4. Answer the questions and prepare to speak on then topic
What kind of sport is gymnastics?
Does gymnastics has a long history?
What events can be gymnastics divided?
What is rhythmic gymnastics?
What do men’s artistic events include?
What do women’s artistic competitions include?
What organization is the governing body of track and field athletics?
What Olympic champions and prize-winners is Belarus proud of?
5. Read the articles
Dmitry Kasperovich performs
Gymnasts
return with
medals
Gymnasts Dmitry
Kasperovich and Anastasia
Marachkovskaya come
Gymnasts
practise
well
for
Olympic
Games
National
rhythmic
gymnastics
team
in
group
exercises
Cup in Cottbus
Kasperovich has come second
in the men’s vault finals, boasting
16.112 points. The event is held un-
der the aegis of the International
balls
and
that
with
two
hoops
plus
three
ribbons.
Although
the
Rus-
sians
celebrated
ultimate
victory,
their
advantage
of
just
0.225
points
shows
that
anything
is
possible
at
the
Olympics!
Our
Belarusian
girls
performed
in
the
individual
exercises
also,
with
Lyubov
Cherkashina
awarded
bronze
in
the
Olympic
all-round.
Melitina
Stanyuta
(still
recovering
from
injury)
came
fifth
yet
managed
to
reach
the
finals
in
the
separate
ex-
ercises.
She
was
third
with
the
hoop
and
ribbon,
beaten
only
by
acknowl-
edged
Russian
favourites:
Olympic
champion
Yevgenia
Kanayeva
and
Darya
Dmitrieva.
Ms.
Cherkashina
also
took
bronze
in
the
ball
and
clubs
exercise.
Belarusian
athletes
take
nine
medals
(three
silver
and
six
bronze)
at
World
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Cup
final
stage,
hosted
by Minsk’s
Sports
Palace
The
Belarusian
capital
brought
together
the
world’s
top
gymnasts,
who
will
soon
be
fighting
for
med-
als
at
the
London
Olympics.
Mean-
while,
it
seems
likely
that
our
squad
will
have
every
chance
of
claiming
medals
in
the
UK.
The
Belarusian
team
—
comprising
Marina
Gon-
charova,
Anastasia
Ivankova,
Kse-
nia
Sankovich,
Alina
Tumilovich,
Alexandra
Narkevich
and
Natalia
Leshchik
—
gained
almost
perfect
results
in
the
all-round
and
in
the
two
most complex
routines:
the
five
with 16.250 points. Bronze goes to
Chilian Enrique González Sepúlve-
da — with 16.000 points. Marac-
hkovskaya
also
came
second,
with
Alina
Talay
on distance
In
the
decisive
run,
Sally
Pear-
son
came
first,
with
a
time
of
7.73
seconds.
Talay
began
hesitantly
but
gradually
sped
up
to
finish
just
be-
hind
Pearson
and
Porter.
This
was
a
truly
brilliant
result,
especially
as
the
Belarusian
is
just
22.
An
award
was
also
expected
from
Andrey
Kravchenko
—
the
Olympic
Games
all-round
medal-
holder.
Sadly,
he
was
still
recover-
ing
from
last
season’s
injury,
failing
to
show
his
best.
Natalia
Koreivo
also
missed
a
medal
in
the
finals
of
the
1,500m
(her
favoured
event).
She
failed
to
take
the
initiative
soon
enough,
allowing
her rivals
to
sprint
ahead.
Koreivo
did
reasonably
well
later,
outrunning
five
rivals
to
finish
fourth.
The
Belarusian
4x400m
relay
team
also
came
fifth.
Anna
Tapshu-
latova,
Yuliana
Yushchenko,
Irina
Khlyustova
and
Svetlana
Usovich
were
just
five
seconds
behind
the
winning
British
team.
13,875 points (just behind Brittany
Rogers of Canada — who claimed
gold with her 13.962 points).
Bright
performances in Mogilev
By
Sergey
Kulyagin
see
Mogilev
Olympians
of
the
past,
Sports
fans
were
able
to
enjoy
an
including
historical
footage
of
their
impressive
performance
by
Atlanta
Celebration
Viva-gymnastics!
triumphant
performances.
The
Games
boxing
star
Vadim
Mezga
in
Mogilev
devoted
to
beauty
and
grace
of
the
best
stu-
(also
the World
Cup vice prize-win-
International
Olympic
Day
dents
from
the
Bagima
Specialised
ner
and
European
Championship
This
year,
on
the
threshold
of
Children
and
Youth
Olympic
Re-
prize-holder).
The
Master
of
Sports
the
Summer
London
Olympics,
the
serve
School
were
also
in
evidence,
of
the
USSR
and
Honoured
Master
event
was
devoted
to
International
alongside
the
best
musical,
dance
of
Sports
of
Belarus
delighted
the
Olympic
Day.
Guests
were
able
to
and
sports
teams
of
the
city.
audience
with
his show
of
skill.