Sudan at the Olympics

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/sudan-at-the-olympics

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the year of first olympic participation?1960
2. What is the historic olympic medal?Silver medal, Men's 800m, 2008 Beijing Olympics (Ismail Ahmed Ismail)
3. When did Sudan first compete in the Olympics?Sudan first competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
4. Why did Sudan miss the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?Sudan chose not to go to the 1964 Tokyo Games because of political reasons at that time.

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