Qiu Yunting, one of the ballet dancers of the National Ballet of China, won the Best Female Dancer award during the 31st Benois de la Danse. Benois de la Danse, which     1    (found) in 1991 in Moscow by the International Dance Association, is the international ballet prize     2    (know) as the “Ballet Oscar”.

Qiu     3    (stand) out among her competitors—ballet dancers from seven countries, such as Russia, French and Canada, winning the award with her role, Tatiana. Actually, Tatiana is the heroine of Onegin, which is one of the     4    (world) greatest ballets based on Russian poet and playwright Alexander Pushkin’s novel Eugene Onegin.

In the face of the award, she seemed to be in a dream. “I am very honored. I was one of the nominators (提名者) nine years ago, and this award is just     5     a dream that has come true, ” said Qiu,     6     accepted the award on June 20 in Moscow,     7    (express) her gratitude to the National Ballet of China and the organizers of Benois de la Danse.

    8     artist commented on Qiu’s performance, “She plays the role from a teenager, to a young woman and then to a middle-aged woman     9    (perfect). She was a great surprise during the     10    (compete) and she is Tatiana.”

HANGZHOU — The 19th Asian Games closed on Sunday under the theme of “Enduring Memories of Hangzhou” for the closing ceremony,     1     (highlight) the power and unity of sports and the Asian Games.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) acting president Raja Randhir Singh attended the closing ceremony at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Singh declared the Games closed, praising the organizers     2     “the perfect host that the OCA will never forget.” “The power of sport, the power of the Asian Games is to unite us all in life. I would like to thank the Chinese government, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the people of Hangzhou and the Hangzhou organizing committee (HAGOC) for    3     you have done and ensured that the Hangzhou Asian Games were an unprecedented (前所未有的) success,” said the OCA acting president.

“The Qiantang River     4     (continue) flows into the sea, and the light of Asia will continue to shine brightly in the future. The Asian Games flame is about to be extinguished, but its spirit will live     5    ,” said Gao Zhidan, organizing committee president. “Together, we will write a new chapter of an Asian community with a     6     (share) future,” added Gao, also president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Echoing with the opening ceremony     7     a digital torchbearer lit the cauldron together with swimming Olympic champion Wang Shun, the digital torchbearer returned for the closing ceremony. China’s swimmers Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang     8     (award) Most Valuable Player (MVP) jointly of the Asian Games on Saturday. Olympic champion Zhang, 25, clinched six     9     (title) in her signature events, while 24-year-old world champion Qin pocketed five golds and a silver on his second Asiad appearance.

The Hangzhou Asiad also produced world-leading performances with     10     total of 13 world records having been broken.

It was the final sprint of a cyclo-cross race in Spain. Esteban, in third place, was just ahead of his competitor, Navarro,     1     only 300 meters to the end. Suddenly Esteban got a puncture, so he threw his bike over his shoulders and raced towards the finishing line. Just a few seconds later, fourth-placed Navarro     2    (catch) up with him. Surely, he could simply overtake Esteban and come third. But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him. The two cyclists reached the end with Esteban ahead on foot in third place,     3     Navarro came fourth. The audience was     4    (amaze) at his show of sportsmanship and cheered and clapped.

Losing two important players was    1    big challenge, but Lang Ping did not lose heart. She had faced    2    (difficulty) before, and she knew that her young players could win if they worked together as a team. Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team    3     win Olympic gold in Brazil.