Even though Babe Didrikson jumped the highest, officials only gave her a silver medal in 1932 because

her style of jumping was too new

Jim Thorpe, Eddie Egan, and Babe Didrikson are all

Olympic athletes who excelled at more than one sport.

The IOC gave duplicate gold medals to Jim Thorpe's children in order to

reinstate him as an official Olympic champion

When we read the stories of famous Olympic athletes, we see that

many athletes overcome difficulties to excel in more than one sport

Three weeks after taking up bobsledding in 1932, Eddie Egan

helped the American bobsled team win an Olympic gold medal

The stories of Olympic athletes suggest that

youth can be an advantage in some Olympic sports

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Even though Babe Didrikson jumped the highest, officials only gave her a silver medal in 1932 because
her country was disbarred from officially competing in the games
the judges illegally accepted money to vote for another athlete
women were not allowed to compete in 1932
her style of jumping was too new
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To this day, no one knows the name of the
woman who won the most gold medals
youngest gold medalist
oldest Olympian
smallest Olympian
3
Gold medalist Wilma Rudolph had debilitating injuries as a child, which means
cancerous
gifted
contagious
weakening
4
Jim Thorpe, Eddie Egan, and Babe Didrikson are all
examples of Olympians who went on to have a career in the military
athletes who overcame illnesses in their effort to win gold medals
Olympic athletes who excelled at more than one sport.
lacrosse gold medalists for American teams in different years
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The IOC gave duplicate gold medals to Jim Thorpe's children in order to
pay for their education at a private medical school
replace the medals his children had donated to the war effort
establish lacrosse as an important Olympic event
reinstate him as an official Olympic champion
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When we read the stories of famous Olympic athletes, we see that
the Olympics give more gold medals during the Winter games
many athletes overcome difficulties to excel in more than one sport
women are better all-around athletes than men
athletes become more successful the older they grow
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Three weeks after taking up bobsledding in 1932, Eddie Egan
entered Yale University as a freshman
became a colonel in World War II
helped the American bobsled team win an Olympic gold medal
won a gold medal in the 1932 Summer Olympics
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The stories of Olympic athletes suggest that
youth can be an advantage in some Olympic sports
the best athletes are unusually tall and strong
American athletes are better at bobsledding than at diving
The IOC gives an unfair advantage to athletes from poor families

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