Three Italian Sprinters Reach 200m Semifinal at Europeans
Three Italian runners are doing well at the European Championships. Their names are Dalia Kaddari, Vittoria Fontana and Cambiolo.
They ran in the 200 metres heat. A heat is a small race before the big race. All three runners finished well.
Vittoria Fontana was fifth in her heat. Dalia Kaddari ran a very good race too. People say she was excellent.
Now all three Italians go to the semifinal. This is the race before the final. The semifinal is tonight.
This is good news for Italian athletics. Three runners from one country in one semifinal is a great result.
Vocabulary15 words
- European Championships
- a big sports event for countries in Europe
- heat
- a small race before the main race
- semifinal
- a race close to the final, near the end
- athletics
- sports like running and jumping
- sprint
- a very fast, short race
- Italian
- from Italy
- runner
- a person who runs fast in races
- race
- a competition to see who is fastest
- finish
- to end or complete something
- fifth
- in place number five
- tonight
- this evening or night
- result
- what happens at the end
- advance
- to move forward to the next step
- country
- a nation, like Italy or France
- excellent
- very, very good
Quiz
Answer key
1. Three 2. Fifth 3. Tonight
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Three Italian runners are doing well at the European _____. Their names are Dalia Kaddari, Vittoria Fontana and Cambiolo.
They ran in the 200 metres _____. A heat is a small race before the big race. All three runners finished well.
Vittoria Fontana was _____ in her heat. Dalia Kaddari ran a very good race too. People say she was excellent.
Now all three Italians go to the _____. This is the race before the final. The semifinal is _____.
This is good news for Italian _____. Three runners from one country in one semifinal is a great _____.