Other than choosing your parents well, the main difference between the athletic champion and the rest of us is mental toughness.

This neighborhood has produced a good many athletic champions, including Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe, and they are duly revered.

Tommy Conneff from Clane, who went on to hold the world record for the mile, was among the first GAA athletic champions.

As in other Eastern-bloc countries, athletic champions such as Urrutia are provided for by the state beyond the necessities of training, equipment and proper nourishment.

Lipinski's victory reflects a continuing trend toward young, athletic champions.

After returning from Stockholm, Harry marched in the Welcome Home Parade as an honored guest and the oldest athletic champion in America.

She performed most of her scenes opposite John Weston, a former school boy athletic champion turned radio broadcaster.

It is always a bit chancy for athletic champions or rock singers to come back to the old neighborhood and say, "Look what you can do."

Pythagoras was at first a painter, but eventually turned to sculpture, apparently focusing on portraits of athletic champions from Hellenized cities in Italy and Sicily.

An attractive and athletic Olympic champion, she certainly is attention-worthy.