Michael Jordan, known as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Apart from his skills, it was his mental strength     1     he showed that made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way to win. He said, “I can accept failure; everyone     2    (fail) at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”     3    (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give up.

World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) superstar Charlotte Flair is leading by example by using her platform to show a woman's strength in a historically male-dominated sport.

At first, Flair    1    (inspire) to take up wrestling by her father and brother. “It was my little brother who motivated me to begin wrestling, ” she said. “Now I continue to live his dream and continue my father's career. ”

Being a woman in wrestling means being devoted to supporting other female athletes and fighting    2    women's strength. “It means that I get to use my platform to promote strength and confidence in    3    was once considered a man's world. I    4    (full) believe female athletes are superstars, ”Flair said.

While Flair's field    5    (focus) mainly on outside strength, she notes that inner strength is equally    6    (importance) in the world of sports entertainment. “As a female athlete, your inner strength is only as strong as your outer strength as long as you believe in    7    (you) , ”she said.

Flair,     8    feels most powerful in her wrestling boots, wants women and girls to be better by inspiring one another and working together. “Instead of    9    (compete) with one another in an unhealthy way, we should work together    10    (create) change, ” she said.

Success Stories

Mercy Cherono is one of many very successful young athletes from Kenya. She was born in 1991 in the village of Kipajit. She is the oldest of six children, and some of the other children in her family are also athletes. Her father, John Koech, runs a training camp in the village. During the school holidays, the camp     1    attract over 50 trainees.

Cherono started running in primary school and continued when she went to secondary school in the nearby town of Sotik. At the age of 16, she participated in the 2007 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships     2    (hold) in Mombasa, Kenya. It was her first international event.     3    the fact that she finished 23rd in the junior race, she had launched herself into international athletics. In the same year, at the World Youth Championships at Ostrava in the Czech Republic, she won a gold medal in the 3,000-meter race,     4    she ran in the championship record time of 8:53:94.

In the coming years, she continued to win gold medals at famous international championships. She is a two-time World Junior Champion in the 3,000-meter race,     5    (win) in Poland in 2008, and again in Canada in 2010. She also came in first in the 3,000-meter race at the 2009 Africa Junior Championships. However, Cherono is not just a middle-distance runner     6    she tried to sprint too early to the finishing line. After the race, Cherono claimed, “I     7    ( not repeat) that mistake again.”

The following year, at the same cross country race, Cherono proved     8    when she won a gold medal. Incredibly, all of the three runners-up were from Kenya, too. She and the Kenyan team came home to a hero's welcome. Her coach was excited and owed the success     9    she won the gold medal for the Kenya team to hard training and determination.”And her father said, “our child is a disciplined girl and the best     10    (take) instructions.” Perhaps one day Mercy Cherono will instruct future champions.