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The Athletic Competition at

Myeong-Shin Girls' High School

Lee Yu-kyung

The athletic competition1) at

Myongshin Girls' High School was held

on May 15th, 2019. As it was Teacher's

Day, the athletic competition began

with the students singing for

Teacher's Day after the opening

ceremony. The athletic competition

started with several activities that

the students could enjoy such as

a turtle running contest2), a group

jump rope contest, dodgeball, and

Picture 1: the turtle running contest many other events. This year, the
contests took place in the gym in

the morning and outdoors in the

school yard in the afternoon.

First was the turtle running contest. The first players from each class lay down on their backs

and scooted down the floor of the gym. The contestants did their best to win the race. Second

was a race with a ball held between the players’ legs. Each player had to put a beach ball

between their legs and jump like a kangaroo to the finish line. After the races, the group jump

rope and dodgeball3) contests followed. In the group jump contest, players had to jump for a set

time which started with two minutes of practice time for each group. Each team had one more

chance if they made a mistake in the first game.

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1) athletic competition 체육대회
2) turtle running contest 거북이 달리기 대회
3) dodgeball 피구

4 MYEONG-SHIN GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL