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.

Team China’s B-girl Liu Qingyi pocketed silver in the 2022 WDSF World Breaking (霹雳舞) Championships on Oct, 22,     1     (make) a breakthrough to bring China its first world championship medal.

Liu,     2     goes by B-Girl 671, ranked fourth in the pre-selection and had an excellent     3     (perform) in the following match, progressing to the last four with three Japanese breaking dancers.

In the semifinal, Liu defeated Riko Tsuhako of Japan 2-0 by showing her powerful moves and     4     good sense of rhythm (韵律).

In the intense gold medal match, Liu     5     (defeat) by 2019 world champion Ami Yuasa of Japan 2:1 to settle for silver.

Setting the goal of being among the top eight before the event, Liu was     6     (satisfy) with the silver medal as she recovered her form from the semi-final.

“It is     7    (I) pleasure to compete with the champion.” Liu said, “I will continue to carve my moves, and I look forward     8     next year’s World Championships.”

“The team is very talented.” Chinese breaking team head coach Mounir Biba told Xinhua, “As we are approaching Paris 2024, we need to keep the takeaways in mind and go all out. I believe that we will do     9    (well) next year.”

Breaking will make its Olympic debut (首秀) since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially added     10     to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in 2020.

On February 13, 2023, Wu Yibing made history, beating John Isner in an exciting three-set final at the Dallas Open to become the first man from China     1    (win) an ATP title.

Originally encouraged by his parents as     2     exercise to lose weight, Wu soon had his talent     3    (discover) by his provincial junior team, starting a journey     4     would change the face of men’s tennis in China. In 2017, Wu Yibing became famous after winning the US Open boys’ tournament at 18. In 2018, Wu won his first ATP Challenger title in Shanghai.    5    , injuries forced him to be away from the ATP Tour for about three years. He made his return last year and won three ATP Challenger titles before qualifying for the US Open.

“    6    (look) back, I feel like I wouldn’t have been here if not for the ups and downs over the past few years. I see all the struggles     7     an asset (资产) that helps me grow up     8    (mental) now. I’m very proud of    9    (I) and especially thanks to all the fans and my team who came here to support. I couldn’t do this without any of you guys. I need to keep going and keep my body     10    (health). I’m sure there’s more to come.” said Wu.

Benjamin Alexander is Jamaica’s first Olympic alpine skier (高山滑雪运动员), but he was a late     1     (develop). The 38-year-old only discovered his love     2     the sport at 32. “I never skied before at that time,” Alexander said. “They     3     (fly) us up in the helicopters at the top of the mountain to meet the skiers...”

For more than two years, Benjamin Alexander pursued a dream of becoming the first person     4     (present) Jamaica at the Winter Olympics. For him, competing in the Olympics is something he never thought about as a kid. He grew up in England and began working as a DJ as     5     17-year-old teenager, but he stopped doing so as he grew tired of the violent scenes at local nightclubs. After     6     (study) engineering at University College London, he moved to Hong Kong. Then Alexander booked a month-long trip to ski,     7     he met former Europa Cup lever ski racer, Gordon Gray, who criticized Alexander’s technique but said that he was     8     (absolute) fearless.

Gray added: “If you’re afraid you’re never going to get any work     9     (do), even with all the technique in the world.     10     if you’re fearless, then we can teach you technique and I think there’s a chance.”

Eileen Gu, also     1     (know) by her Chinese name—Gu Ailing, was born in 2003 in San Francisco. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese.

Eileen     2     (start) skiing when she was only three years old and became champion of the junior group of the USA Snowboard and Freeski Association     3     the age of nine, before entering the senior ranks. She announced that she would be representing China competitively via her Instagram account on June 6, 2019. Proving her dedication to the sport, Eileen set     4     (her) the goal of graduating after completing two years of high school in just one year. She then further cemented her credentials at her first X Games     5     (appear) at the 2021 event in Aspen,     6     (make) history as the first-ever female rookie to win three medals after taking gold in Ski Slopestyle and Superpipe and a bronze in Ski Big Air. Two months     7     (late) Eileen once again demonstrated her potential at     8     was called the FIS Freestyle World Championship in Aspen. Having delayed entry into Stanford University until the summer of 2022, Eileen was     9     (full) focused on the Winter Games in Beijing. Eventually, she obtained two golden medals and a silver one, which inspired     10     good many Chinese skiers.