Sporting events in the Winter Olympic Games: skiing, ice hockey, ice skating Sporting events played between teams: badminton, football, basketball, gymnastics, relay race, table tennis, sailing, volleyball, soccer Sporting events done best by Chinese athletes: badminton, gymnastics, table tennis, diving, volleyball, shooting, weight-lifting, hurding
2 Choose the words below that are synonyms
of the words in italics.
and also gradually
too impossible
silly
as well as, One after another, as well, hopeless, foolish
Phidippides has become a link with the ancient Olympic past.
His story is well-know. It is an inspiring example. It is also an example of a great running achievement.
Phidippides
The Greeks were very worried and didn’t know what to do. They sent Phidippides to Sparta to ask for help for the battle…