高中英语Unit2《Sportingevents-NewOlympicSportsforWomen》文字素材3牛津译林版必修4.docxVIP

New Olympic Sports for Women We’ve got the complete guide to the eight new women’s events at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Find out more about each event, who the contenders are, who has qualified from Canada and when to catch each event. Hammer Throw Added to the 1900 Olympic Gamesin Paris, as an event for men only, it has taken a century for women to get the chance to throw the hammer too. The hammer is a nine-pound metal ball attached by wire to a triangular handle. The athlete stands inside a five-meter-diameter circle and can make as many as three turns before launching the hammer