| Most of the NFL men are gathered at the finish line, pyramiding with watches outstretched. |
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| The breeze steadied as the rain clouds cleared and Zephyr continued a solitary route to the finish line. |
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| But France heard the call and responded giving just enough to cross the finish line a mere canvas ahead of Great Britain. |
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| Two cyclists could be separated by just a couple of hundredths of a second at the finish line. |
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| When one Moai reaches the finish line, you compare the number of stones in the first and second place Moai. |
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| The latest grant will be for the start to finish line, headworks for permanent power and water, and turn-off from the Stuart Highway. |
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| They were all helicoptered out and spent their last few days near the finish line, cheering on the teams who made it to the end. |
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| He sailed like the true champion to recover six places through the race, catching the Argentinian helm with the last surge on the finish line. |
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| All runners will get a medal, a bottle of water and a cereal bar at the finish line. |
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| A biology teacher from the Swiss Alps spoiled the party by outsprinting the favourite Michellie Jones to the Opera House finish line. |
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| We saw each other again at the finish line and the amputee introduced himself as Jim Bonney. |
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| For Jim it was sipping green chartreuse outside the Angel in Easingwold with only 12 miles to the York finish line. |
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| The crowd then briskly moves to the trackside to watch the start and follow the colours of their jockey around the circuit to the finish line. |
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| I am very pleased to have crossed the finish line on my home circuit in front of all the celebrating mechanics. |
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| On the circuit, 600 meters from the finish line, there was a cobblestone section that we passed over every loop we made. |
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| To fans in the stands or on television, the two racecars appear to be in a flat-out, pell-mell charge to the finish line. |
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| There is sufficient uncertainty approaching Tuesday's finish line, however, for financial markets to be in a highly febrile state. |
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| Married to a multimillionaire, she has hustled, harangued, conspired and connived to get Athens to the finish line. |
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| It's like running a hundred yard dash and getting knocked down by the tape at the finish line. |
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| Three men from Chippenham raced through the finish line at the New York Marathon, achieving a life long dream. |
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| Muscles tensed and eyes peeled, they push off for another dash and cross the finish line. |
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| When an elated Oxford crew crossed the finish line, Cambridge were two lengths behind. |
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| The only time I enjoy it is when I cross the finish line first on a Sunday. |
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| But almost all of the 38 boats that started the race sailed past the finish line. |
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| We do know that when you cross the finish line in a race first, you're the best person in that race. |
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| We all want to be the one to cross the finish line with our arms thrown high in victory. |
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| After I crossed the finish line, I phoned my wife to tell her I had finished in one piece. |
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| Her efforts have been slightly marred by a hip injury but she's still determined to cross the finish line in good time. |
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| His objective was to complete the race and reach the finish line, and he did. |
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| Points were awarded to the first four riders crossing the finish line at each points lap. |
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| However, his impressive performance during the race saw him cross the finish line in 4th. |
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| Points are awarded to the winner based on how much further ahead he was at the cross of the finish line. |
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| Two cyclists race head-to-head, playing a waiting game, with the first to cross the finish line the winner. |
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| It's a matter of mind over body, the drive to cross the finish line at all costs. |
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| When I crossed the finish line today I knew it had been a great team effort. |
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| At this point we only hoped that we would cross the finish line before lurching to a complete stop. |
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| A tale of murder, bribery, betrayal and intrigue follows as the plot gathers pace and Solomon races to towards the finish line. |
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| When I began racing, we still used a flagman as a starter, and there was another guy at the finish line who tried to judge who won. |
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| He raced behind the two front runners early before assuming command 150 yards from the finish line and drawing clear by two lengths. |
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| A keen cyclist is to live out his dream by riding across the finish line of the Tour de France. |
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| He might as well try this race, and if he did reach the finish line early, he could down the whiskey. |
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| Fierce headwinds driving against currents produced steep-fronted waves that smashed into the fleet as it struggled to reach the finish line. |
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| It's more important for a race bike to actively absorb washboard and roots so riders can stay seated, powering the pedals to the finish line. |
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| He heard the bell ring for the last 200m, kicked, and slowed to a jog after crossing the finish line in first. |
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| The eight adventurers crossed the finish line rafted up together, welcomed by a wonderful group of volunteers, staff and families. |
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| There were times when he crossed the finish line and found himself hanging out the side, unaware of where he was. |
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| Athletes try to reach the finish line first in aerodynamic three-wheel rides custom formed to fit the shape of their riders. |
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| Sometimes the finish line just doesn't come soon enough especially if this is your third race of the regatta. |
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| Although he hadn't reached the finish line, the team managers got a good impression of him and appreciated his technical maturity. |
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| She was shunted from the rear on her way to the flag and had a nasty bang into the bank just before the finish line. |
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| Rounding the curve in the road Crow makes a turn and heads straight towards the finish line ribbon strung across the road. |
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| Two hundred metres later, Mary crossed the finish line in sixth position, hardly a blip on the Olympic screen. |
