Lang Ping announced on Wednesday that she has stepped down as head coach of China’s national women’s volleyball team.

    1    (know) as the “Iron Hammer” during her playing career, Lang Ping is one of the most     2    (influence) figures in the world. She took over the Chinese women’s team for the second time in 2013.     3    Lang’s guidance, China won Olympic gold in Rio 2016, as well as 2015 and 2019 World Cup titles. But China failed     4    (progress) through the group stage at last month’s 2020 Olympic Games after losing against Turkey, the United States and Russia.

Since 2013, the 60-year-old legendary coach     5    (lead) China to win the Rio Olympics gold, two World Cup championships, one World Championships silver and one bronze. Lang emphasized her    6     (enthusiastic) for volleyball, but said it is not possible for her to coach the Chinese team forever. For Lang, Tokyo may see    7     end of her Olympic story, but for her team, it begins a journey     8     Paris 2024, which    9    (expect) to be a new high in their careers.

“    10     happened in Tokyo is a precious experience for those young players. I told them don’t forget this. They need to remember the failure and find out how to recover when they encounter difficulties in the next Olympics.”

Soccer legend Diego Maradona died on November 25,2020 at his home in Buenos Aires due     1     a heart attack at the age of 60. His     2     (die) came just weeks after he experienced the surgery for a subdural haematoma (硬膜下血肿手术).

The news caused an outpouring of emotion as the Argentine government declared three days of mourning (哀悼) during     3     the body of Maradona lay in state at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires.

Maradona was born in Buenos Aires in a poor and large family as one of eight kids and received     4    (nation) recognition in his teens. Well-known for his ability     5     (control) the ball and create scoring opportunities for himself and others, he led club teams to win     6    (champion) in Argentina, Italy and Spain. He     7    (star) on the Argentine 1986 World Cup-winning team,     8     (struggle) his way past half the team of the opposition to score and doing it twice! He’s     9     (global) regarded as the top footballer of     10     1980s and also one of the greatest of all time.

The sporting world has been paying tribute (致敬).

Rest in peace, Diego.

People call Wilma Rudolph “the Black Pearl”, “the Black Gazelle” and “the fastest woman in the world”. In 1960, she became the first American woman     1    (win) three gold medals in the Olympics. She was     2     extraordinary American athlete. She also did a lot to help young athletes     3    (success).

Wilma Rudolph was born     4     a very large, poor, African-American family. She was the     5    (twenty) of twenty-two children. She was born too early and only     6    (weigh) two kilograms. She had many     7    (illness) when she was very young,     8    (include) pneumonia(肺炎)and scarlet fever(猩红热). She also had polio(小儿麻痹症),     9     damaged her left leg. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces because she could not use that leg. With her family’s attention and care,     10    (fortunate), by the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces.

Su Bingtian, 32, set a new Asian record by clocking 9.83 seconds in the     1     (men) 100m semi-final in the Tokyo Olympics,     2     (become) the first Asian in the new era to qualify for the Olympic 100m final.

With regards to his success, Su believes Scientific training is     3    (extreme) important. “Scientific training requires you to do it right instead of doing it a lot. In that way, athletes can save more strength in training and recover     4     (fast),” said Su.

According to Su, he did not understand some of the moves coaches asked him to do at the beginning. It took him years     5     (realize) how to do stamina allocation (体力分配) on the field. Since 2017, Su     6     (practice) under the guidance of his American coach Randy,     7     analyzed (分析) Su’s condition based on “champion model” from the start before making arrangements     8     Su to work on. Su said that played     9     key role in the process of his making breakthrough.

When asked if there would be another “Su Bingtian” in the future, Su answered with     10     (confident), “People in the future can definitely do what I can do. I’m looking forward to seeing it. All records are to be broken.”

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.