athlete
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"He can glide across the pitch with elegance. He's such an athlete," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, the wildest and most self-expressive of the great soccer players, was an athlete who lived like a rock star.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
A high-school athlete, she had ups and downs with body image and food after having two children, and buying new clothes for herself wasn’t a favorite exercise.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
A judge at the Old Bailey has fined UK Athletics £350,000 with £44,000 in costs after hearing how a paralympic athlete died when equipment fell on him at a training ground in east London.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I’ve had to fight for every win, every place at the table, every ounce of respect on my path to world-class athlete.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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