Italy Reaches 4x100m Relay Finals at European Athletics Championships
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Italy has good news from the European Athletics Championships. Both the men's and women's 4x100m relay teams are in the final. This is a big result for the Italian team.
In the long jump, Larissa Iapichino jumped 6.94 metres. But the wind was too strong. This means her jump does not count as an official record. We call this a wind-assisted jump.
Ajla Del Ponte will not run in the 4x100m final. She is an athlete from another team. Fans will see the relay finals soon at this big event.
Many countries compete at the European Championships. Athletes run, jump, and throw for their country. Italy is doing well this year.
Vocabulary15 words
- European Athletics Championships
- a big sports event where runners and jumpers from Europe compete
- 4x100m relay
- a race where four runners each run 100 metres and pass a small stick
- wind-assisted
- when wind helps a jump go further, so it does not count as a real record
- final
- the last and most important race in a competition
- qualified
- reached the next round of a competition
- athlete
- a person who does sports like running or jumping
- long jump
- a sport where you jump as far as you can
- metres
- a way to measure distance
- team
- a group of people who play sport together
- compete
- to try to win against others
- official
- real and accepted by the rules
- record
- the best result ever in a sport
- race
- a competition to see who is fastest
- event
- a planned activity, like a sports competition
- result
- what happens at the end of a competition
Quiz
Answer key
1. Men's and women's 4x100m relay 2. The wind was too strong 3. No
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Italy has good news from the European Athletics _____. Both the men's and women's 4x100m _____ teams are in the final.
In the long jump, Larissa Iapichino jumped 6.94 _____. But the _____ was too strong.
This means her jump does not count as an official _____. We call this a wind-assisted jump.
Ajla Del Ponte will not run in the 4x100m _____. She is an _____ from another team.
Many countries _____ at the European Championships. Italy is doing well this _____.