athlete
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"Tebogo is a great athlete, I've looked up to him for a long time and he deserved the win," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Depending on the exact illness an athlete is suffering from, a return to competition is possible.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I can’t think of a NYC athlete turnaround like it—except maybe for KAT’s teammate, Mikal Bridges, who was even more criticized than Towns.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It’s why he once oversaw the men’s and women’s programs at Cal Poly Pomona, served as an athlete representative on U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
And it is within this Muslim community that I gained my first level of “celebrity” status as an athlete.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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