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Select the points.
This is a very important step in writing a summary. From the list below, can you identify the relevant points for the summary?
After selecting the points, discuss your reasons for choosing them and rejecting the others.
1 The Frenchman, Baron de Coubertin, had to personally persuade individuals and governments to revive the Olympic Games.
2 The stadium where the Games were held was ancient and in
ruins.
3 A huge amount of money had to be raised in order to renovate the stadium.
4 There were other difficulties.
5 The stadium was small.
6 The running track was too short.
7 The track comers were too tight.
8 Athletes fell over on the turn.
9 There was no 200-metre event.
10 There was a lack of proper materials, as well as of water.
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The track had a loose surface.
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The athletes were very amateurish in their attitudes to the Games and their training.
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Some athletes were not properly informed of the date on which the Games would be opened.
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The 40,000-metre marathon was an exciting race.
A marathon runner was so exhausted by his run that he died upon completing the race.
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The man who arrived first in the marathon had to be disqualified for cheating.
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De Coubertin had to resign from the organizing committee of the 1900 Games.
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The Olympic Games held in Paris in 1900 were badly organized.
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The track was a horse-racing circuit-it was uneven and had a dip in it.
20 The jumping area was covered with loose earth.
21 The Games took five months to complete.
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The 1904 Games in St. Louis were too costly for some athletes to travel to.
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Once again, the marathon caused an uproar.
An American runner, Fred Loz, was disqualified.
In 1908, a marathon runner, Dorando Pietri, fell exhausted on the track and had to be helped across the finishing line.
He could not be declared the winner.
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The 400-metre event also produced controversy.
The US protested when the 400 metres had to be rerun.
In 1912, an American athlete, Jim Thorpe, who won two events, was disqualified for being a professional.
When your partner and you are both agreed on the points to include, and the order in which to take them, write your summary.