At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, China’s sprinter (短跑运动员) Su Bingtian made history by     1     (become) the first Chinese athlete (运动员) to make it to the final of men’s 100m Olympic event.

“I’m very     2     (excite) to be in the 100m final. Stepping on the track has realized my dream.” Su said after the race. Su has set     3       Asian record of 9.83 seconds,     4     is also the best performance for the Chinese on the world stage.

“London 2012 was my first Olympics. I was just a young man eager to become one of the top     5     (athlete).     6     (lucky), perseverance (坚持) helps me prepare     7     the game and with my determination, I make my dream come true. I feel more confident than I used to be. It is a breakthrough for me     8     (complete) the semi-final at that time.” Because of his excellent performance, Su, titled the “Asian flying man”, was chosen as the flag-bearer for the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the games on Aug 8.

Su’s great success    9     (inspire) more Chinese athletes and teenagers to improve    10     (they) since he lowered the Asian 100m record to 9.83 seconds.

Chinese volleyball superstar Zhu Ting has inspired a new English word “Stay awesome and ZHU perb!”    1    (call) by Volleywood, a US-based volleyball website. The word combines “Zhu” and “superb”, describing the 24-year-old player’s dominance (主导) on the court.

Last month, Zhu announced that she was joining the Tianjin women’s volleyball club for the     2    (approach) season, after China’s women’s volleyball team won the FIVB Women’s World Cup on Sept 29.

Zhu's productive scoring    3    (perform) has put her among the Top 10 Global Outstanding Athletes for this year’s Heracles Prize of the Big Ben Award.    4    the captain, Zhu created the new golden age of women’s volleyball in China. Zhu    5    (consider) to be a national hero by many people in China. Although it hasn't been easy for Zhu to get to     6    she is, she’s a superstar now.

    7    (bear) into a farming family in Henan province, Zhu earned a chance to attend a local sports school at age 13. Young Zhu got homesick during the first few months of training, but with her father’s    8    (inspire) words, she made progress    9    (steady). Zhu quickly moved up, from the provincial youth team to the national youth team. She became famous by helping China’s U20 team win the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship. Shortly after, Zhu became    10    national team member and began playing under legendary coach Lang Ping.

Shawn Cheshire is a blind cyclist who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lost her ability     1    (see) after an accident nine years ago. She has tried to become as     2    (depend) as possible in the last few years.

She said that,     3     a long time, she was in a really dark place and hated being blind. She said that sports and physical exercise gave     4    (she) another opportunity at living.

Earlier this month, Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven ground in the Grand Canyon(大峡谷). She did so in 24 hours and 15 minutes,     5     is believed to be a record for a blind hiker (徒步旅行者). The     6    (early) record of 28 hours     7    (set) in 2014.

Three friends helped her during the Grand Canyon hike. They walked several steps apart. They guided and warned her of     8    (barrier). She listened for and followed the sound of a bell     9    (wear) by the lead hiker. She used hiking poles for balance.

Cheshire and her friends finished the hike on October 8, 2018. She said as the group neared     10     end of the trip, “I had a huge ball of emotion welled up in my chest –I cannot believe we just did that.”