Sport Stacking – level 2
People first played a Sport Stacking in the early 1980s. The aim of the game is to stack a set of 12 plastic cups into a pyramid in as little time as possible.
Athletes from the Taiwanese World Sport Stacking Association won 11 gold medals at the World Championship. A 15-year-old girl won four of the medals herself. Her best time is 5.615 seconds. She says that this is the high point in her career. She says that she is under a lot of pressure, but she is trying to keep calm and get even better.
The young athletes practice together once a month. For the rest of the time, they practice on their own. One seven-year-old girl says that she spends an hour a day practicing.
Taiwan will host the next World Championship in Cowshung City.
Difficult words: stack (to put things on one another), association (a group of people).