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Kazakhstan's sporting success

Which sports do you like watching?

Which sports do you play?

Kazakhstani athletes are becoming more and more famous for their success in sport.

People probably know them best for boxing. Kazakhstani boxers are some of the best boxers in the world. Kazakhstan often wins Olympic gold medals for boxing.

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio were Kazakhstan's best ever Olympics. 207 countries sent over 11,000 athletes to compete in 306 events. 78 countries won medals, and Kazakhstan finished twenty-second in the medals table. What a fantastic result!

Which medals did they win? 104 Kazakhstani athletes went to the Games and they left with 17 medals. Three were gold! So who won these medals? The Kazakhstani swimmer, Dmitriy Balandin, won a gold medal, and there were also golds in boxing and weightlifting. The women did extremely well. Two silver medals were in women's weightlifting and wrestling.

What will happen at future Olympic Games? It will be very interesting to see. But everyone feels sure that Kazakhstanis will not be disappointed.

ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

The first Olympic Games were in Ancient Greece. They were always in Olympia and they probably began in 776 BC. They took place every four years, like the modern Olympic Games.

Extra reading

1 Read the text again. Are the sentences true (7) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

1 Boxers from Kazakhstan often win medals at the Olympics.

2 78 countries competed in the 2016 Olympic Games.

3 Over 100 countries won medals.

4 Kazakhstan sent over 100 athletes to the Games.

5 Kazakhstan won seven medals.

6 Kazakhstan won gold medals in three types of sport.

Какие виды спорта ты любишь смотреть? Какими видами спорта ты занимаешься?

Ответ:

I like to watch football, especially when big championships are on. I also play volleyball with my friends in the schoolyard. / Я люблю смотреть футбол, особенно когда идут большие чемпионаты. А еще я играю в волейбол с друзьями на школьном дворе.

Прочитайте текст еще раз. Являются ли предложения истинными (T) или ложными (F)? Исправьте ложные предложения.

Ответ:

1. T (True). / Истина.

2. F (False). 207 countries competed in the 2016 Olympic Games. / Ложь. 207 стран соревновались на Олимпийских играх 2016 года.

3. F (False). 78 countries won medals. / Ложь. 78 стран завоевали медали.

4. T (True). / Истина.

5. F (False). Kazakhstan won 17 medals. / Ложь. Казахстан завоевал 17 медалей.

6. T (True). / Истина.