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Meanings of athletics in English

Russian
лёгкая атлетика
Portuguese
atletismo
Catalan
atletisme
Spanish
atletismo
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Collection of sports which involve running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

Related terms
лёгкая атлетика
Catalan
competició atlètica

A contest between athletes.

competició atlètica
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Portuguese
esporte
Catalan
esport
Spanish
deporte

An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition.

esporte
Usage of athletics in English
1
Over 200 countries contest the world athletics championships held every two years.
Radio NZ
2
This is a serious threat which Australian athletics will struggle to combat.
News.com.au
3
Back in the grammar school he had started his apprenticeship in athletics.
The High School Captain of the Team; or, Dick & Co. Leading the ...
4
Russia's athletics federation remains suspended over evidence of systematic and state-sponsored doping.
Reuters
5
The same rule of participation should govern the athletics of the camp.
Camping For Boys
6
Suddenly athletics had found its new superman - for one night anyway.
The Irish Times
7
For example, the crop of presidential hopeful has diverse taste in athletics.
Reuters
8
Senior sports officials unanimously elected Shlyakhtin, a former rugby and athletics coach.
The Guardian
9
So far we've been beaten at football, hockey, swimming and track athletics.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
10
This would allow him to train and compete in athletics meetings again.
The Guardian
11
I'm getting used to watching the athletics world go by without me.
The Irish Times
12
His bio reads: Ryan has a passion for athletics and human performance.
Climbing Magazine
13
My dad was my athletics coach and I'd done that for years.
The Guardian
14
A wealth of nations Maria Mutola is a legend of modern athletics.
News.com.au
15
Yet her injury-enforced switch from athletics to cycling has had its rewards.
The Irish Times
16
Indeed, athletics in some form occupied every moment of my spare time.
A Labrador Doctor / The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfe...
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