It’s never easy for【小题1】Asian athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian, 28,【小题2】 (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter (短跑运动员) to win a【小题3】(globe) medal in an individual event.【小题4】March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds,【小题5】(break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

More impressively, a Chinese athlete【小题6】(achieve) a milestone in 2004,【小题7】Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably (不可避免地), Su is compared to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend.” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected【小题8】(win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver【小题9】bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in many major world【小题10】(competition)” he said.

It’s never easy for 【小题1】 Asia athlete to shine in track and field events. But Su Bingtian 28, 【小题2】 (know) as the “Chinese flying man”, became the first male Chinese sprinter to win a 【小题3】 (globe) medal in an individual event. 【小题4】 March 3, he took the silver in the men’s 60m final at the World Indoor Championships in the UK. In the final, Su Bingtian ran his personal best of 6.42 seconds, 【小题5】 (break) the Asian record of 6.43, which he also set last month in Germany.

The last time a Chinese athlete achieved a milestone was in 2004, 【小题6】 Liu Xiang won a gold medal in Athens in the 110m hurdles. Inevitably, Su 【小题7】 (compare) to Liu. “Liu Xiang is my idol and also my friend,” Su told Xinhua News Agency.

As a matter of fact, Su had expected 【小题8】 (win) a bronze during the final. “There is no difference between silver 【小题9】 bronze. Even a bronze could prove that Chinese sprinters have made breakthroughs in major world 【小题10】 (compete),” he said.

Both Paul and I were huge fans of the NBA, and we used to play on the court 【小题1】was next to our building. Paul’s favourite player 【小题2】(be) Tyrone Bogues, who was only 1.6 metres tall, which made him the 【小题3】(short) player ever in the NBA. Paul was only 1.6 metres tall too, and he used Bogues as his 【小题4】(inspire), practising very hard. Although Paul tried 【小题5】many times for making our school basketball team, our coach was not so sure, so Paul was still usually on 【小题6】bench, which was really tough on him.

Our team was playing our main competitors this week. During the competition, a player and I crashed 【小题7】each other and my knee hurt badly, which made me give up the game. The last quarter was about 【小题8】(begin), and my team was behind by 10 points. With our team’ suggestion, our coach permitted Paul to play the game. All the extra hours that Paul had spent 【小题9】(practise) alone paid off. He made shot after shot. When the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. Because of his excellent performance, Paul 【小题10】(praise) by his coach and earned his place on the team.