Nine Gold Medals
NIOS · Class 10 · English
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What to Focus On
- Empathy means understanding another person's experience from his point of view.
- The poem values human feelings above personal victory.
- The athletes show sportsmanship by helping the fallen boy.
- Special Olympics is for the differently-abled.
- The event in the poem is the last event of the day.
- The hundred-yard dash is the final and most prestigious race.
- The poem moves from competition to cooperation.
- The fall of the smallest athlete changes the direction of the race.
- The turning point is when the other runners choose to help.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
The poem is about the regular Olympics, not the Special Olympics.
The poem says winning a medal is more important than helping another athlete.
The smallest athlete fell because the race had started wrongly or before the signal.
Memory Tips
The poem's central idea: empathy and human values are more important than winning
Special Olympics as the setting of the poem
Order of the race events from start to finish
The smallest athlete's fall
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