Asia’s first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) world champion Weili Zhang knocked out Poland’s Joann a Jedrzejczyk to win the chance     1     (challenge) for the women’s strawweight title at UFC275 on June 12, 2022 in Singapore.

The fight     2     (set) off wild celebrations on Chinese social media so far. The 32-year-old is seen as a genuine star. She became China’s first UFC champion in 2019. “Together we put girl power on display in the Octagon (八角笼). We’ve proved to people     3     said we cannot do certain things that we can.” Zhang said after the fight when     4     (interview) on stage.

Zhang’s fighting dream began young. Her childhood hero, Bruce Lee,     5     (inspire) her to take up kung fu when she was 6. Later, she learned sanda. But at 17, her sanda fighting career ended because of     6     (injury). Over the next six years, she tried different jobs, like a kindergarten teacher, a saleswoman     7     a bodyguard.

However, she still dreamed of being     8     fighter. In 2013, she started learning MMA. Many people think that the sport isn’t     9     (suit) for the “weaker bodies” of women. But Zhang     10     (strong) disagrees. “Anything men can do, women can do, too—and we can do it just as well as them.” Obviously, she has proved it’s true!

Benjamin Alexander is Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier (高山滑雪运动员), but he was a late     1     (develop). The 38-year-old only discovered his love     2     the sport at 32. “I never skied before at that time,” Alexander said. “They     3     (fly) us up in the helicopters at the top of the mountain to meet the skiers...”

For more than two years, Benjamin Alexander pursued a dream of becoming the first person     4     (present) Jamaica at the Winter Olympics. For him, competing in the Olympics is something he never thought about as a kid. He grew up in England and began working as a DJ as     5     17-year-old teenager, but he stopped doing so as he grew tired of the violent scenes at local nightclubs. After     6     (study) engineering at University College London, he moved to Hong Kong. Then Alexander booked a month-long trip to ski,     7     he met former Europa Cup lever ski racer, Gordon Gray, who criticized Alexander’s technique but said that he was     8     (absolute) fearless.

Gray added: “If you’re afraid you’re never going to get any work     9     (do), even with all the technique in the world.     10     if you’re fearless, then we can teach you technique and I think there’s a chance.”

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the history of the basketball game,     1    life is a legend. In 2008, Kobe Bryant    2    (name) Most Valuable Player and carried his team the Lakers to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics.     3    , his team won the titles   in the following two years. In 2015, he made an announcement    4     he would retire at the end of the season. After retirement he soon    5    (seek) the best in other fields. His film Dear Basketball led to the unexpected sight of Bryant    6    (accept) an Oscar award.

On January 26, 2020, Bryant’s helicopter crashed in the Los Angeles suburb. Nine people     7     board, including Bryant and his daughter Gigi died. “We are completely devastated by the sudden     8     (lose) of my adoring husband and my loving,     9     (thought) and sweet Gigi.” His wife Vanessa said. “There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that    10     were so deeply loved. We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever.”

Ten years ago, Qieyang Shijie gained the honor of being the first Tibetan athlete     1     (win) an Olympic medal after claiming a bronze in the women’s 20km race walking at the 2012 London Olympics. She is now ready to turn that medal into gold after three Russian athletes had     2     (they) results overturned owing to doping (服兴奋剂).

The Athletics Integrity Unit said on Monday that race walker Yelena Lashmanova had been stripped (剥夺) of her Olympic gold medal for the event. In 2016, Olga Kaniskina, who won the silver medal, also had her results canceled because of doping.

The International Olympic Committee     3     (official) changed the results based on the     4     (punish) in June 2020, elevating Qieyang Shijie to silver medalist, and her fellow teammates Liu Hong to third place and Lyu Xiuzhi to fourth. Monday’s placings still need confirmation by the IOC and World Athletics.

After hearing the news, Qieyang Shijie thought it was     5     (surprise) news and she expressed mixed feelings on her Sina Weibo microblog account. “It’s been 10 years. When     6     (inform) that I’d won the Olympic championship this way, I was both happy and sad,” she said. “I feel happy that I can become the champion in my heart. But I feel upset at     7     same time that I could not get the feeling of being a champion. I did not get the aura (气氛) of being an Olympic champion. Although the aura is temporary, I still want to have the aura of that moment. However, past is past.”

Qieyang Shijie,     8     birthplace is Qinghai province’s Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture (地区),     9     (select) to become a member of the national race walking team when she was 20 years old. She is now training in Italy     10     this year’s World Championships in July and the Asian Games in September.

Lang Ping announced on Wednesday that she has stepped down as head coach of China’s national women’s volleyball team.

    1    (know) as the “Iron Hammer” during her playing career, Lang Ping is one of the most     2    (influence) figures in the world. She took over the Chinese women’s team for the second time in 2013.     3    Lang’s guidance, China won Olympic gold in Rio 2016, as well as 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. But China failed     4    (progress) through the group stage at last month’s 2020 Olympic Games after losing against Turkey, the United States and Russia.

Since 2013, the 60-year-old legendary coach     5    (lead) China to win the Rio Olympics gold, two World Cup championships, one World Championships silver and one bronze. Lang emphasized her    6     (enthusiastic) for volleyball, but said it is not possible for her to coach the Chinese team forever. For Lang, Tokyo may see    7     end of her Olympic story, but for her team, it begins a journey     8     Paris 2024, which    9    (expect) to be a new high in their careers.

“    10     happened in Tokyo is a precious experience for those young players. I told them don’t forget this. They need to remember the failure and find out how to recover when they encounter difficulties in the next Olympics.”