1.   Bates took first place at the world competition last month in Crockett, Texas.

2.   After the suit was filed, the Seattle athletes were offered places in the world competition, a proposal they turned down.

3.   But the intensification of world competition means this system no longer works, she added.

4.   Cuba produces some of the most skilled players and its teams have regularly dominated world amateur competitions.

5.   Few expected Barkley to wear the U.S. uniform in a world competition again.

6.   For athletes, a lifetime of fame rides on a few moments, for many just a few seconds in the caldron of world competition.

7.   In pushing sports, the Soviet authorities were probably more interested in winning world competitions than in raising health standards.

8.   In the recent world junior competition in Calgary, Niccum and McClain had limited practice after being weary from jet lag after a flight from Europe.

9.   Just got back from a world competition in Italy.

10.   Miller, Phillips and Jared Heimbigner of ASU also will participate in the world competition at Milledgeville.