PERIOD III: GRADE 8 WEEK II
SPORTS
Vocabulary
1.Copy the reading and solve the questions.
Triathlon is a sport
that consists of three parts, swimming, cycling and running. Athletes race
against each other. They swim first, cycle second and run last. Triathlon
became an Olympic Sport in 2000 at the Sydney Summer Olympics in Australia. In
the Olympics athletes swim for 1.5 km, cycle for 40 km and then run for 10 km.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China the women’s gold medal in triathlon was
won by an Australian, Emma Snowsill, who completed the race in just under two
hours. Jan Frodeno from Germany won the men’s gold medal; he finished the race
in one hour and 48 minutes.
a) What is a Triathlon?
b) Which sports are involved in a Triathlon?
c) Who does compete in a Triathlon?
d) Which is the order of sports in a Triathlon?
e) When did the Triathlon become an Olympic Sport?
f) Which are the distances that Athletes swim, cycle and run?
g) Who did win the the gold medal in 2008?
f) What did Jan Frodeno?
2. Enter the links and solve the quizes:
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