Su Bingtian, 32, set a new Asian record by clocking 9.83 seconds in the     1     (men) 100m semi-final in the Tokyo Olympics,     2     (become) the first Asian in the new era to qualify for the Olympic 100m final.

With regards to his success, Su believes Scientific training is     3    (extreme) important. “Scientific training requires you to do it right instead of doing it a lot. In that way, athletes can save more strength in training and recover     4     (fast),” said Su.

According to Su, he did not understand some of the moves coaches asked him to do at the beginning. It took him years     5     (realize) how to do stamina allocation (体力分配) on the field. Since 2017, Su     6     (practice) under the guidance of his American coach Randy,     7     analyzed (分析) Su’s condition based on “champion model” from the start before making arrangements     8     Su to work on. Su said that played     9     key role in the process of his making breakthrough.

When asked if there would be another “Su Bingtian” in the future, Su answered with     10     (confident), “People in the future can definitely do what I can do. I’m looking forward to seeing it. All records are to be broken.”

The story of Ni Xialian, the 59-year-old member of Luxembourg’s national sports team and the     1     (old) Olympic table tennis player in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships competition, has gone viral on Chinese social media.

Born in Shanghai in 1963, Ni Xialian     2     (successful) won several championships as part of China’s national table tennis team. She later moved to Germany and then     3     (settle) down in Luxembourg in 1991.

“I retired from China’s national team in 1986. Since table tennis was not listed as an event at the Olympic Games     4     1988, I missed the chance     5     (fight) for our country,” Ni said in an interview with Xinmin Evening.

Ni attended the Summer Olympics in Sydney     6     a representative of Luxembourg in 2000,     7     (kick) off her career as an Olympian at the age of 37. She then joined four more Olympic Games, including those in Beijing and London.

Ni said she believes she stands as a symbol on the field for Chinese everywhere. “I was born in China and received systematic training in Shanghai,     8     developed my solid skills and capability of reading games. It’s very important.” Ni told The Migu Sports News in the Shanghai dialect. “I just feel     9     (honor) to compete in the Olympics. Even though I don’t represent Team China anymore, I think that may be more meaningful because we need the     10     (communicate) between East and West.”