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The Olympics then and now
I can read for specific information.
THINK! When and where are the next Olympic Games?
Which sport in the box is NOT in the Olympics?
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OLYMPICS TIMELINE
1896: The first modern Olympic Games were in Greece. There were silver medals for winners and bronze medals for second place. There weren't any gold medals.
1916: In 1916, 1940 and 1944, there weren't any games because of war.
1920: There wasn't an Olympic flag until 1920. The flag of every country in the world has got one of the five Olympic colours in it.
1936: Twelve-year-old swimmer Inge Sorensen from Denmark was the youngest medallist in Olympic history.
1960: Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia was the first African to win a gold medal after running a marathon without shoes.
2016: There were two new events in Rio in 2016-golf and rugby were the first new events in nearly 100 years.
2020: In 2020, there was a global problem and they moved the games to 2021.
1. Read the text. What sports does it mention?
2. 🎧2.14 Read and listen to the text and write True or False.
1. There were gold medals in the first Olympic Games.
2. There weren't any games in 1916.
3. Inge Sorensen was a swimmer from Ethiopia.
4. Abebe Bikila was a marathon runner.
5. Golf and rugby were Olympic sports for the first time in 2012.
3. VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to check the meanings of the words in blue in the text.
4. 
USE IT! Work in pairs. Which piece of information in the text do you think is the most interesting? What sports do you like watching in the Olympics?
