Olympic Flowers

¹ Flowers are given to winners at the Olympics. This year, the flowers are in a bobsled. Vonetta Flowers is on the bobsled team. Her team won a gold medal at the 2002 Olympics. She is the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.

² She was first in her family to go to college. Vonetta ran track. Track is her favorite sport. She dreamed of running in the Summer Olympics. She tried but did not make it. Her husband wanted them both to try out for the bobsled team. He did not make it. She did. He is now her coach. Vonetta has twin boys. They go to all her races. The boys want to .....
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 3
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.14

	challenging words:		bobsled, bobsledders, Vonetta, races, college, husband, twin, sport, track, also, family, year, person, favorite, gold, book
	content words:		Vonetta Flowers, African American, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics

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