When the starting signal sounded, Qian Hongyan pushed herself in the pool. She     1    (win)the silver medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke(蛙泳)final in the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities     2     (hold)in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

Qian, from Luliang, Yunnan Province, lost both legs.     3     caused that was a traffic accident when she was 4 years old. Since then, she has become well-known tor moving around while balanced on an orange ball,     4     (earn) herself a nickname, basketball girl.

Qian's enthusiasm for swimming     5    (date)back to 2007. At 11 years old, she     6    (invite)by the coach Zhang Honghu to join the swimming club tor people with disabilities. However, without legs, Qian found it difficult to keep balance in water."Swimming without legs is like handling a boat     7     a rudder(舵). I tended to sway(摇摆)due to a poor sense of direction," she said.

To help her overcome the difficulty, her coach made a tailor-made training plan for her. Every day, she practiced swimming for at least four     8    (hour). She made intense efforts to strengthen her arm and balance,     9     helped her successfully get used to the water.

"I like swimming. It changed my life and helped me see     10     (extreme) wonderful things," she said in an interview.

People call Wilma Rudolph “the Black Pearl”, “the Black Gazelle” and “the fastest woman in the world”. In 1960, she became the first American woman     1    (win) three gold medals in the Olympics. She was     2     extraordinary American athlete. She also did a lot to help young athletes     3    (success).

Wilma Rudolph was born     4     a very large, poor, African-American family. She was the     5    (twenty) of twenty-two children. She was born too early and only     6    (weigh) two kilograms. She had many     7    (illness) when she was very young,     8    (include) pneumonia(肺炎)and scarlet fever(猩红热). She also had polio(小儿麻痹症),     9     damaged her left leg. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces because she could not use that leg. With her family’s attention and care,     10    (fortunate), by the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces.

Su Bingtian is a GOAT!     

This summer, Su Bingtian     1     (attract) the attention of countless people. In the men’s 100 meters on Sunday, his record-breaking semifinal finish made an impression     2     sport fans and he became the first Chinese runner     3     (enter) the finals. After the competition, Su was seen proudly covering himself with China’s national flag.     4     Su Bingtian didn’t take home any Olympic medals, he was praised by Chinese netizens (网民). They flooded Sina Weibo to express     5     (they) love for him by calling him “Su god.” The former athlete Liu Xiang,     6    won the gold medal in 2004 Athens Olympic Games, showed strong support for Su.

Su believes scientific training plays     7     important role in his success. “I realized that running as much as possible does not     8     (necessary) help you run faster. Scientific training gives more importance to applying of technique and requires you to do it right instead of     9     (do) it a lot. In that way, athletes can save more    10     (strong) in training and recover faster,” said Su.

CHEN Lijun snatches gold in Men's 67kg Weightlifting. Till now, five years after     1     (force) to withdraw with leg cramps from Rio 2016, CHEN Lijun of the People's Republic of China     2     (crown) he Olympic champion in the weightlifting men's 67kg event at Tokyo 2020 with a total lift of 332kg.

It     3     (come) down to the final lit, with Chen lifting 187kg — an Olympic record — in the clean and jerk to beat Colombia's Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano by one kilogram. “I feel that it's very difficult, very hard to be in Tokyo 2020. I have many different     4     (feeling) because for a long time I've been struggling and working hard. This year is quite exciting and     5     (predict),” Chen said. “I'm very happy to win this gold medal and bring honour to my country and family.”

Chen, a four-time world champion, gave China their second weightlifting gold of the evening after Li Fiban won the men's 6lkg. Mosquera Lozano was in line     6     the gold medal after a mammoth total lift of 331kg—    7     Olympic record before Chen's final attempt.

Mosquera Lozano said, “I am very proud to win for Colombia and for my family but I understand     8     China won today, they are very strong in weightlifting. It's been wonderful to fight     9     my Chinese opponent.” I'm very happy for him and my Italian colleague but let's hope we can get more medals in the future.” Bronze went to Italy's Mirko Zanni,     10     despite missing his attempt at 172kg, went on to left a personal best of 177kg on his final attempt in the clean and jerk for a total lift of 322kg.

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.