athletic contest

Example Sentences

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Fifty years ago, the US Open became the first major athletic contest to offer equal prize money to men and women.

From NewsForKids.net • Sep. 14, 2023

It's an athletic contest, fan loyalty rests with teams, not parties, and to tie it in with the American flag has never really made sense.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 6, 2017

For the unfamiliar, this brand of wrestling is probably best understood as sweaty theater rather than a traditional athletic contest.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2017

But is it worth ruining a whole athletic contest for the sake of a sound effect?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2010

It happened that soon after their arrival Perseus heard that the King of Larissa, in the North, was holding a great athletic contest, and he journeyed there to take part.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton