elite athlete

collocation in English

meaningsofeliteandathlete

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elite
adjective[before noun]
uk
/iˈliːt/us
/iˈliːt/
belonging to the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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athlete
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæθ.liːt/us
/ˈæθ.liːt/
a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in ...
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(Definition ofeliteandathletefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The race includes botheliteathleteand fun runners, and there is also a shorter 7.5 km race.
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With exceptional junior athletics results like these, one would normally expect an outstanding career as a collegiate oreliteathlete.
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The race is open to everyone from fun runner toeliteathlete, and was one of the first town races to include wheelchair athletes.
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His performance lifted him into theeliteathleteranks as he came seventh in a time of 2:10:16 hours.
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Rose has established himself as aneliteathletewho is extremely strong and fast.
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He is aneliteathlete, but also a person with many qualities, particularly endearing.
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After the wars, the race entered a new, uninterrupted era (with the exception of 1991 and 1996) and gradually became international in nature witheliteathletecompetition.
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Despite this, the 3000 m does require some anaerobic conditioning and aneliteathleteneeds to develop a high tolerance to lactic acid, as does the 1500 m.
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Strenuous exercise, particularly ineliteathleterunners and less frequently in other exercise activities, can cause acute incapacitating gastrointestinal symptoms including heartburn, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and gastrointestinal bleeding.
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Christopher is aneliteathlete.
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Intense exercise impairs the integrity of the pulmonary blood-gas barrier in elite athletes.
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Stress, control, and coping in elite athletes.
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The programme has so far awarded grants worth a total of £3,267,253 to support 200 elite athletes with disabilities.
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Understandably, the association concentrates on the need to ensure that so-called elite athletes manage to achieve the highest level.
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What this country puts in place for our elite athletes in the next 18 months to two years will be unrivalled throughout the world.
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The elite athletes have fantastic facilities, but insufficient numbers of people have participated at community amateur sports club level.
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I envisage the new directions being used to support elite athletes, to fund talent identification schemes and for coaching and leadership initiatives in sport.
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We have invested the largest amount for many years in helping to modernise and develop sports facilities for the community and for elite athletes.
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Some £1.3 million also goes to our elite athletes with disabilities.
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A few very important elite athletes need access to 50-metre pools.
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