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The 19th Asian Games have begun. They are being held in Hangzhou, China, this year, and they will go from September 23 to October 8. These games are held every 4 years, but because of COVID-19 they had to be moved from 2022 to 2023. The next games will be back on schedule again. They will be held here in Aichi Prefecture in 2026. There are 45 countries participating in the games now. That makes it the second biggest sports competition after the Olympics. It has many of the same sports as the Olympics, but you can watch some truly Asian sports such as dragon boat races, kabbadi, kurash (similar to judo), sepak takraw, and wushu (a martial art like kung fu). (By Professor Douglas Jarell)
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Notes
paralympic パラリンピック;
rival 競争相手、ライバル;

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The 2022 Winter Paralympics have begun, and there have already been some great performances. In the first three days, Muraoka Momoka has won two medals in sit skiing. She is one of Japan’s greatest paralympic athletes. At the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang four years ago, she won five medals. Will she be able to do it again this time? She has a rival, Anna-Lena Foster of Germany. They have skied together in the Winter Paralympics since Sochi. This time, Foster won the silver medal in both events, but there was less than one second between their times. Who will get the next gold? (by Prof.Douglas Jarrell)
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