TASK TIME ONLINE - PART 8 QUIZ TIME Test your knowledge of all things Olympic. Use the information from Part 8 in the newspaper to see how much you understand.

1. What is the name of the medal given to a sportsperson who demonstrates an outstanding level of sportsmanship? 2. Which country did Lawrence Lemieux represent at the 1988 Olympics? In which sport? 3. What are the ‘medals of friendship’ made up of? 4. What is the connection between the 2012 Olympics and women? 5. What is the name given to a judo competitor? 6. Where would you be if you were standing in the Whispering Gallery? 7. Who was Australia’s first winner on the athletics track? 8. In which event did Australian Mitchell watt compete at London 2012? 9. Name two sports at these Olympics in which athletes compete in weight categories. Can you think of another sport? 10. How long does a women’s boxing bout last if it goes the full round?

COMPETITION CATEGORY

Judo Weight Categories In Judo, there are seven weight categories for men and seven for women but the list has been muddled. Can you put the list together so it is in order with the correct weights for each category? In which category would you fight?

Men Category Weight Half Middleweight over 100 Kg Half Lightweight over 60 up to and including 66 Kg Lightweight over 81 up to and including 90 Kg Half Heavyweight up to and including 60 Kg Extra Lightweight over 90 up to and including 100 Kg Heavyweight over 73 up to and including 81 Kg Middleweight over 66 up to and including 73 Kg

Women Category Weight Lightweight over 78 Kg Middleweight over 52 up to and including 57 Kg Heavyweight over 57 up to and including 63 Kg Half Lightweight over 63 up to and including 70 Kg Half Heavyweight over 70kg up to and including 78 Kg Extra Lightweight over 48 up to and including 52 Kg Half Middleweight up to and including 48 Kg

POSTCARD FROM LONDON You have just spent two weeks in London. Write a postcard to a friend listing all the special things you saw and places you visited.

IN THE FAST LANE Athletics has a long and special history at the Olympics. One event that has been contested at every Olympics and captures the imagination is the 100 metre men’s – to see who the fastest man in the world is? On the table below is the result in this event at all the past ten Olympics. Complete the table using the information given below.

Year/Olympics Winner Country Time

1976 /

1980 /

1984 / 1988 / 1992 / 1996 / 2000 / 2004 / 2008 / 2012 /

City: – - – Beijing – London - Los Angeles – Montreal – Moscow – – Sydney

Winner: Hasley Crawford Justin Gaitlin Maurice Greene

Country: Canada Great Britain Trinadad United States of America

Time (sec): 9.63 9.69 9.84 9.85 9.87 9.92 9.96 9.99 10.06 10.25