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www.readinga-Summer Olympics Legends A Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:748LegendS SummerOLympicSVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Jeffrey B.FuerstLEVELED BOOK OWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstSummer Olympics Legends Level O Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAll rights reserved.www.readinga-photo credits:Front cover:Diether Endlicher/AP Images;back cover:Topham/The Image Works;title page:ArtToday;page 3:D;pages 4,7,12:AP Images;page 5:Rue des Archives/The Granger Collection,NYC;page 6:Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy;page 9:Lennox McLendon/AP Images;page 10:Maurice Branger/Roger-Viollet/The Image Works:page 11:Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library;page 13(top):Jupiterimages Corporation;page 13(bottom):REUTERS/Gary Hershorn;page 14:Aflo Foto Agency/Alamy;page 15:Eileen Langsley Gymnastics/Alamywww.readinga-LegendS Summer OLympicScorrelationLeVeL OM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA34Table of contentsIntroduction.4Shoeless Wonder:Abebe Bikila.5Golden Boy:Mark Spitz.7Decathlon Double:Daley Thompson.8Super Mom:Fanny Blankers-Koen .11Everyones Darling:Nadia Comaneci .14Glossary .16Index .16 introductionSports fans the world over gear up for the Summer Olympics every four years.In modern Olympics,more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries compete in 300 events.Athletes run,jump,swim,and much more to win gold,silver,and bronze medals.Some athletes may earn a place in the record books.A few may even join the ranks of these Summer Olympics legends.Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman lights the Olympic Torch in the 2000 games.Summer Olympics Legends Level O34Table of contentsIntroduction.4Shoeless Wonder:Abebe Bikila.5Golden Boy:Mark Spitz.7Decathlon Double:Daley Thompson.8Super Mom:Fanny Blankers-Koen .11Everyones Darling:Nadia Comaneci .14Glossary .16Index .16 introductionSports fans the world over gear up for the Summer Olympics every four years.In modern Olympics,more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries compete in 300 events.Athletes run,jump,swim,and much more to win gold,silver,and bronze medals.Some athletes may earn a place in the record books.A few may even join the ranks of these Summer Olympics legends.Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman lights the Olympic Torch in the 2000 games.Summer Olympics Legends Level O56Shoeless Wonder:Abebe Bikila (19321973)Marathon EthiopiaOn your mark,get set,go!The Olympic marathon starts like any other race.But in the marathon,runners go,go,and keep going!The marathon is a long-distance race.It is 26 miles (42 km)long.You could probably walk 26 miles in about eight hours,plus time for breaks.Marathon runners cover 26 miles in a little over two hours,and they dont take breaks.The marathon race at the 1960 Olympics was unforgettable.Abebe Bikila was in second place with less than a mile to go.Then he pulled away and won by 200 meters.Plus,he set an Olympic recordrunning barefoot!Bikila trained by running barefoot over the countryside of Ethiopia,a country in Africa.Shoes,he said,hurt his feet.Four years later,Bikila won the marathon again.This time he wore socks and shoes and set a new world record.Bikila won his second Olympics marathon in Tokyo,Japan,just six weeks after doctors removed his appendix.Bikila runs barefoot.Summer Olympics Legends Level O56Shoeless Wonder:Abebe Bikila (19321973)Marathon EthiopiaOn your mark,get set,go!The Olympic marathon starts like any other race.But in the marathon,runners go,go,and keep going!The marathon is a long-distance race.It is 26 miles (42 km)long.You could probably walk 26 miles in about eight hours,plus time for breaks.Marathon runners cover 26 miles in a little over two hours,and they dont take breaks.The marathon race at the 1960 Olympics was unforgettable.Abebe Bikila was in second place with less than a mile to go.Then he pulled away and won by 200 meters.Plus,he set an Olympic recordrunning barefoot!Bikila trained by running barefoot over the countryside of Ethiopia,a country in Africa.Shoes,he said,hurt his feet.Four years later,Bikila won the marathon again.This time he wore socks and shoes and set a new world record.Bikila won his second Olympics marathon in Tokyo,Japan,just six weeks after doctors removed his appendix.Bikila runs barefoot.Summer Olympics Legends Level O78golden Boy:mark Spitz(1950)Swimming USAThe dark-haired swimmer with the mustache bragged he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Olympics.He ended up winning two gold,one silver,and one bronze medal.Quite a feat!But it was not good enough for Mark Spitz.He trained hard for the next four years.At the 1972 games,Mark Spitz did not brag.He entered four individual swimming races,including his specialty stroke,the butterfly.He also swam in three team relay races.Spitz won