Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the history of the basketball game,     1    life is a legend. In 2008, Kobe Bryant    2    (name) Most Valuable Player and carried his team the Lakers to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Boston Celtics.     3    , his team won the titles   in the following two years. In 2015, he made an announcement    4     he would retire at the end of the season. After retirement he soon    5    (seek) the best in other fields. His film Dear Basketball led to the unexpected sight of Bryant    6    (accept) an Oscar award.

On January 26, 2020, Bryant’s helicopter crashed in the Los Angeles suburb. Nine people     7     board, including Bryant and his daughter Gigi died. “We are completely devastated by the sudden     8     (lose) of my adoring husband and my loving,     9     (thought) and sweet Gigi.” His wife Vanessa said. “There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that    10     were so deeply loved. We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever.”

The only thing that is cooler than breaking a Guinness World Record is breaking the record set by yourself. That’s exactly     1     gymnast Ashley Watson did on GWR (Guinness World Records) Day.

    2     (hold) every year in November, GWR Day is all about celebrating current world records and encouraging others to test their skills by breaking     3     (they) own. In 2018, Ashley did just that with the farthest backflip (后空翻) between two horizontal bars (单杠) at     4     distance of 5.87 meters.

Yet even with Ashley’s impressive skills, attempting to break his record     5     (be) no simple task. After three years spent     6     (train) hard for November 17, 2021, his big moment finally arrived.

The audience surrounding him as he began his attempt remained fairly quiet, the     7     (weigh) of the moment heavy in the air. Then, Ashley began spinning in the air and his hands extended to grab onto the bars just     8     his reach. Cheers began to erupt as Ashley succeeded in holding onto the bars and sticking his landing after 6 meters.

“Seeing Ashley achieve this record was     9     (true) amazing,” said Alan Pixley, a GWR judge. “Ashley and all of this year’s Guinness World Records title holders are an example of how your skills and strengths can lead you     10    (become) officially amazing.”

Ten years ago, Qieyang Shijie gained the honor of being the first Tibetan athlete     1     (win) an Olympic medal after claiming a bronze in the women’s 20km race walking at the 2012 London Olympics. She is now ready to turn that medal into gold after three Russian athletes had     2     (they) results overturned owing to doping (服兴奋剂).

The Athletics Integrity Unit said on Monday that race walker Yelena Lashmanova had been stripped (剥夺) of her Olympic gold medal for the event. In 2016, Olga Kaniskina, who won the silver medal, also had her results canceled because of doping.

The International Olympic Committee     3     (official) changed the results based on the     4     (punish) in June 2020, elevating Qieyang Shijie to silver medalist, and her fellow teammates Liu Hong to third place and Lyu Xiuzhi to fourth. Monday’s placings still need confirmation by the IOC and World Athletics.

After hearing the news, Qieyang Shijie thought it was     5     (surprise) news and she expressed mixed feelings on her Sina Weibo microblog account. “It’s been 10 years. When     6     (inform) that I’d won the Olympic championship this way, I was both happy and sad,” she said. “I feel happy that I can become the champion in my heart. But I feel upset at     7     same time that I could not get the feeling of being a champion. I did not get the aura (气氛) of being an Olympic champion. Although the aura is temporary, I still want to have the aura of that moment. However, past is past.”

Qieyang Shijie,     8     birthplace is Qinghai province’s Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture (地区),     9     (select) to become a member of the national race walking team when she was 20 years old. She is now training in Italy     10     this year’s World Championships in July and the Asian Games in September.

The Lebanese ski coach Naim Fenianos made a name for himself in China after he     1    (spot) dancing at the athletes’ entrance ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Some compared him to Deng Chao, a popular star in China,     2     also likes to display interesting dance moves.

The 29-year-old coach, whose nickname is Nino, says he did not want to make     3     regular entrance during the opening ceremony. “I wanted to express,     4     my own way, the excitement and joy I felt for taking part in the Olympics,” he says.

Nino has been a ski coach for over three years now and could not be any     5    (happy) about his first experience at the biggest and most prestigious (有声望的) sports event in the world. He admires China’s perfect     6    (organize) of the Olympic Games and     7    (appreciate) the helpful and friendly volunteers. “The COVID-19 measures were absolutely perfect. We felt very safe and protected,” he notes.

“We need a budget to train for around eight to nine months every year in different parts of the world,” he says,     8    (add) that support is needed three to four years ahead of a big event for a Lebanese athlete to be able to be competitive.

Nino says his unique     9    (experience), as well as the friendly and warm atmosphere he felt in China, have encouraged him to revisit the country soon     10    (learn) more about its culture and people.

For followers of freestyle skiing and fashion alike, the buzz surrounding Winter Olympian Eileen Gu at this year’s Games has become     1     hit.

Gu’s gold-medal     2     (perform) in the competition pushed her into the global spotlight on Tuesday, sparking     3     a craze in China that social media platform Weibo crashed. But Gu has spent years establishing herself as both a top athlete and a     4     (huge) reliable model.

Having switched her sporting devotion     5     her mother’s home country in 2019, Gu has also got her place in Chinese TV ads. JD. com is among the famous brands that she     6     (model) for in recent months. In fact, she arrived in Beijing with more than 20 commercial partnerships,     7     (range) from Beats to Cadillac.

“The fashion world has helped balance my training,” Gu said. “Just like skiing, modeling     8     (require) creativity, confidence and the ability     9     (learn) and adapt. The transition between modeling and skiing becomes a practice for each other,     10     helped me feel more motivated in each area.”