to compete in athletics

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• athletics — noun 1 (BrE) sports such as running, jumping, etc. ⇨ See also ↑track and field ADJECTIVE ▪ indoor, outdoor ▪ junior, senior ▪ amateur, schools …   Collocations dictionary

• Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics — At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, twenty six athletics (track and field) events were contested, all for men only.Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events. In the team races (the medley relay… …   Wikipedia

• Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games — Track events 100 m   men   women …   Wikipedia

• Athletics Australia — is the peak body for all track and field athletics activity in Australia [ [http://www.coolrunning.com.au/general/runningaustralia/ Cool Running Australia] ] . First founded in 1897, the organisation is responsible for administering a sport with… …   Wikipedia

• Athletics Kenya — (AK) is the body governing Athletics in Kenya. It was known as Kenya Amateur Athletics Association (KAAA) until 2002. The federation was founded in colonial Kenya in 1952 by the late Sir Derek Erskine. Athletics Kenya is a member of the IAAF and… …   Wikipedia

• Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics — is being held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There are 160 gold medals in this sport.ClassificationAthletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system… …   Wikipedia

• compete — 1610s, from M.Fr. compéter be in rivalry with (14c.), or directly from L.L. competere strive in common, in classical Latin to come together, agree, to be qualified, later, strive together, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + petere to strive …   Etymology dictionary

• Athletics (sport) — For other uses, see Athletics (disambiguation). Athletics Highest governing body IAAF Characteristics Mixed gender yes …   Wikipedia

• athletics — /ath let iks/, n. 1. (usually used with a pl. v.) athletic sports, as running, rowing, or boxing. 2. Brit. track and field events. 3. (usually used with a sing. v.) the practice of athletic exercises; the principles of athletic training. [1595… …   Universalium

• Athletics at the Summer Paralympics — Main article: Athletics at the Summer Paralympics Marathon events have been held at the Summer Paralympic Games, for both men and women, since the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York.[1] [2] Since the 1996 Games in Atlanta,… …   Wikipedia

• Athletics in Australia — Sport overview country = Australia sport = Athletics (track and field) imagesize = 260px caption = union = Athletics Australia registered = 14,493 (total athletes) first = 1810, Sydney, New South Wales session = Session: 112,524, 2000 Sydney… …   Wikipedia