At 10:20 am, July 24, Saturday, 2021, the first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics was     1     (official) won by China's Yang Jing in Japan. Yang Qian earned gold in the women's 10-meter air rifle（步枪）to take home the long-awaited first medal. The 21-year-old is     2     rising star in the sport. Yang,     3     was ranked sixth in the qualification, scored 251.8 points in the final, beating Russian Galashina’’s 251.1 points to set off Team China to a fine start at the     4     (postpone) Tokyo games. As the first champion of the 2020 Games, Yang     5       (award) her medal by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach.

“It's an     6     (believe) thing that I can be here. The competetion was really tight, but I'm so happy that I could win,” Yang said after     7     (claim) the first gold medal of the Games and for China. “I'm so happy that this golden medal is a gift     8     my country. I'm so pround.” But she had to keep calm to do it. “During the match, I was very nervous     9     my heart was beating very fast, but I just tried to be     10     (I) and keep my emotions in control." the shooter added.

The 18-year-old girl Eileen Gu struck gold on February 8 at the Beijing Winter Games and became the first woman     1     (win) the Olympic Free-ski Big Air Event. She perfectly performed a double cork 1620 jump, meaning she completed two off-axis rotations in the air. It was     2     trick she had never tried in competitions before. Her daring move paid off. Judges gave her a score of 94.50 on her last run,     3     pushed her past Ledux with a total score of 188.25.

Ledux from France finished second with 187.50 points. After a switch left double cork 1440 in her last run, she raised her leg     4     (slight) as she landed. Mathilde Gremaud from Switzerland had a promising start of her competition,     5     she crashed, coming in third with 182.50 points.

Gu was born in the U. S. to a Chinese mother and American father. Since 2019, Gu     6     (compete) under the Chinese flag. However, she receives     7     (criticize) on the U. S. social media that her decision to represent China is driven by commercial benefits from the host nation.

Gu wrote on Instagram, “The opportunity to inspire millions     8     young people where my mom was born during the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games     9     (be) a once-in-a-lifetime chance to promote the sport I love.” She greatly encourages girls     10     (interest) in winter sports to push the boundaries as much as they can.