Famous sports cheating scandals
Syllabus topic 6: Famous sports cheating scandals
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What is the podcast about?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: The wider effects of cheating
It considers damage beyond the athlete involved.
What did the first draft focus on?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Punishment
The speaker says their first draft covered punishment alone.
What will improve the programme?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Explaining how fairness is protected
They want to explain fair-play safeguards as well as scandals.
What is the podcast about?
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Correct answer: The wider effects of cheating
It considers damage beyond the athlete involved.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Punishment
The speaker says their first draft covered punishment alone.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Explaining how fairness is protected
They want to explain fair-play safeguards as well as scandals.
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