France Drops Out of Top 10 at European Athletics Championships
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The European Athletics Championships are happening now.
This is a big sports event for countries in Europe.
There are four days of races and other events so far.
Great Britain is number one on the medal table.
A medal table shows how many medals each country wins.
There are three types of medals: gold, silver, and bronze.
Germany is also doing very well in the event.
But France is not in the top 10 anymore.
This is bad news for the French team.
One good moment for France was in the steeplechase.
A steeplechase is a race with jumps and water.
Jimmy Finot is a French runner.
He ran in the 3,000m steeplechase race.
The race had an exciting finish.
Finot won the silver medal in this race.
Vocabulary7 words
- European Athletics Championships
- a big sports event for runners and jumpers from Europe
- sports event
- a time when people play or watch sports
- medal table
- a list that shows how many medals each country has
- bronze
- a brown metal; also the third medal color
- steeplechase
- a race with jumps and water to cross
- runner
- a person who runs in races
- finish
- the end of a race
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Quiz
Answer key
1. Great Britain 2. France left the top 10 3. Silver
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The European Athletics _____ are happening now.
This is a big sports event for _____ in Europe.
There are four _____ of races and other events so far.
Great Britain is number one on the medal _____.
Germany is also doing very well in the _____.
But France is not in the top 10 _____.
One good moment for France was in the _____.
Jimmy Finot is a French _____.
He ran in the 3,000m _____ race.
Finot won the silver _____ in this race.
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