2b Work in pairs. Read and check your answers. III Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG), or Buenos
Aires 2018, were in Argentina in October, 2018. It
was an international sports and cultural event.
There were new events in the Olympic programme:
BMX freestyle, kitesurfing, cross country running,
beach handball, sport climbing, karate, breakdancing
(yes, it's sport!) and roller sports. There was no
football but there was futsal (kind of mini football).
Freestyle BMX is bicycle motocross riding on BMX
bikes. It is an extreme sport and it is in the 2020
Summer Olympics.
The YOG had 241 events. A total of 206 countries
sent their athletes to compete in the Games. 3926
athletes aged 15-18 took part in 32 types of sports.
Uzbekistan's team had 37 athletes in 16 kinds of
sports. They won 14 medals - four gold, four silver
and six bronze in the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos
Aires. Weightlifter Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva, judoka
Jaykhunbek Nazarov, Gulbakhor Fayzieva in canoeing
and Umidjon Jalolov in wrestling brought gold
medals to the national team. In sports gymnastics,
Indira Ulmasova won a bronze medal. She was the
youngest athlete in the team of Uzbekistan.
