The conclusion of the recent Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb 20 also marked the end of the volunteering work of Armenian twin brothers Vahan and Hayk Gehamyan, both of     1     are Fudan University undergraduates.

The brothers served as translators for Team Armenia during the Games and also     2    (offer) assistance to athletes.     3     their busy work schedule, the brothers enjoyed their time in the Olympic Village. They even made friends with their     4     (neighbor) — athletes from Finland and Ukraine — and cheered for these athletes when they were competing.

“It’s     5     great honor to serve as Olympic volunteers. We’re impressed by the charm of winter sports, such as the     6    (beauty) freestyle skiing and figure skating,” Hayk said.

“Moreover, we saw people from across the world     7    (live) under the same roof. It showed how the Olympic spirit of unity shines     8    (bright) throughout the games and beyond, which reminds us that people worldwide belong to the same human family,” he added.

Hayk said that they     9    (draw) to China as they wanted to experience the country’s fast economic development and culture. “We’re glad we made the     10    (decide) to come here,” he said.

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will be the new start for winter sports worldwide with over 300 million Chinese     1    (take) up them, said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday,     2     he opened the 139th IOC Session in the Chinese capital on the eve of the Opening Ceremony.

The IOC President added that Beijing will     3    (official) become the first city ever to host both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games on Friday. Bach also     4    (believe) that the Chinese people will enjoy social benefits from hosting the Games.

According to Bach, Beijing is showing solutions for a more sustainable (可持续的) future. “From re-using venues (场馆) from the Olympic Games 2008; to powering all Beijing 2022 venues with renewable energy; to minimizing environmental     5    (impact) and reducing carbon emissions, all these measures underline the commitment of Beijing 2022 to contribute to sustainable     6    (develop) in China,” he said.

Beijing 2022 will also mean a lot for winter sports beyond China, and change the     7    (globe) landscape of winter sports forever.

For the athletes, Bach underlined how they have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity     8    (reach) not only their traditional supporters, but also a completely new fan base during these Olympic Winter Games.

“These Games are not     9     end of the story. With their performance and their appearance, each of these athletes can win over a huge new fan community for the time after the Games. With this they can take their own popularity and the popularity of their winter sport     10     a new height,” said the German.

Smart, cozy and accessible, Beijing’s Winter Olympic Village has all the elements needed to provide athletes with a safe and comfortable home away     1     home during next year’s Games.

As promised in its bidding submission, Beijing's commitment to     2    (host) “athlete-centered” Games has materialized in     3     big way, with 20 residential buildings — all furnished and decorated to a high standard and fitted with fresh-air ventilation systems—    4    (complete) this month well ahead of the opening ceremony on Feb 4.

Situated in the northern part of the city’s downtown against the backdrop of the Bird’s Nest, the Beijing Olympic Village, which     5    (cover) an area of 330,000 square meters, is the largest of three official residential areas built for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The Beijing village will undergo an operational test     6    (late) this month with all facilities,     7    (serve) and COVID-19 control and prevention measures to be evaluated. Should the test go well, the village will initiate a trial run on Jan 23 before     8    (official) opening on Jan27.

“We are trying to make the village a safe and comfortable home for every athlete and official,     9     they can enjoy themselves and be as relaxed as possible     10     experience some of the cultural characteristics of the host city at the same time,” said Yang Jingfeng, deputy director of resident services for the village operation team.

No matter the time or place, sports fans love to debate. When the question popped up recently about     1     is the greatest athlete of all time, people’s arguments came fast and furious as they scanned the past for their     2     (favorite). Some said Serena Williams, the American tennis champ with a record-setting 23 Grand Slam titles. Others put forth American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most     3     (decorate) modern Olympian with 28 Olympic medals, 23 of them gold.

There’s just one problem. They and many other popular candidates, like Michael Jordan, Simone Biles, Usain Bolt, and Peléto     4     (name) a few, all come from the very recent past. What about the athletes from the very distant past? If the question is sincere about“of all time,” then taking a     5     (long) view is necessary.

Take these two star athletes from 2,000 years ago: the charioteers Flavius Scorpus and Gaius Appuleius Diocles. Some quick stats (统计):     6     his 10-year career, Scorpus racked up more than 2,000 victories before dying at age 27. After a 24-year     7     (race) career, Diocles retired at age 42 with more than 35 million sesterces in winnings,     8     sum that historian Peter Struck estimates could be worth     9     much as $15 billion. Scorpus and Diocles are just two of history’s many champions, and many more     10     (wait) to be discovered.

Two books about the athletes have been released at the same time. In "The Barcelona Complex" Simon Kuper, a journalist at the Financial Times, analyses how the Spanish football club became a giant, with Mr Messi, its "engine and standard-bearer". "The Master"     1     Christopher Clarey, a journalist at the New York Times, is a more conventional biography.     2    (base) on interviews with the tennis player and his inner circle, both books offer     3    (value) ideas of how sporting greatness     4     (achieve).

Modern athletes are more disciplined than their ancestors who often lived like rock stars and expected their bodies to give out before    5     (get) to middle age. In the early 1970s, Johan Cruyff, another Barcelona footballing   legend,     6    (be) a chain-smoker. He was so unfit that, during his time at Ajax, Cruyff would hide in the woods     7     his teammates did running training, only rejoining them for the last lap. Mr Messi, by contrast, credits a mostly vegetarian diet with prolonging his career and has benefited from his club's focus on     8     science of nutrition, sleep and psychology.

By far     9     (long) serving member of Mr Federer's team is Pierre Paganini, a former decathlete (十项全能选手) who has been his fitness coach since 2000. "A big part of the reason that I'm here     10     I am today is definitely because of Pierre," Mr Federer has said.