The Olympic Games and ron Szilgyi the twotime

The Olympic Games. . . and Áron Szilágyi, the two-time Olympic champion Hungarian sabre fencer

Warm-up exercises on the Olympic Games Warm-up 1: Olympic Games Sports- matching: https: //www. liveworksheets. com/km 397580 mh Warm-up 2: Interesting facts about the history of the Olympic Games (gapfill): https: //www. liveworksheets. com/kd 112194 li

Áron Szilágyi (born 14 January 1990) He is a Hungarian sabre fencer, team world champion in 2007, two-time Olympic champion in 2012 and 2016 and European champion in 2015. (Áron and me. : ) The photo was taken in Balatonfüred, April 2018. )

TASK 1: Fill in the gaps with ONE word. Sporting philosophy / motto: "I've 1) ______ around for 20 years and I know that fencing will never be 2) _____ the same level of popularity in Hungary as football or tennis or swimming. But I never started competing 3) ______ became an Olympic champion to become famous. I fence because I love it, and I enjoy what I do. Our sport must become 4) ______ marketable and accessible to the public [in order to grow], at the moment this is perhaps 5) ____ greatest challenge for fencing. " He was flag bearer for Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Source: https: //fie. org/athletes/13741 Source of the pic: https: //future-fm. hu/hirek/csodalojanak-segitett-szilagyi-aron

Task 2: Read the text about Áron and choose the correct item. When he retained his Olympic sabre title at Rio 2016, Hungary’s Áron Szilágyi became only the fifth fencer 1) to win/winning back-to-back individual gold medals 2) for/ since 1896. Still only 26 at the time of that second triumph, Szilágyi has since set his sights on a third title at Tokyo 2020. The winners of 87 Olympic medals since 1896, including 37 golds, Hungary is a traditional superpower of world 3) fence/fencing, especially in the men’s sabre, an event in which its fencers won 11 out of 12 golds between 1908 and 1964. Leading the way was the late, great Aladár Gerevich, who 4) won/has wona record 10 individual and team medals – seven of them gold – between Los Angeles 1932 and Rome 1960. A highly accomplished young performer, Szilágyi was 17 when he 5) was called/calledup to the Hungary team for the 2007 FIE World Championships in St Petersburg (RUS), where he collected the first gold medal of his career in the team event with Tamás Decsi, Balázs Lontay and Zsolt Nemcsik.

The Budapest-born right-hander 6) has lived/lived by the motto “You can’t always win but you must always try”. Made a Citizen of Honour of Budapest and awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit 7) by/ for his exploits in London, Szilágyi, who stands 1. 80 m tall and weighs 78 kg, has stayed in the top three of the world rankings (…). An individual sabre bronze medallist at the 2013 World Championships in Budapest, Szilágyi won a world team bronze in Kazan (RUS) a year later, before finally 8) win/ winning his first individual world crown in Montreux (SUI) in June 2015, when he shrugged off an 9) injured/injuried right ankle to beat Hartung 15 -11 in the final. His thoughts will now turn to Tokyo 2020 and a possible hat-trick of consecutive individual fencing titles, a feat only one athlete 10) had/has ever achieved before: Italy’s Valentina Vezzali, in the foil, at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. (Source: https: //olympics. com/en/athletes/aron-szilagyi )

Task 3: Watch the video https: //fb. watch/5 j. PTWAFayn/ and answer the questions: 1. How many minutes does he have before starting the warm-up? 2. What does he do before the warm-up? 3. According to Áron, what kind of everyday activity is similar to warming up? 4. When does he usually go to the piste? 5. What kind of superstitious thing does he do before a competition?

Let’s check the answers!

Task 1: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) been at or more the Task 2: 1) to win 2) since 3) fencing 4) won 5) was called 6) has lived 7) for 8) winning 9) injured 10) has

Task 3 1. How many minutes does he have before starting the warm-up? He has 20 minutes. 2. What does he do before the warm-up? He prepares his stuff, his clothes and everything. 3. According to Áron, what kind of everyday activity is similar to warming up? Brushing your teeth when you wake up. 4. When does he usually go to the piste? 15 minutes before the match. 5. What kind of superstitious thing does he do before a competition? He has to clap/claps his legs.

Follow-up: The Olympic quiz (with listening) https: //www. liveworksheets. com/ik 1677669 la