athletes Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg athletes Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Paralympics In Rio, On Until Sept. 18 https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/09/11/paralympics-in-rio/ Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:14:15 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15665 The Paralympic Games are running from Sept. 7 to 18 in Rio de Janeiro (known as "Rio"), Brazil.
More than 170 nations have athletes competing in the Paralympic Games.
The Paralympic Games follow the 2016 Summer Olympic Games which took place in Rio from Aug. 5 to 21.

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]]> Winter Olympics Spark Discussion Of Gay Rights https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/18/1-winter-olympics-spark-discussion-gay-rights/ Wed, 19 Feb 2014 02:48:28 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12426 The Olympics are about athletics and competition.

However, with representatives from so many different countries coming together in one city, it is often about “politics” and “political issues” as well.

In other words, different countries have different rules, laws and beliefs.

Sometimes, countries’ beliefs clash.

That has been the case in Russia at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

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