Yang Yang, World Anti-Doping (反兴奋剂) Agency (WADA) vice president, has confirmed that she is ready     1     (participate) in the election of the position for another three-year term (2023-2025) next week.

In 2020, Yang,     2     is China’s first ever gold medalist in a Winter Olympics, began her role as WADA vice president. So far, in her career as an athlete, Yang     3     (win) two gold medals, two silver and one bronze for short track speed skating at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Nagano and Turin.

Yang stressed the importance of educating from the very beginning, not just on matters of “detection and punishment”, but also on “prevention and support”. Yang said: “I hold the     4     (believe) that most of athletes start out clean and wish to be     5     clean sporting champion. No child dreams of becoming a champion by breaking the rules. If     6     (receive) early, the anti-doping education will keep them that way. ”

Looking back over the past three years, Yang believes that WADA has been undergoing a series of governance reforms, including strengthening athletes’ representation within the agency, pushing the boundaries of     7     (science) and technological advancement, and     8     (cooperate) with all stakeholders across the world.

“Although I retired many years ago, I still think like an athlete. My top priority is placed on the athletes,     9     it always will be, ” Yang told Xinhua     10     (firm) in an exclusive interview.

After winning a precious silver medal at the 2006 Turin(都灵) Winter Olympics, pairs skater Zhang Dan became a household name in China and    1    (continue) to work in the sport since retiring from competition.

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics    2     (draw) near, the country is starting    3    exciting newera in its winter sports journey, of which Zhang Dan feels surely proud.

“    4    (final), this year, we have this wonderful opportunity    5    (host) the Beijing Winter Olympics. As a part of the Chinese ice and snow sports community, I’m so proud and excited to welcome the    6    (arrive) of Beijing 2022. I have witnessed China’s winter sports go from strength to strength through the years,” said Zhang Dan.

The most memorable moment of Zhang Dan’s career could     7    (consider) a perfect representation of the Olympic spirit.

Partnering with Zhang Hao at the 2006 Turin Games, Zhang Dan injured     8    (she) in a fall as the pair narrowly failed to do a quadruple salchow (四周抛跳), a jump    9    had never before been landed in competition. Rather than quitting, however, Zhang Dan skated through the pain to finish the program and won the silver medal.

Zhang Dan notes that experience has had a huge influence     10    her life. encouraging her to “be braver and directly face any difficulties with that Olympic spirit”. Now she hopes her story can inspire China’s young athletes at Beijing 2022.

A long-time great in the world of tennis, Swiss star Roger Federer recently announced that the Laver Cup in London would be his last ATP tennis event before     1     (step) away from Grand Slam tournaments(大满贯赛事)entirely.

After facing several sports injuries and surgeries(手术)in the past few years,such as two knee surgeries in 2020 and another in 2021, 41-year-old Federer has felt the time is right     2     (draw) his career to a close,knowing his body’s limits. As Federer     3     (say)，“I know my body’s limits,and its message to me    4     (late) has been clear. ”

Of all his achievements, Federer is best-known as a 20-time grand slam    5     (win).

In spite of the hot competition at the top, Federer was    6     continues to be loved by friends,     7     (fan) and rivals(对手)alike.

Upon hearing news of Federer’s retirement(退役)his rival Nadal said on Twitter,“It’s been a pleasure but also     8     honour to share all these years with you, living so many     9    (amaze) moments on and off the court.”

After such a perfect sports journey, Federer’s influence     10     tennis will continue to be felt in the years and decades lo come.

On March 12, 2022, the Chinese women’s soccer team summoned (召唤) all of their     1     (determine) and skills and finally won the game,     2    (end) a 16-year wait to carry off the Asian Cup. “We never let our heads drop when we lagged behind by 0 — 2. The players defeated both their opponents and     3     (they),” said the head coach Shui Qingxia.

The Steel Roses’ victory completely dominated discussions on Chinese social media. A survey revealed that the topic “Chinese women’s team wins Asian Cup”     4     (view) billions of times. However, that was just one of 10 heated topics     5     (relate) to the women’s team on Weibo.     6     (count) thrilled people commented that “The whole team is worthy of every praise.” After their victory, media and experts     7     (urge) for greater support for the development of the women’s game. Up to now, a number of Chinese companies have taken actions to reward them     8     a dairy giant Mengniu Group gifting the team 10 million yuan.

