Topic 6:Sports

The first modern Olympic Games were in Greece. ___________ silver medals for winners and bronze medals for second place.

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_________ any women competitors until 1900.

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_________ an eleven-hour-forty-minute wrestling match between Martin Klein and Alfred Asikainen.

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In 1916, 1940 and 1944, ___________ any games because of war.

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___________ an Olympic flag until 1920.

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In the first Winter Olympics in France, _____________122 goals scored by the Canadian ice hockey team.

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__________ a youngest medalist in Olympic history from Denmark, the twelve-year-old swimmer Inge Sorensen.

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_________ a first African to win a gold medal after running a marathon without shoes. She is Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia.

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________ any slot for table tennis in the Olympics until 1988 even though it is one of the most popular sport.

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________ a competitor in a horse-riding competition at the age of seventy-one. His name is Hiroshi Hoketsu.

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