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.

The ancient Chinese martial art(武术) tai chi has     1     (increasing) become popular among New Yorkers, thanks to the efforts         2     (make) by former world martial art champion Chen Sitan. From five-year-old kids to the elderly in their 70s, people from different cultural backgrounds in New York have been attracted to the martial art.

Chen started learning martial art at the age of six. By the age of 30 when he ended his athletic career, he     3     (win) 32 gold medals in Chinese and international competitions. After     4     (train) athletes in sports teams for several years, Chen decided to come to the United States in 2003     5     (bring) Chinese culture to more people around the world through tai chi. “Tai chi is not only about     6     (compete); it means much more,” said Chen. This gentle form of exercise helps keep     7     (strong) and balance, and can be     8     activity suitable for almost everyone.

Although tai chi is already getting popular in fast-paced New York City and neighboring areas, Chen is not satisfied     9     the achievements he has made. He is developing a training program through     10     his school could train more excellent teachers.

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.”

Su Yiming was born in Jilin province, which has produced a number of Chinese winter athletes.     1     his parents already fans of snowboarding, Su had his first try when he was three years old and quickly became hooked (着迷).

At seven, he obtained his first sponsorship deal and his extraordinary skill attracted the attention of film     2    (direct) to open up further opportunities.

In 2014, the film ‘The Taking of Tiger Mountain’ needed     3     young boy who could ski for several scenes. Su fitted the bill and he quickly became a child star appearing in several movies.

When Beijing was awarded right     4    (host) the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in 2015, Su decided to     5    (temporary) put his acting career on hold. At the time he published a post on his Weibo account saying: “    6     determines our life is not our ability, but our choice.”

In 2018, he     7    (select) for the Chinese Snowboard slopestyle and Big Air team and improved further under the     8    (instruct) of famous Japanese coach Sato Yasuhiro.

As the pioneer of the new generation of Chinese snowboarding, Su holds multiple    9    (nation) records and even achieved a world first in 2021.

At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming made history by winning men’s snowboard slopestyle silver. Three days before     10    (turn) 18, Su received his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s snowboard big air final.

On February 8^th, 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing, was crowned as the champion of Women’s Freeski Big Air final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Gu Ailing, also     1    (know) as Eileen Gu, finished     2    (five) in the preliminary round on Monday to advance to the final. Some sports commentators played down expectations by saying the Freeski Big Air is not Gu’s strongest hand.

Gu’s performance was steady and     3    (fault) in the first two runs, giving her a good score for a podium finish.

On her final run,     4     has made Chinese spectators breathless, Gu nailed a double cork 1620, with unprecedented(史无前例的) difficulty, to take over the first spot,     5    (claim) the historic gold medal.

Gu’s gold medal also inspired Chinese netizens on Sina Weibo, in which discussions about Gu exploded     6     over 220 million reads and millions of     7    (comment) soon after her historic victory.

Gu was just as talented in the classroom as she was on her skis. Gu graduated from     8     San Francisco high school last year and is focusing on her Beijing 2022 training. It is reported that She scored 1,580 points out of a maximum 1,600 in the SAT(美国大学入学考试), and     9    (offer) a place at Stanford. She achieved her goal, and became the first person in her school’s history     10    (graduate) early, meaning she can now devote all her time to the snow！

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

“Gao has conducted an excitingly fast and excellent     2     (perform) at the National 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 after the competition. This is also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Winter Games     3     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the     4     (high) potential Gao already won 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     5     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     6     (I).”

Gao has won championships in various competitions ever since he     7     (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015.

He has suffered from severe back injuries and had     8     eight-month break before     9     (compete) in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021, winning gold.

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

On July 19, 2013, a girl who was coming to 10 signed up on Weibo with the nickname "frog princess Gu Ailing," and she has posted some pictures of her different skiing     1     (compete). The nickname came from Gu’s first helmet when she started skiing,     2     was green and had a crown and a pink hair pin on it, according to media reports.

Gu first went into public view on June 6, 2019, when she     3     (announce) on Weibo that she would represent Team China in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. In the same month, Gu changed her     4     (register) nationality from the US to China on the official website of the International Snow Federation (FIS). Due to the sensitivity about     5     (switch) nationality and lack of attention on winter sports, Gu did not attract much enthusiasm in the first place.

Over the next two years, she won 12 gold     6     (medal) for China. More and more people become familiar     7     Gu, a girl who loves to eat dumplings and Peking roast duck,     8    (particular) when they found out that Gu’s Putonghua with a Beijing accent is t4more standard than their own.   And no one in China doubted     9    (she) from a patriotic standpoint. Some have noticed that there's     10     "Chinese dragon" on Gu's sportswear to win the gold medal.