When Michael Jordan’s feet left the ground, time seemed to stand still. The player     1    became known as “Air Jordan”     2    (change) basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental     3     (strong) that he showed made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way     4    (win). Jordan says the the secret     5    success is learning from his failures. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”     6    (lose) games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his success with others. The Boys and Girls Club     7    he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

Lang Ping is one of China’s most recognised     1     (athlete). She has been a volleyball star for more than 35 years and has contributed greatly to the sport,     2     has made her the most popular figure in China’s volleyball history. Lang Ping played on China’s national volleyball team during the 1980s. They achieved a series of success including gold medals at the 1984 Olympic, the 1982 World Championship and the 1981 and 1985 World Cups. In 1995, she     3     (return) to be the coach of women’s national team and lead the team become the winner of the 2015 World Cup. That year, she     4     (give) the Best Coach and the Sports Special Contribution awards at CCTV Sports Personally Awards.

It’s never easy for    1    Asian athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian, 28,    2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter (短跑运动员) to win a    3    (globe) medal in an individual event.    4    March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,    5    (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

More impressively, a Chinese athlete    6    (achieve) a milestone in 2004,    7    Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably (不可避免地), Su is compared to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend.” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected    8    (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver    9    bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in many major world    10    (competition)” he said.