Chloe Dufour-Lapointe Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:39:09 +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 Chloe Dufour-Lapointe Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Some Inspirational Stories From The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/12/1-stories-behind-athletics/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/12/1-stories-behind-athletics/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:57:43 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12362 Watching the best-of-the-best compete for gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics is inspirational.

But beyond the performance of the athletes, there have already been many other inspirational moments at these Olympics.

Russian cross-country skier Anton Gafarov fell and broke his ski during the Men's Sprint Free Semifinals.

In true Olympic spirit he tried to keep going, knowing that although he no longer had any chance of winning, he needed to finish the race he had started.

However, his ski was broken in half.

He would end up limping across the finish line in front of the world, not to mention his fellow Russians who were cheering from the sidelines.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/12/1-stories-behind-athletics/feed/ 2 Determination, Team Spirit Helps Canada Win Its First Medals In Sochi https://teachingkidsnews.com/2014/02/10/1-determination-team-spirit-helps-canada-win-first-medals-sochi/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:59:29 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=12325 On Saturday, Mark McMorris won Canada’s first medal at the 2014 Olympics--a bronze in snowboarding.

That was quickly followed up by two more medals for Canada: Justine Dufour-Lapointe won Canada’s first gold and her sister, Chloe, earned Canada’s first silver medal.

McMorris is a native from Regina, Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan is known for having very flat terrain, yet McMorris was determined to be a world-class snowboarder.

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