seven gold medals,an Olympic record.Plus,he set new world records in every race.Now that is something to brag about.decathlon double:daley Thompson(1958)Decathlon United Kingdom(Great Britain)Daley Thompson was one of the best of the best.He won the decathlon in 1980.Then,in 1984,he won it again.He is only the second person in the history of the Olympics to win the decathlon twice.In 1988,at the ripe“old”age of 30,he still performed well enough to come in fourth place in sports most grueling event.Mark Spitz was named World Athlete of the Year in 1972.Summer Olympics Legends Level O78golden Boy:mark Spitz(1950)Swimming USAThe dark-haired swimmer with the mustache bragged he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Olympics.He ended up winning two gold,one silver,and one bronze medal.Quite a feat!But it was not good enough for Mark Spitz.He trained hard for the next four years.At the 1972 games,Mark Spitz did not brag.He entered four individual swimming races,including his specialty stroke,the butterfly.He also swam in three team relay races.Spitz won seven gold medals,an Olympic record.Plus,he set new world records in every race.Now that is something to brag about.decathlon double:daley Thompson(1958)Decathlon United Kingdom(Great Britain)Daley Thompson was one of the best of the best.He won the decathlon in 1980.Then,in 1984,he won it again.He is only the second person in the history of the Olympics to win the decathlon twice.In 1988,at the ripe“old”age of 30,he still performed well enough to come in fourth place in sports most grueling event.Mark Spitz was named World Athlete of the Year in 1972.Summer Olympics Legends Level O910Decathlon athletes,or“decathletes,”may be the best all-around athletes.They run fast for sprinting and hurdling races.They have endurance for longer races.They are strong enough to throw the javelin,discus,and shot put.Decathletes can long jump,high jump,and pole vault.Most Olympic athletes train hours a day,for years,to excel in justone event.They train for either track(running)or field(throwing and jumping),but athletes who compete in the decathlon must train for ten different events.Thompson flies through the air during the long jump.Jim Thorpe:Greatest Athlete of the 20th CenturyJim Thorpe(18881953)was a well-known Native American college football hero when he entered the 1912 Summer Olympics.He won the ten-event decathlon.He also won the five-event pentathlon.He set world records that lasted for many years in both of these difficult and demanding events.Summer Olympics Legends Level O910Decathlon athletes,or“decathletes,”may be the best all-around athletes.They run fast for sprinting and hurdling races.They have endurance for longer races.They are strong enough to throw the javelin,discus,and shot put.Decathletes can long jump,high jump,and pole vault.Most Olympic athletes train hours a day,for years,to excel in justone event.They train for either track(running)or field(throwing and jumping),but athletes who compete in the decathlon must train for ten different events.Thompson flies through the air during the long jump.Jim Thorpe:Greatest Athlete of the 20th CenturyJim Thorpe(18881953)was a well-known Native American college football hero when he entered the 1912 Summer Olympics.He won the ten-event decathlon.He also won the five-event pentathlon.He set world records that lasted for many years in both of these difficult and demanding events.Summer Olympics Legends Level O1112Super mom:Fanny Blankers-Koen (19182004)Sprinter/Jumper NetherlandsAt the 1936 Olympics,18-year-old Fanny Koen came in a disappointing sixth place in the high jump.She knew she would do better next time.Unfortunately,she had to wait 12 years for her chance.The Olympics were not held in 1940 or 1944 because of World War II.By the next Olympics in 1948,Fanny Blankers-Koen was 30.She was married and the mother of two children.She was also determined.People told her to stay home with her familyshe didnt listen.Instead,she won the 100-meter,200-meter,and 100-meter relay races.She also won the 80-meter hurdles.No woman had won four gold medals in one Summer Olympics before.Many people thought Fanny could have won six gold medals.At that time,she held the world record in the long jump and high jump.But Olympic rules then did not let women enter more than three individual events.Blankers-Koen competes in the 80-meter hurdles in London during the 1948 Olympics.Fanny Blankers-Koen holds her daughter after the 1948 Olympic Games.FPOSummer Olympics Legends Level O1112Super mom:Fanny Blankers-Koen (19182004)Sprinter/Jumper NetherlandsAt the 1936 Olympics,18-year-old Fanny Koen came in a disappointing sixth place in the high jump.She knew she would do better next time.Unfortunately,she had to wait 12 years for her chance.The Olympics were not held in 1940 or 1944 because of World War II.By the next Olympics in 1948,Fanny Blankers-Koen was 30.She was married and the mother of two children.She was also determined.People