Japan's Suzuki, 35, Wins Silver in New National Record at Asian Games
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Satomi Suzuki is a swimmer from Japan. She is 35 years old.
Suzuki won a silver medal at the Asian Games. She swam in 29.91 seconds. This is a new Japanese record.
Suzuki has now won a medal at five Asian Games in a row. This is a big achievement.
This is her tenth medal at the Asian Games. She is one of Japan's best swimmers.
The swimming events happened in Tokyo. Usually they are in the host city. But this time, the city changed because of the facilities.
In another race, Tomoyuki Matsushita won gold. He is Japan's first gold medalist in swimming at this Asian Games.
This was Japan's first swimming gold in 12 years. The last winner was in 2014.
A 17-year-old swimmer named Yuki Kojima also won a silver medal.
Vocabulary8 words
- silver medal
- the prize for second place
- 29.91 seconds
- a very fast time in a race
- Japanese record
- the best time ever by someone from Japan
- medal
- a small prize for winning a sports event
- achievement
- something good you do after hard work
- swimmers
- people who swim
- facilities
- buildings and places used for sport
- swimming
- moving through water using your body
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1. 35 2. Silver 3. Five
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Satomi Suzuki is a _____ from Japan. She is _____ years old.
Suzuki won a _____ medal at the Asian Games. She swam in _____ seconds. This is a new _____ record.
Suzuki has now won a medal at _____ Asian Games in a row. This is a big achievement.
This is her _____ medal at the Asian Games.
The swimming events happened in _____. This time, the city changed because of the facilities.
Tomoyuki Matsushita won _____. This was Japan's first swimming gold in _____ years.
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