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BOSTON MARATHON questions. Write L for the London
Marathon, B for the Boston
It takes place on the third Monday of April, with Marathon or NYC for the New
runners following a route through eight cities and York City Marathon.
towns in Massachusetts. It is the oldest annual
marathon in the world — with the irst one taking Which marathon…
place in 1897 — which makes it very popular. 1. didn’t take place one year
Several things have happened for the irst time because of bad weather?
ever at the Boston Marathon; for example, women 2. is known for its fundraising?
were not allowed to race in marathons until 1972,
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when they took part in the Boston Marathon for the 3. is the oldest annual
st time.
ir
irst time. marathon in the world?
4. covered the distance of
Astronaut Sunita Williams
Astr onaut Sunit a Williams 42.195 km for the irst time?
took part in 2007 while
took p ar t in 2007 while
running on a treadmill on the 5. takes place towards the
International Space Station. end of the year?
6. accepted female
runners for the irst time?

NEW YORK CITY MARATHON

This marathon goes through all ive of the city’s
boroughs, starting from Staten Island and inishing
in Central Park. It takes place every year on the irst
PROJECTS
Sunday of November, the only exception being in PROJECTS
2012, when it was cancelled because of Hurricane
Update the info!
Sandy. In 2018, more than 52,000 runners from
Information changes every day. Do
about 140 countries completed the race, and
research and find all the current records
12,000 volunteers supported them — making it
regarding marathons, e.g. the best time
the biggest marathon in the world. It is also where
for men/women, the best time for the
the irst person with a prosthetic leg completed a men’s/women’s wheelchair race, the
marathon, back in 1976. marathon with the most people taking
part, the marathon in which the most
world records were broken, the marathon
een 45,000
Ev
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y y
, betw
ear
Every year, between 45,000 in which the most money was raised for
and 90,000 kilos o f clothing charity, etc.
and 90,000 kilos of clothing
are thrown to the ground by
runners who get warm. These Make a video!
clothes are gathered and Pretend your class has to organise a
donated to charity. marathon race, and you have been asked
to promote it. Create a short video
advertising the event. Think about the
setting of the video, the information you
will include and the music you will add.
will include and the music you will add.
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