Williams had another trying session as Polish reserve Robert Kubica took part in a race weekend for the first time since 2010, three months before he suffered serious injuries in a rally crash.
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In a charming segment with Blue Peter presenter Lindsay Russell that aired in June, Kate took part in a race to build a den, helped some kids create innovative plant pots by upcycling some old Wellington boots and joined in a hunt for creatures like newts and frogspawn in a pond.
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There has been a total of 20 Formula One drivers from Japan, of whom 17 took part in a race, with varying degrees of success.
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In 1935, Bluenose sailed to Plymouth after being invited as part of the Silver Jubilee of King George V. During her visit, she took part in a race with schooner-yachts, specifically designed for racing. Bluenose came third.Robinson, pp. 60–61 On her return trip to Nova Scotia, Bluenose encountered a strong gale that lasted for three days.
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She won her first medal as a junior in 1993 during the cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel, where she finished third . Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 to race on a mountain bike. Van den Brand took part in a race in Bergschenhoek and finished in fifth position. She rode the European and world junior mountain biking championships and finished seventh in both.
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Aytoun had the same name as his grandfather. His father was called John and his mother was Isobel and his maternal grandfather was Robert Rollo. Aytoun took part in a race on Kersal Moor which traditionally was done with the competitors running without clothes. The race was run each Whitsun and the spectacle attracted large crowds and entertainers who transformed part of the moor into a giant fair.
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In September 1904 the most famous Italian runner of the time, Pericle Pagliani, took part in a race in Carpi. According to tradition, Pietri was attracted by the event and, still wearing his work clothes, ran to the finish ahead of Pagliani. A few days later Pietri débuted in a distance race, finishing second in the 3,000 m of Bologna. The following year he achieved his first international success, winning the 30 km in Paris.
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Before seeing action, she took part in a race against other ships where she was deemed to be one of the most nimble and the fastest of the great ships in the fleet (see details under "Sails and rigging"). On , Howard's force arrived off Brest only to see a small enemy force join with the larger force in the safety of Brest harbour and its fortifications.Marsden (2003) pp. 11–12. The French had recently been reinforced by a force of galleys from the Mediterranean, which sank one English ship and seriously damaged another.
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Ait Khamouch is a Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T46 middle distance and marathon events. His first athletics race was one organized by French tourists in his hometown in Morocco. He won the race, and the prize of a small blue truck. Following the race, he approached the Morocco Paralympic Committee about competing in athletics, but they rejected him citing a variety of factors. Following his arrival in Spain, he eventually took part in a race in Barcelona organized by El Corte Inglés in 2003 where his performance attracted attention and eventually coaching.
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Gentry was born in Barnes, close to the River Thames, and participated in water sports when young, racing dinghies at the age of six. In 1919, Weybridge Rowing Club organised celebrations of the Allied victory in the First World War and she took part in a race of ladies' fours. This was successful and she then helped establish the club's ladies' section in 1920. In 1925, she was a member of a club team which defeated crews from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands at a royal charity regatta in Brussels.
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At the end of the month, during the ninth annual Royal Air Force Display, Pickthorn took part in a race between instructors from the Reserve of Air Force Officers training centres, representing the North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company Ltd., based in Leeds. Flying Avro 504N aircraft over a course the five competitors all finished with eight seconds of each other, with Pickthorn just in front. In November 1928, Pickthorn was one of the founders of the Brooklands School of Flying alongside Captain H. D. Davis, which was formed following the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. P. Henderson from the Henderson Flying School.
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The next day he attended the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club's event at Sherburn-in-Elmet, taking part in a 30-mile air race in his Spartan, and coming third. On 25 July 1931 Gibbons took part in the King's Cup Air Race for the second time, again flying Spartan G-AAHA. He led for much of the race, but was finally overtaken in the final leg by Flying Officer E. C. T. Edwards, flying the Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AACC belonging to Robert McAlpine, and came second by only three minutes. On 3 October 1931 he took part in a race between Heston Aerodrome, London, and Cardiff, to mark the opening of the Cardiff Municipal Aerodrome.
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On Friday 26 October 2012 34053 made a guest appearance in one of that years Children in Need events when she took part in a race between the Severn Valley Railway and the Morgan car company and would start off at Bridgnorth with both racing to Kidderminster with both the car and train calling at intermediate stations to collect tokens. Sky Sports commentator Vicky Gomersall was on the footplate of 34053 while the car (a Morgan 3-Wheeler) was driven by Coronation Street actor Tony Hirst. In the end 34053 lost to the Morgan by 5 minutes, but the event managed to raise a large amount of money for Children in Need as the train was a sell out at £20pp. The event was shown on the BBC1 Children in Need evening on Friday 16 November (the event only being shown in the midlands broadcast).
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Otherwise serving a life sentence, for reasons undisclosed under sealed motions, Lanier was scheduled to be released from prison, with a discharge date of October 15, 2014, which was reportedly confirmed to Autoweek magazine insiders by Jim Porter, first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website also confirmed Lanier's date of discharge conditional to the requirement that he spends a six-month duration in a halfway house before entering a three-year-long supervised release into society where will be disallowed alcohol and / or firearms. Lanier stated that he had a job awaiting him at a classic car museum in Florida, said to be for Preston Henn, owner of Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop. In 2015 Lanier took part in a race in Mid Ohio, driving for Rally Baby Racing, which was covered in-depth by Road & Track magazine.
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