English Vocabulary Exercises | Sports

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Exercise 3

Choose the correct end for each of the following sentences:

Tessa Sanderson is absolutely delighted. She has won the gold medal.
It’s every athlete’s dream to represent his or her country.
It’s an incredible time — I think she’s broken the world record.
As expected, the favourite from Kenya came first.
After so much preparation it was a big disappointment to finish in second place.
Runners from eight different countries will be competing in the next race.
And with 200 metres to go, Samuels has taken the lead.