Summary
It was the first time in 16 years India got a medal in that race.
The mixed team of boys and girls ran together and got a silver medal.
Everyone was very proud and celebrated.
Key Points
4 points1
Seema Kumari finished third in the women’s 10,000‑meter race.
2
She earned a bronze medal, ending a 16‑year wait for India.
3
India’s mixed four‑by‑four‑hundred‑meter relay team won silver.
4
The relay team finished in 3 minutes 14.46 seconds.
New Words to Learn
7 wordsbronze
a medal that is third place, colored brownish‑red
silver
a medal for second place, shiny gray
relay
a race where teammates take turns running
mixed
made of both boys and girls together
distance runner
someone who runs very long races
record
the best time ever recorded
clocked
measured the time it took
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