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Caribbean athletes shine at 2025 World Championships in TokyoCEFR A1
20 Sept 2025
Adapted from Janine Mendes-Franco, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Arthur Tseng, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
70 words
- The World Athletics Championships began on September 13.
- The meet is in Tokyo, Japan, this year.
- Many Caribbean athletes reached the podium this week.
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran her final individual race.
- She is 38 years old and placed sixth.
- Usain Bolt called her a real legend.
- Keshorn Walcott won javelin on September 18.
- He threw 88.16 metres and took gold.
- Jereem Richards won silver in the 400 metres.
Difficult words
- championship — A major competition for the best athletes.Championships
- runner — A person who runs in races.
- gold — The highest prize in a competition.
- medal — An award given for winning in sports.
- result — The outcome or score of a game or event.results
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Discussion questions
- What do you think of the achievements of the athletes?
- Why do you think winning a medal is important?
- How does participating in competitions help athletes?
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