After Looking at Data on Which Nations and Which Athletes

question 40

Multiple Choice

After looking at data on which nations and which athletes win medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games,the author concludes that these events

• A)present a level playing for opportunities to win medals.
• B)a celebration of wealth and economic inequality.
• C)are basically contests between wealthy socialist and poor capitalist nations.
• D)provide people from poor nations a fair chance to succeed.

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