told her to stay home with her familyshe didnt listen.Instead,she won the 100-meter,200-meter,and 100-meter relay races.She also won the 80-meter hurdles.No woman had won four gold medals in one Summer Olympics before.Many people thought Fanny could have won six gold medals.At that time,she held the world record in the long jump and high jump.But Olympic rules then did not let women enter more than three individual events.Blankers-Koen competes in the 80-meter hurdles in London during the 1948 Olympics.Fanny Blankers-Koen holds her daughter after the 1948 Olympic Games.FPOSummer Olympics Legends Level O1314everyones darling:nadia comaneci(1961)Gymnast RomaniaThe crowd at the 1976 Olympics roared with delight.A little 14-year-old girl in a ponytail showed unusual grace and agility on the uneven bars.Everyone in the audience knew Nadia Comaneci(co-MAN-eech)had done a great job.How good was she?The scoreboard showed a 1.0,but thats because it wasnt made to show a 10.She was perfect!A 10 is the highest score in a gymnastics event.Never before had anyone earned a perfect 10.Comaneci competes on the floor exercise.Jesse Owens and Carl LewisSuper-speedstersJesse Owens(above)and Carl Lewis(right)have also each won four gold medals in one Olympics.Owens fought against prejudice at the 1936 Summer Olympics,proving that whats inside a person,not skin color,makes a true champion.Summer Olympics Legends Level O1314everyones darling:nadia comaneci(1961)Gymnast RomaniaThe crowd at the 1976 Olympics roared with delight.A little 14-year-old girl in a ponytail showed unusual grace and agility on the uneven bars.Everyone in the audience knew Nadia Comaneci(co-MAN-eech)had done a great job.How good was she?The scoreboard showed a 1.0,but thats because it wasnt made to show a 10.She was perfect!A 10 is the highest score in a gymnastics event.Never before had anyone earned a perfect 10.Comaneci competes on the floor exercise.Jesse Owens and Carl LewisSuper-speedstersJesse Owens(above)and Carl Lewis(right)have also each won four gold medals in one Olympics.Owens fought against prejudice at the 1936 Summer Olympics,proving that whats inside a person,not skin color,makes a true champion.Summer Olympics Legends Level O1516Nadia continued to charm the judges and audience during the Olympic Games.She scored six more 10s in other gymnastic events.She won three gold,one silver,and one bronze medal.She was also named all-around Olympic champion.At the 1980 Olympics,Nadia added two gold and two silver medals to her trophy case.glossaryagility the ability to move quicklyand easily(p.14)endurance the ability to continue going even when there might be pain(p.9)excel to perform extremely well(p.10)feat an act showing amazing skill(p.7)indexComanecis performance on the uneven bars earned her a perfect 10.Abebe Bikila,5,6Carl Lewis,13Cathy Freeman,4Daley Thompson,8,9decathlon,8,9,10Fanny Blankers-Koen,11,12gymnastic(s),14,15high jump,9,11,12hurdles,12Jesse Owens,13Jim Thorpe,10marathon,5,6Mark Spitz,7,8Nadia Comaneci,14,15pentathlon,8relay races,8,12Summer Olympics Legends Level O1516Nadia continued to charm the judges and audience during the Olympic Games.She scored six more 10s in other gymnastic events.She won three gold,one silver,and one bronze medal.She was also named all-around Olympic champion.At the 1980 Olympics,Nadia added two gold and two silver medals to her trophy case.glossaryagility the ability to move quicklyand easily(p.14)endurance the ability to continue going even when there might be pain(p.9)excel to perform extremely well(p.10)feat an act showing amazing skill(p.7)indexComanecis performance on the uneven bars earned her a perfect 10.Abebe Bikila,5,6Carl Lewis,13Cathy Freeman,4Daley Thompson,8,9decathlon,8,9,10Fanny Blankers-Koen,11,12gymnastic(s),14,15high jump,9,11,12hurdles,12Jesse Owens,13Jim Thorpe,10marathon,5,6Mark Spitz,7,8Nadia Comaneci,14,15pentathlon,8relay races,8,12Summer Olympics Legends Level OWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstSummer Olympics Legends Level O Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Jeffrey B.FuerstAll rights reserved.www.readinga-photo credits:Front cover:Diether Endlicher/AP Images;back cover:Topham/The Image Works;title page:ArtToday;page 3:D;pages 4,7,12:AP Images;page 5:Rue des Archives/The Granger Collection,NYC;page 6:Keystone Pictures USA/Alamy;page 9:Lennox McLendon/AP Images;page 10:Maurice Branger/Roger-Viollet/The Image Works:page 11:Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library;page 13(top):Jupiterimages Corporation;page 13(bottom):REUTERS/Gary Hershorn;page 14:Aflo Foto Agency/Alamy;page 15:Eileen Langsley Gymnastics/Alamywww.readinga-LegendS Summer OLympicScorrelationLeVeL OM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAwww.readinga-Summer Olympics Legends A Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:748LegendS SummerOLympicSVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Jeffrey B.FuerstLEVELED BOOK O
