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Read the following passages and select correct options to answer the questions that follow.

Jesse Owens's father was a farmer; his grandfather was a slave. Because of poverty, he came down with pneumonia every winter. "A couple of those winters, when my father could not find enough wood to keep the fire going in our little card-board house, I came to never seeing spring", he recalled. Everyone in the Owens family was expected to work. At the age of seven, Jesse had to pick nearly 50 kilos of cotton every day. When he was nine, his family moved to Cleveland where he worked in a petrol station and a grocery shop. But even in the misery of poverty, Jesse had dreams. His contact with athletics came in the fifth standard when the physical education teacher Charley Riley approached him to join the school team. But Jesse had a problem: he had to work after school. Riley was so keen to have him in the team that he suggested that Jesse train before school hours. Riley was perhaps the first kind white man Owens knew. In addition to the training, he brought food for Jesse, so that Jesse could put some flesh on his bones. The determination of Riley and the dedication of Owens finally succeeded in 1936, when although still at school, Jesse equaled the 100 mts. world record of 9.4 seconds.

Who was Jesse Owens?

A)  Swimmer           

B)         sprinter    

C)  Archer                

D)         wrestler