Lionel Messi, a player from     1    South American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today. At a young age, he    2    (move) to Spain and played     3     (profession) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team     4     (own) by his father. Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old, he    5    (find) to have a sickness which would prevent him from     6    (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more,     7     his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer club    8    would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn’t help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered     9    (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best players through his teen years.     10     his incredible talent, Messi has surprised the world.

The home crowd erupted when China's Eileen Gu won the Women's Freeski Big Air gold in Beijing. Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,     1     (score) 94.50. Her total score was 188.25 in the event's debut at the Winter Olympics.

The 18-year-old,     2     also goes by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing, is a freestyle skier, model and grade-A student with     3     American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up in the United States. It was there    4     she grew to love skiing. By 2018, she was representing the US in the world cup for the sport.

Then, she decided to switch from representing the US    5     representing China. The decision met with shock and    6     (confuse) from her growing fan base but Eileen Gu was more than    7     (determine), sharing her reasoning on Instagram at the time.

“This was an    8     (incredible) tough decision for me to make...Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication and forge friendships between    9     (nation). If I can help to inspire one young girl    10     (break) a boundary, my wishes will have come true.”

Su Bingtian, a Chinese sprinter, set     1     new Asian record when he clocked 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100-meter sprint (短跑) semi-final at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Besides     2     (set) the shortest time record for Asia, Su is also the first Chinese    3     (make) it to the men’s 100-meter Olympic final. He has done     4     (extreme) well, considering the fact that he is much older than other     5     (compete). Also, his 172cm height is not what people would call a dream height for a sprinter.

The spirit of going beyond himself and the Olympics motto inspire Su deeply. Su and other athletes are further proof of China’s arrival in sports. But at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics,     6     Chinese athlete Liu Changchun participated in the men’s 100-meter and 200-meter events, the entire Chinese team    7     (make) up of just 6 persons, and Liu had to rely     8     donation from local Chinese-Americans to pay for his return fare.

So far, Chinese sportsmen     9     (win) many honors for our country     10     we hope they can realize more glorious achievements in the days to come.

It’s never easy for     1     Asia athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian 28,     2     (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a     3     (globe) medal in an individual event.     4     March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,     5     (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004,     6     Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably, Su     7     (compare) to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected     8     (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver     9     bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in major world     10     (compete),” he said.