Christina is from the USA, and is a marathon runner. She runs two hundred kilometres every week, and has got two World Championship medals. She usually eats one kilo of fish and drinks eight litres of water a day. Every year she goes to twenty different countries. She hasn't got a car, but she's got three Harley Davidson motorbikes!
Antonio Crespo.
Antonio is a footballer, and he lives in Italy. He plays about fifty matches every year and visits ten different countries. He usually eats five kilos of pasta a week, and drinks one or two bottles of wine on Sunday night. He's very rich, and has got three houses and seventeen Ferraris!
BMX is great!
Read the first text and answer the following questions.
· What doesabbreviation BMX stand for?
· When and where was BMX cycling invented?
· Is BMX an Olympic sport?
BMX cycling is one of the most popular sports nowadays. It was born in California, USA, in the 1970s, when teenagers started modifying their bikes to make something a bit more exciting to ride on. At first they need the new tougher bikes to try some of the cool tricks they saw motocross riders do. The bike riders quickly started running their new sport Bicycle Motorcross, which then became BMX. As well as BMX racing, rider can also take part in freestyle events, which are all about who will make the most spectacular jumps. In 2008 the sport made its Olympic debut in Beijing, China.