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1. 1.

   Which event serves as the setting of this poem?

2. 2.

   How do we know that the event was important?

3. 3.

   What happened to one athlete after the race started? How did he feel about it?

4. 4.

   What did the other athletes do in response to the unexpected occurrence?

5. 5.

   Why is the poem called Nine Gold Medals?

6. 6.

   Many weeks and months of training / All coming down to these games.

   1. Who had spen 'weeks and months' in training?
   2. What had they been training for - what would they want from the race?
   3. What did they finally do in the race?