New Athletics Event Launches in Budapest with $10m Prize Fund
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A new sports event starts in Budapest. It is called the World Athletics Ultimate Championship. It is Day 1 of the event.
The event has a big prize fund. Athletes can win $10 million in total. This is a lot of money for track and field sports.
The event has new things. One new thing is glowing javelins. A javelin is a long stick that athletes throw.
British runner Amy Hunt is at the event. People call her the new sprint queen. A sprinter is a runner who runs very fast for a short time.
Hunt wants to beat the best runners in the world. She is ready for the competition.
You can watch the event with a livestream. A livestream is video on the internet in real time. The livestream is coming soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- Ultimate Championship
- a new sports competition
- prize fund
- money given to winners
- track and field
- sports like running and throwing
- javelin
- a long stick thrown in sports
- sprinter
- a person who runs very fast
- livestream
- video shown live on the internet
- athlete
- a person who does sports
- compete
- to try to win against others
- champion
- the best in a competition
- event
- something planned, like a game or show
- British
- from the United Kingdom
- total
- the full amount
- new
- not old; just made
- best
- better than all others
- world
- all countries together
Quiz
Answer key
1. Budapest 2. $10 million 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A new sports event starts in _____. It is called the World Athletics _____ Championship. It is Day 1 of the event.
The event has a big _____ fund. Athletes can win $10 _____ in total. This is a lot of money for track and field sports.
The event has new things. One new thing is glowing _____. A javelin is a long stick that athletes throw.
British runner Amy Hunt is at the event. People call her the new sprint _____.
Hunt wants to _____ the best runners in the world. She is ready for the competition.
You can watch the event with a _____. The livestream is coming soon.