The Spirit of Sport Section Task : Get Set ... Writing the life story of a sports personality Many sportsmen and sportswomen have interesting life stories . Their life stories show that they worked hard to become top athletes and later used their success to help others . In this section you will read a story about an Olympic athlete . Then you will choose a sports personality and write about his / her life . Swifter , Higher , Stronger * Baron Pierre de Coubertin started the modern Olympic Games in 1 896 . He wrote the Olympic Creed * , which expresses the spirit of the Games . In 1920 , he wrote the Olympic Oath . At the start of each Olympics , every athlete recites * the Olympic Oath . 1 Read the Olympic Oath and explain what the athletes promise to do .
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