Kathrine Switze was a great woman. She wanted    1    (finish) a (26.2 mile) marathon and challenge herself. As we all know, before 1967, women were not allowed to run in the race. But Kathrine managed to get an official    2    (enter). So Kathrine became the first woman ever    3    (compete) in the Boston Marathon.

In fact in the middle of the Boston Marathon, the race director tried to make her stop running. But a friend of hers stopped him from doing so and helped Kathrine finish the race.     4    (final), in 1972, the rules    5    (change) to allow women to run in the Boston Marathon.

Kathrine was    6    (energy) and continued to participate    7    more races, including the New York City Marathon, which she won several years later. Thanks    8    her, the Women’s Marathon became an official Olympic sport later.

Her courage and perseverance in completing the first marathon in Boston has made her a role model for women around the world,     9    also encouraged women all around    10    world.

Khorkina is one of the most successful gymnast in Russia. She was born on January 19, 1979, in Belgorod and     1     (introduce) to gymnastics by her mother when she was only four years old. Her coach Boris Pilkin was the only coach     2     her entire career. With the help of her coach, she has won numerous awards. In addition, she    3     (brave) entered the world of show business, and had even more courage to enter the world of theater. On August 19, 2004, she played the artist one final time. Even Olympic boss Jacques Rogge replies Khorkina is his favorite gymnast.