The Olympics: Events

The Olympics: Events book cover — THE EOLYMPICSVENTS Moira Butterfield

The Olympics: Events — page 1 — S T N E V E K C A R T The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years and showcase the fastest strongest and most skilled sportspeople on the planet The world’s swiftest runners compete in the track events held in and around the Olympic Stadium The fastest races the 100 meters m 200 m and 400 m are called sprints They are over in just a few exciting seconds The runners start from blocks and must stay in eight numbered lanes marked on the track Sensors are installed in the starting gun and the blocks and if they detect that a runner has started less than 0 1 seconds after the gun is fired it counts as a false start To win runners must get their torso the body between the head to waist across the line first Middle and Long-Distance Events The 800 m and 1,500 m are called middle-distance races The 5,000 m and 10,000 m are called long distance races The athletes begin a race spread across Jamaican record-breaker Usain Bolt prepares himself before the final of the Beijing 100 m sprint in 2008 6

The Olympics: Events

The Olympics: Events

Just in time for the 2012 Summer Games, this series provides young sports fans with a fascinating guide to the Games.

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By: Moira Butterfield

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Published by: Smart Apple Media by Black Rabbit Books

9-12Age Range

7.2AR

28Pages

SportsSubject

1050LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

ZGuided Reading

ZFountas & Pinnell

80DRA

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