Now the work is to continue to revive (复兴) past glories, as well as improve     9     standard of the domestic youth training to give the country a better chance of producing more great players. This victory certainly showed that such targets can be realized. The women’s soccer team has great spirit and skill,     10     are our role models!

With International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s applause and the cheering of flag-waving audience, China’s 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing, also known as Eileen Gu, with hands on her head and a look of     1    (excite), was crowned as the champion of Women’s Freeski Big Air final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The precious gold not only brings Team China to the top of the current Olympic medal table, with three gold medals, it is also a     2     (history) achievement as it is China’s first women’s Olympic gold medal ever on snow sports.

“This is the best moment in my life, moment like this makes everything so worthy, ” Gu said in a post-game interview and     3     (thank) the home audience for their support.

Gu finished fifth in the preliminary round on Monday to advance to the final. Some sports commentators played down expectations by     4     (say) the Freeski Big Air is not Gu’s strongest hand.

Gu’s performance was steady and     5     (fault) in the first two runs, giving her a good score for a podium finish.

On her final run,     6     has made Chinese spectators breathless, Gu nailed a double cork 1620, with unprecedented difficulty, to take over the first spot,     7     (surpass) the Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland who finished third and Tess Ledeux of France who got the Silver.

Besides the fierce competition, the adorable post-game moment touched many people’s hearts. Gu and Gremaud were consoling Tess Ledeux. “Such class, compassion and camaraderie amongst these athletes… You love to see it,” said Associate Editor of The Athletic Lukas Weese on Twitter.

Gu’s gold medal also inspired Chinese netizens on Sina Weibo, in which discussions about Gu exploded     8     over 220 million reads and millions of comments soon after her historic victory.

“Congratulations! No one can stop a genius who tries her best to challenge     9     (she),” said a Weibo user.

“Every time I see her on TV, she’s smiling and confident and optimistic, which is really inspiring to us,” said another.

Gu is also favored     10     (win) gold medals in the upcoming Women’s Freeski Slopestyle and Women’s Freeski Halfpipe skiing events at Beijing 2022.

Chinese shooter Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the women’s 10m air rifle (气步枪) on Saturday. Yang was born in 2000 in Yangjianong,     1     small village in Ningbo. In 2011, she     2     (select) among the shooting team of Ningbo Sports School,     3     she started her shooting career. In 2019, Yang became a member of the national shooting team.

Yu Lihua, Yang’s first shooting coach at Ningbo Sports School, said in an     4     (excite) voice, “It is the first time that my student has won a gold medal in the Olympic Games. I’m so     5     (pride) of Yang Qian. Athletes in the Olympic Games should not only have great skills     6     also adjust their own mood to deal with anxieties. Yang Qian has such good sportsmanship     7     (control) herself well under pressure.” Yang’s mother, smiled through tears as her daughter won the     8     (compete). Zhu Xiaomei, her instructor back then, said, “Yang’s success will encourage both teachers and students     9     (great). As long as they work hard, they     10     (be) the top talents in their own field, like what Yang has achieved.”

Two books about the athletes have been released at the same time. In "The Barcelona Complex" Simon Kuper, a journalist at the Financial Times, analyses how the Spanish football club became a giant, with Mr Messi, its "engine and standard-bearer". "The Master"     1     Christopher Clarey, a journalist at the New York Times, is a more conventional biography.     2    (base) on interviews with the tennis player and his inner circle, both books offer     3    (value) ideas of how sporting greatness     4     (achieve).

Modern athletes are more disciplined than their ancestors who often lived like rock stars and expected their bodies to give out before    5     (get) to middle age. In the early 1970s, Johan Cruyff, another Barcelona footballing   legend,     6    (be) a chain-smoker. He was so unfit that, during his time at Ajax, Cruyff would hide in the woods     7     his teammates did running training, only rejoining them for the last lap. Mr Messi, by contrast, credits a mostly vegetarian diet with prolonging his career and has benefited from his club's focus on     8     science of nutrition, sleep and psychology.

By far     9     (long) serving member of Mr Federer's team is Pierre Paganini, a former decathlete (十项全能选手) who has been his fitness coach since 2000. "A big part of the reason that I'm here     10     I am today is definitely because of Pierre," Mr Federer has said.