Summary
They won 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver, and 37 bronze.
Kids can try sports too, and the country helps them train.
Team games like cricket and hockey also won gold.
Key Points
5 points1
85 total medals earned.
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21 gold medals, the most special.
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Gold came from archery, shooting, boxing, wrestling, cricket, hockey, kabaddi, athletics and golf.
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The government started a program to help young athletes practice.
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More than 1,000 sports centers were built for kids.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsarchery
shooting arrows at a target
shooting
hitting safe targets with a gun in a competition
boxing
sport where two people wear gloves and punch carefully
wrestling
sport where two people try to hold each other down
kabaddi
team game from India where players tag opponents while holding their breath
bronze
a medal for third place
gold
the best medal for first place
silver
a medal for second place
contingent
the group of athletes who travel together
programme
a plan to help people
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