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    POPULAR SPORTS AND GAMES.

    UKRAINIAN SPORTSMEN
    I LIKE TO RUN OUT IN THE SUN. IT'S SUCH A FUN TO
    RUN, TO RUN.
    GROUP THESE ACTIVITIES INTO WINTER AND SUMMER SPORTS.

     Key:
     winter sports: figure skating, skiing, ice hockey, skate
    boarding;
     summer sports: volleyball, baseball, skating, basketball,
    wrestling, horse – racing, tennis.
    WHICH ARE TEAM SPORTS, WHICH ARE INDIVIDUAL SPORTS?

     Key:
     team sports: volleyball, cricket, basketball, football, hockey, baseball;
     individual sports: jumping, running, gymnastics, skiing, cycling, athletics.
     Answer the questions.
     a) What are the most popular kinds of sport in Great Britain?
     b) Who plays cricket in Great Britain?
     c) When do people play football?
     d) What is Derby?

     Key:
     a) Cricket, football, rugby, horse – racing, tennis, golf, baseball,
    grass – hockey, running, jumping, swimming and boxing.
     b) Students at school, colleges and universities play cricket.
     c) Every Saturday from August till May people play football.
     d) It is the most famous sporting event in the whole world.
    ANDRII SHEVCHENKO

     Date of birth: 29 September 1976 (Dvirkivshchyna, Kyiv region,


    Ukraine).
     a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine
    national team as a striker.
     the third – highest scorer in the history of European club competition
    with 63 goals.
     Awards: the Golden Ball and the UEFA Champions League in 2003
    with AC Milan.
    KLYCHKO BROTHERS

     Date of birth: Volodymyr – 25 March 1976


    (Semypalatynks, Kazakh SSR), Vitalii – 19 July 1971
    (Belovodsk, Kyrgyz SSR) in family of Ukrainians.
     Vilatii is the current WBC world heavyweight
    champion.
     Volodymyr is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer.
    LILIIA PODKOPAIEVA

     Date of birth: 15 August 1978


    (Donetsk, Ukraine).
     She is the 1996 Olympic all –
    around champion.
     one of the best gymnasts in the
    history.
     the proud owner of 45 gold, 21
    silver and 14 bronze medals.
    ANNA BESSONOVA

     Date of birth: 29 July 1984 (Kyiv,


    Ukraine).
     She is the number one rhythmic
    gymnast in Ukraine.
     won the bronze individual all –
    around medals at the 2008 Beijing
    and 2004 Athens Olympics.
     won 24 World Championship
    medals, 2 Olympic medals, 24
    European Championship medals
    and 10 World Cup medals (60 in
    total).
    SERHII BUBKA

     Date of birth: 4 December 1963


    (Luhansk, Ukraine).
     Six times world champion
    (between 1983 and 1997).
     European champion in 1986 and
    Olympic champion in 1988.
     Broke the world record for men's
    pole vaulting 35 times.
     Holds the current outdoor world
    record of 6.14m in 1994 in Italy
    and the current indoor world
    record of 6.15m in 1993 in
    Donetsk, Ukraine.
    YANA KLOCHKOVA

     Date of birth: 7 August 1982 (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine).


     She is a Ukrainian swimmer who has won 5 Olympic
    medals, 4 gold medals came in the 200 meter individual
    medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and
    2004 Summer Olympics.
     Her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000
    Summer Olympics.
    VASYL VIRASTIUK

     Date of birth: 22 April 1974


    (Ivano – Frankivsk,
    Ukraine).
     He is a strongman
    competitor from Ukraine
    who competed in the finals
    of the World's Strongest
    Man contest in 2003 (3-rd
    place) and 2004 (1-st place).
     He won the 2007 IFSA
    Strongman World
    Championship.
    HOME ASSIGNMENT

    Tell about your favourite Ukrainian


    sportsman.
    Thank you. Goodbye!

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