la

• Article

  the (definite article)

• Pron
• Noun

délégation

1. delegation
2. devolvement

était

third-person singular imperfect indicative of être

composée

feminine singular of composé

de deux

next, secondly, second

sportifs

• Adj

  masculine plural of sportif

• Noun

de

• Prep

  1. of (expresses belonging)
  2. of (used to express property or association)
  3. from (used to indicate origin)
  4. of (indicates an amount)
  5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
  6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
  7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
  8. by (indicates the amount of change)

• Article
• Noun

deux

two