At the Tokyo Olympics semifinals on Sunday, Su Bingtian set     1     new Asian record in the men’ s 100-meter race with a time of 9.83 seconds. Since the digital timer     2    （introduce）, Su, 32, has also become the first Asian athlete to reach the Olympic final of the event.

Su     3    （eventual） achieved his long-time goal in his third Olympic Games. He had already run below 10 seconds in two 100-meter     4    （compete） this year. Su’ s semifinal time matched that of American runner Ronnie Baker,     5     also marked it as a personal best.

It was in May, 2015 at the Prefontaine Classic     6     the Chinese clocked a historic 9.99s,           7    （become） the first Asian to achieve the level. Bingtian hasn’ t looked back ever since adding seven gold medals     8     his name. He rewrote the Asian record at the 2018 Meeting Madrid event clocking a timing of 9.91 seconds.

    9    （bear） in Guzhen, Guangdong, China, Su was noticed by his middle school’s running coach because of his     10    （wonder） physical condition. He also took up the position of associate professor at Jinan University in Guangzhou, before deciding to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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.

With a score of 2-0, China’s women’s table tennis team won against their competitors from the Netherlands during the class 6-8 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Thursday.

Wang Rui, one of the three Chinese gold medalists, came from Chengdu in Southwest China and was     1     survivor of the Wenchuan earthquake. In 2008, Wang     2     (lose) her leg at the age of 15 in the earthquake. With the support from     3     (she) family, she joined the Chengdu table tennis team for the disabled in 2009. At a training center, Wang began to learn how     4     (play) table tennis. She worked hard and practised swinging the paddle for eight     5     (hour) every day. She fell in love with the sport and     6     (gradual) overcame the trauma (创伤) of losing her right leg.

Through her own efforts, Wang     7     (choose) for the Sichuan provincial table tennis team for the disabled, and then to the     8     (nation) team. The sport of table tennis gave her a second life as well     9     a chance to realize her Olympic champion dream. She was thankful to her parents,    10     gave her unconditional love and support.

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 to make it to the men’s 100-meter Olympic final. He has done     3     (extreme) well, considering the fact that he is much older than his     4     (compete). Also, his 172cm height is not     5     people would call a dream height for a sprinter.

The spirit of going beyond himself     6     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, when Chinese athlete Liu Changchun     7     (participate) in the men’s 100-meter and 200-meter events, the entire Chinese team     8     (make) up of just 6 persons, and Liu had to rely     9     donation from local Chinese-Americans to pay for his return fare.

Nowadays, Chinese sportsmen have won many honors for our country and we hope they can realize more glorious achievements in the days     10     (come).

Michael Jeffrey Jordan （ born February 17, 1963 ）, also     1    （know）by his initials, M J, is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association（NBA） website states, “By acclamation （喝彩）, Michael Jordan is the     2     （great） basketball player of all time.” Jordan was one of the most     3    （effective）marketed athletes of his generation and     4    （consider） helpful in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,     5     he was a member of the Tar Heels national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA’s Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly grew as a league star, entertaining crowds     6     his plentiful scoring. His leaping ability earned him the nickname “Air Jordan”. He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive     7    （play）in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Although Jordan suddenly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three     8    （addition） championships（1996, 1997 and 1998）as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995-1996 NBA season. Jordan retired for     9     second time in 1999,       10     returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Simone Biles has been known     1     a champion in her sport. She and her sister, Adria,    2    (raise) by their grandfather Ron and grandmother Nellie, after their mother's struggle with substance abuse problem.

Ron and Nellie eventually     3     (official) adopted the two girls, and Biles calls her grandmother Nellie has been a constant source of support through Biles' rise in the world of     4     (compete) athletics.

Biles became     5     (interest) in gymnastics at age six during a day-care field trip to Bannon's Gymnastix, and she remained there for 11 years under the     6    (direct) of her coach, Aimee Boorman.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she became the first female U. S. gymnast     7     (win) four gold medals at a single Games. She was given     8     honor of being the Team USA flag bearer during the Olympics' closing ceremony.

There were high     9     (expectation) for Biles as she entered the 2020 Tokyo Games,    10     were delayed until 2021. However, she withdrew from most events due to a medical condition.

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.