1.   But the mini-pools also are playing an increasingly important role in training world class athletes, whose performance can be closely monitored in the tanks.

2.   They make Jonathan Edwards look more like a scholar than a world champion athlete.

3.   Algerian middle-distance runner Hassiba Boulmerka won the Sports Prize for both her victories in recent world competitions and her stature among struggling world athletes in the third world.

4.   But they have world class athletes in archery, badminton, baseball, softball, gymnastics, shooting, squash, swimming, diving, table tennis and weightlifting.

5.   Concerned about dwindling interest in the elections, both sides farmed candidates ranging from world class athletes and film stars like Gina Lollobrigida.

6.   Concerned about dwindling interest in the elections, both sides are showcasing candidates including world class athletes and film stars such as Gina Lollobrigida.

7.   In a country eager for world champion athletes, Coomber is being feted.

8.   Southeast Asia has world class athletes in some sports, such as badminton and boxing.

9.   That could be a dangerous mindset for a world class athlete, but Seles has managed to overcome those feelings.

10.   The result is that Singapore has rarely won any international events or produced world class athletes.