Olympian
Example Sentences
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Olympian, who went to the locker room at the end of the second period after taking a puck off his mouth, skated in on Darcy Kuemper and went to his backhand for the winner.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Perathoner, who lives two hours from Cortina, is a two-time Olympian in snowboard cross but in January 2021 suffered a serious knee injury while training for the Beijing Games.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
Nothing’s more stirring than seeing an Olympian override pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
O’Brien’s rise to Olympian in the two-person bobsled, the second-fastest sliding sport of the Winter Games, has been even swifter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Marjory and her teammates would be awarded four Olympian medals.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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