11.   Each athlete makes two timed runs down the course, with the fastest time counting.

12.   For the last four years each athlete has made a relentless, single-minded march toward Atlanta, which culminated Thursday night with two spectacular performances.

13.   For years, track and field athletes have made social bets with one another on who will win a race or a jumping event or whatever.

14.   Home-schooled athletes were making an impact even when their numbers were low.

15.   I thought back then that professional athletes made a lot of money.

16.   If an athlete can make a quantum stride forward, can he regress just as quickly?

17.   In the wake of doping scandals, can any athlete make considerable improvement without the immediate suspicion of drug use?

18.   It was one of those remarkable, and increasingly rare, days when a professional athlete makes the right decision about ending a career.

19.   Lately, numerous athletes have been making runs at Hollywood stardom.