeon and sprinter Ashlee Nelson.
(2) Contingent negative variation (CNV) and reaction time were examined in four groups of eight young adult men: controls, witnesses, students in physical and athletic education, and sprinters.
(3) Distance runners had a lower heart rate than either sprinters or untrained subjects.
(4) These days it is hard for sprinters in Kenya because of the lack of coaching and facilities, but someone like Bett comes from a part of Kenya that is known down through the years for producing hurdlers, so it is not a big surprise in that sense.
(5) The peak torque values of the flexor and extensor muscle groups of the hip, knee, and ankle joints of the lower extremities were tested in a group of elite male and female sprinters.
(6) No significant differences were observed between sprinters and volley-ball players.
(7) The left atrial diameter was apparently greater in the endurance runners than in the sprinters or control subjects (P less than 0.001), whereas that of the sprinters did not differ from normal.
(8) Control specimens from sprinters who did not perform the acute exercise routine also displayed structural deviations, although to a lesser degree.
(9) In the past few days the sprinter has been almost routinely compared with Muhammad Ali.
(10) The sprinters had been expected to provide fireworks at the Tour, but the match never happened, because of Cavendish’s finish-straight crash in Harrogate on day one.
(11) The neural activation (iEMG) and selected stride characteristics of six male sprinters were studied for 100-, 200-, 300- and 400-m experimental sprints, which were run according to the velocity in the 400 m. Blood lactate (BLa) was analysed and drop jumps were performed with EMG registration at rest and after each sprint.
(12) When you realise that the total distance covered each day can be up to 100km, and bear in mind that pedalling speed is vital for a sprinter such as Cavendish, the benefits of riding the Sixes seem obvious, particularly with the 2015 season so close; Cavendish will kick off on 19 January in Argentina.
(13) British Cycling’s technical director, Shane Sutton, has categorically denied that the sprinter Jess Varnish was dropped from the squad because of her public criticism of the coaches in early March following the women’s team sprint duo’s failure to qualify for the Rio Olympics, and reiterated that Varnish had been dropped on performance grounds.
(14) The Patriots gave up a seventh-round pick plus the rights to Jeff Demps, the Olympic sprinter who claimed a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at London 2012 , in order to obtain Blount from the Buccaneers in April of last year.
(15) A cinematographic recording of the movements of the lower limbs together with simultaneous emg tracings from nine lower limb muscles were obtained from two male track sprinters during three phases of a 100 m sprint run.
(16) Inside, there were articles entitled “Confused on currency?” and a centre spread giving readers “10 reasons why staying in the UK gives Scots the best of both world.” The back page was devoted to ‘sport’ with articles quoting both Sir Alex Ferguson and sprinter Brian Whittle voicing support for Scotland remaining part of the UK.
(17) The relationship between muscle fibre composition and fibre conduction velocity was investigated in 19 male track athletes, 12 sprinters and 7 distance runners, aged 20-24 years, using needle biopsy samples from vastus lateralis.
(18) "I will never be able to be back to being the sprinter that I used to be," says the former schoolboy athlete ruefully, "but I want to be fitter.
(19) These findings indicate that the sprinters and rowers possess elevated buffering capabilities and carnosine levels compared with marathon runners and untrained subjects.
(20) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he may switch to other disciplines such as the long jump after the 2012 Olympic Games.