Birmingham Hosts European Athletics Championships Day One
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The European Athletics Championships started in Birmingham. This is a big sports event for European runners and jumpers.
On day one, two races were the most important. These are called the top billing events.
The first race was the women's 100m. This is a very fast sprint race.
The second race was the men's 5,000m. This is a long distance race.
Birmingham is a city in England. It is now the host city for this big event.
Many fans watched the races. They wanted to see fast runners from many countries.
Britain had good news before this event. A British runner won gold in the 800m. Britain waited 92 years for this win.
The championships will continue for more days. More races and events will happen.
Vocabulary6 words
- sports event
- a day or time when people watch or do sports
- billing
- how important something is shown to be
- sprint
- a very fast, short run
- distance
- a long way; not short
- host
- the place where an event happens
- gold
- the prize for coming first
Quiz
Answer key
1. Birmingham 2. Women's 100m and men's 5,000m 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The European Athletics Championships started in _____. This is a big sports event for European runners and jumpers.
On day one, two races were the most important. These are called the top _____ events.
The first race was the women's _____. This is a very fast sprint race.
The second race was the men's _____. This is a long distance race.
Birmingham is a city in England. It is now the _____ city for this big event.
Britain had good news before this event. A British runner won _____ in the 800m.
Britain waited 92 _____ for this win.
The championships will continue for more days. More races and events will _____.
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