Gao Tingyu thrilled the home crowd by becoming the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speed skating,     1    (win) the 500 meters on Saturday.

“Gao has conducted     2    excitingly fast and excellent performance at the Speed Skating Oval. And the March of the Volunteers will be played again inside the stadium.” said the message from the General Administration of Sport shortly     3    the competition. This was also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games     4     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the     5    (high) potential Gao already got a bronze medal at Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea, as he said after the win in Pyeongchang: “I feel like that my capacity has reached the point     6     I can compete for Olympic medals. As long as I’m in a stable state of mind, I think for me the opponent is only     7     (I).”

Ever since he     8    (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015, Gao has won championships in    9    (compete) that were held home and abroad. He has suffered from severe back injuries and had an eight-month break before competing in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021.

Gao was also the    10    (nation) flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 on February 4.

Deng Yaping, who was a well-known table tennis player, was born in 1973, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. She started playing table tennis at the age of 5 and    1    (show) her great gift. Four years later, she won her provincial junior championship. At the age of 13, she won her first     2     (nation) championship and beat many other competitors in all kinds of matches in    3     following years. She had won 18 championships by the time she retired(退役) from sports at the age of 24. Deng Yaping is regarded as one of the greatest     4    (player) in the history of sport.

However,     5    (compare) with other athletes, she made more efforts    6    (achieve) her dream. At first, Deng Yaping    7    (refuse) by the Henan Provincial Team just because she wasn’t tall enough. Her path to success was filled with many other difficulties, none of     8     stopped her. She practised even    9     (hard) and finally made it to the top. Her great determination has inspired thousands of people. Now, she has become a living legend in the sports field    10    home and abroad.

Simone Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, with more than two dozen Olympic and World Championship medals to her name. Born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Simone Biles has emerged as a champion in her sport. She and her sister, Adrina,    1     (raise) by their grandfather Ron and grandmother Nellie after their mother’s struggle with substance abuse. Ron and Nellie eventually     2     (official) adopted the two girls, and Biles calls her grandmother “Mom.” Nellie has been a constant source of support through Biles’ rise in the world of     3     (compete) athletics.

Simone Biles demonstrated her abilities as a gymnastics talent at a young age.    4     (attract) by gymnastics at the age of six during a day-care field trip to Bannons Gymnastix, she remained there for 11 years under the     5     (direct) of her coach, Aimee Boorman.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she became the     6     (one) American female gymnast to win four gold medals at a single Games. She was given the honor of being the Team USA flag bearer during     7     Olympics’ closing ceremony. There were high     8     (expectation) for Biles as she entered the 2020 Tokyo Games,    9     were delayed until 2021. However, she withdrew     10     most events due to a medical condition.