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| Jim, looking resigned, walked toward the finish line as the snow turned to fat globs of freezing rain. |
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| Under a blue, sunny sky and falling leaves, the crowds cheered the trudgers on to the finish line in Central Park. |
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| Well, slowly but surely, the race for the White House is nearing the finish line. |
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| Two of the horses were neck and neck down to the finish line with a crowd of cowboys and cowgirls cheering them on. |
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| He was neck and neck with someone, almost to the finish line when the pounding of fresh rain brought him to life again. |
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| So neither of them moved, and the algae that grows on the sloth's fur got to the finish line first. |
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| The tender scene at the marathon finish line has been taken over by bros with beers. |
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| Marathon runners will take to Sukhumvit Highway southbound towards Sattahip before returning to the finish line. |
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| At the finish line, Fulks nosed ahead for the win by just two-thousandths of a second. |
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| Team-mate Muller then nosed ahead of Neal in the sprint to the finish line for third. |
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| The beer tent at the finish line will take your mind off your hammered corpus. |
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| Australian Robbie McEwen jubilates as he crosses the finish line. |
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| Also, by setting myself deadlines and being much harsher on myself and less indulgent, I was able to really push through to a tangible finish line. |
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| Arroyo was taken to nearby North Shore University Hospital after his mount, Ruby Hill, took an awkward step near the finish line and unseated him. |
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| It put together a wonderful course of 22 scenic miles across the countryside, and put up 1,000 pounds for the man who could outrace the town's horses to the finish line. |
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| The high pace and the rough weather conditions made the field crumble and an ill-looking Bradley Wiggins was defeated on the flat road headed towards the finish line. |
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| Given how little time they had to whip this project to the finish line, they accomplished a lot. |
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| The race has been an annual event since 1988 and once released from the bridge, the ducks float downstream to the finish line by Bradford swimming pool. |
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| In 2008 and 2012, Huckabee and Santorum, respectively won the Iowa Caucus, but did not make it to the finish line. |
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| Five months later, de Blasio won the primary and then trotted through the finish line. |
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| It took another 55 years or so for the suffragists to push their right to vote over the finish line. |
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| Past the finish line and the TV cameras that line the apron of the athletics track, through a tunnel and into the bowels of the main stadium lies the mixed zone. |
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| The way-out wacky races with the finish line at the second Scottish parliament election on May 1 sees the starting gun fired with a busy September. |
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| Foot to the floor and before you can say Jack Robinson you've crossed the finish line having attained a speed in excess of 300mph in a quarter mile! |
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| Cross got the start of a lifetime and pumped his way into a widening lead, flashing across the finish line with the day's fastest time, 18.800 seconds. |
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| From just behind the finish line here, a cable car transports tourists effortlessly and smoothly 3,000 feet up to the neighbouring summit of Pic du Midi. |
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| The final uphill section of the 181 km stage from Civitavecchia to Tivoli prevented a mass sprint, and cyclists crossed the finish line in single file. |
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| Eventually, after six hours on the back of the bike we swept those slowcoach cyclists over the finish line and there were all the rest of the entrants. |
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| Interestingly, in slalom category Karim failed to touch the finish line as per FIS rules and was declared disqualified. |
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| She collapsed at the finish line and was transported to the MMU for treatment of a pneumothorax. |
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| I felt dizzy and fainting at places, but I still made it to the finish line. |
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| David Colley, 58, from Hull, collapsed and died as he approached the half marathon's finish line in Newcastle. |
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| A standard start and finish line for circumnavigations of the Earth is between Ushant and Lizard Point. |
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| It's flipper to flipper as the 28 Hawksbills competing in the Great Gulf Turtle Race get closer to the finish line. |
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| He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line. |
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| A BRITISH yachtsman became the first quadriplegic to sail across the Atlantic yesterday when he crossed the finish line in the Caribbean. |
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| Many marathons around the world have such time limits by which all runners must have crossed the finish line. |
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| The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. |
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| Most of it will be taken up waiting for your saddlesore correspondent to cross the finish line. |
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| After sledding through the finish line, loyal canines will lap at my windburned face as spectators shower me with champagne. |
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| But Steve, driven on by the cause to help vervet monkeys, ignored the temptation to stop and carried on, eventually crossing the finish line to great cheers and relief. |
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| The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line. |
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| The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line. |
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| Fangio took the victory, and Moss pushed his Maserati to the finish line. |
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| He stopped short of the finish line to avoid an engine penalty. |
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| The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line. |
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| Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line. |
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| The overzealousness of young contestants mixed with the warm weather caused many youngsters participating in the Youth Race to seek medical aid once at the finish line. |
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| We crossed the finish line thinking we'd lost to Kokomo, the three lead boats were so close at the finish line it was hard to see who was in front. |
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| The three-day event features high speed racing action as 10 unlimited hydroplanes and 12 automotive-powered supercharged light hydroplane boats speed to the finish line. |
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| But after more than 10,000 miles, 16 countries, and one third of the planet, we arrived at the finish line in Ulan Bator just in time for last orders. |
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