31.   Politics and personalities undeniably affect the judging but skating is, after all, an athletic competition.

32.   Remember when the Olympics used to be an athletic competition?

33.   She said those to be featured out front must show championship spirit, and they must perform as champions in an athletic competition.

34.   Speaking of games, writers at sports magazines need to be mindful to avoid the hyperbolic writing that equates athletic competition with war.

35.   So was anybody who cares about honest athletic competition.

36.   Sooner or later filmmakers are going to have to discover a new way to present athletic competition.

37.   Strip away all the commercialism, all the gaudy trappings and get down to the bare essentials of honest athletic competition.

38.   That this was some kind of athletic competition?

39.   The absolute essence of athletic competition lies in testing yourself against perceived superiors.