Nikhil Kumar is one of the best young table tennis 【小题1】(player)in the United States. Less than a month after Kumar won the right 【小题2】(compete)in them,the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 【小题3】(put)off until 2021. Like so many other Olympic athletes, he is now trying to stay sharp and in shape.

【小题4】is different are all the details of his training. All things considered, he says, everything seems to be working. “For my sport, a little lucky that we’re able to have everything indoors, and it’s not taking up too much space and everything,” Kumar said. “Not many sports are as lucky as ours are right now, to be able to have the opportunity to continue playing 【小题5】a daily basis.”

The coronavirus pandemic(新冠病毒)has forced many athletes to be 【小题6】(create)as they try to continue their training. But in some Olympic sports, working from home is fairly common. Kumar has been able to play table tennis with a robot 【小题7】shoots balls at him.

Many competitors are facing tough issues during the pandemic. 【小题8】, some have been lucky. Weightlifter Kate Nye trains at home in her garage. She said, “Everything kind of started shutting down, which 【小题9】(affect)our lives in other ways—but weightlifting wasn’t one of them. I’ve just been going as【小题10】(plan).”

When the starting signal sounded, Qian Hongyan pushed herself in the pool. She won the silver medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke (蛙泳) final in the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities 【小题1】 (hold) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

Qian, from Luliang, Yunnan Province, lost both legs. 【小题2】 caused that was a traffic accident when she was 4 years old. Since then, she 【小题3】(become) well-known for moving around while balanced on an orange ball, earning 【小题4】(she) a nickname, basketball girl.

Qian’s enthusiasm for swimming dates back to 2007. At 11 years old, she 【小题5】(invite) by the coach Zhang Honghu to join the swimming club for people with disabilities. However, without legs, Qian found it difficult to keep balance in water. “Swimming without legs is like handling a boat 【小题6】 a rudder (舵). I tended to sway (摇摆) due to a poor sense of direction,” she said.

To help her overcome 【小题7】 difficulty, her coach made a tailor-made training plan for her. Every day, she practiced swimming for at least four 【小题8】(hour). She made intense efforts to strengthen her arm and balance,【小题9】 helped her successfully get used to the water. “I like swimming. It changed my life and helped me see 【小题10】(extreme) wonderful things,” she said in an interview.

This summer has been full of unforgettable 【小题1】(moment). Among them, Su Bingtian, a 31-year-old runner, set 【小题2】 new Asian record of 9.83 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics semifinals (半决赛) although he finished sixth in the final with a time of 9.98 seconds, he still made a victory.   “【小题3】 (actual), I’m very happy to run under 10 seconds twice in such a short time”, Su said after the race. “Making it into the finals, I have already given all I have.”

Known【小题4】 “Chinese flying man”, Su has been working hard 【小题5】 (achieve) his dream. In 2015, Su became the first Chinese to run 100m in less than 10 seconds. After that, Su competed in many international events and won a number of medals. Sadly, at the same time, he suffered greatly from his 【小题6】 (injure) and his determination to go on running was tested. He even 【小题7】 (plan) to the leave the field in 2017, 【小题8】 the wish to run in the 100m final in the Olympics brought him back on the field.

Now in his third Olympics, his【小题9】 (amaze) performance has excited people both at home and abroad. Su Bingtian is really a living legend【小题10】 will surely encourage more young players in their sporting career (事业).