How deep can a person dive underwater without any 【小题1】 (breathe) equipment? As one of the world’s top female freedivers, China’s Xu Tongtong’s answer is beyond the limit.

Freediving is gaining 【小题2】(popular) across the world. Divers rely only on their lung capacity to plunge as far as they can-either in open water in so-called “depth” events or in the swimming pool, 【小题3】 (simple) called “pool” events.

This year, the 35-year-old Xu 【小题4】 (dive) 100 meters underwater successfully in both constant weight (CWT) and constant weight bifin (CWTB) contests, becoming only the third female freediver on the planet 【小题5】(reach) this depth. “When I dived 100 meters and grabbed the depth tag, I knew I had done it and 【小题6】(swim) back to the surface with a smile,” Xu joyfully recalled of her 【小题7】 (history) feat (壮举).

Hailing from East China’s Anhui province, Xu changed from swimming to freediving in 2014. “I was able to enter the three-dimensional world from a two-dimensional space. That is 【小题8】 I fell in love with freediving,” she told Xinhua in a recent exclusive interview. The biggest attraction of freediving lies 【小题9】 facing up to and overcoming our fears. The training is a process of constantly knowing oneself, said Xu. After three months of training and competing this year in Panglao, Xu decided to stay on the island to continue her training and coaching, 【小题10】 major source of income for this world-class freediver.

Eileen Gu, 【小题1】 18 years old girl, was born and raised in California. She competed for her mother’s native China, 【小题2】 she won three gold medals: in half pipe, slope style, and big air.

However, 【小题3】 (win) these medals is incredibly tough 【小题4】 fear is everywhere. Gu’s relationship to fear was evolving. At first, 【小题5】 she recorded in her diary and entries was devoted to the subject of fear in all of its forms. 【小题6】 days going by, she 【小题7】 (begin) to write down her thoughts on fear — how she viewed it, how she managed it, how she hoped to overcome it. She said, “For the last ten of my 18 years, I’ve pursued a love affair with fear.”

Though it’s easy to label extreme sport athletes as 【小题8】 (fear) or unique, she has spent the countless hours practicing them. Instead of ignoring fear, she built unique relationships with it by developing a profound sense of self-awareness and making deliberate risk assessment.

As she entered her early adulthood, she was proud of the work she had done 【小题9】 (deal) with pressure. She focused on perspective, gratitude, and on the joy this sport brought her, regardless of 【小题10】 she was alone or in front of a worldwide TV audience. Though her views of herself and the world are constantly evolving, one thing is for certain: no matter how much time passes, she’ll always be a hopeless romantic when it comes to fear.

China's Yang Qian Wins First Gold Medal of 2021 Olympics

The first gold medal of the 2021 Olympics was 【小题1】 (official)won Saturday in Japan. China's Qian Yang earned gold in the women's 10-meter air rifle (步枪)to take home the long-awaited first medal. The 21-year-old is 【小题2】 rising star in the sport.

Yang,   【小题3】 was ranked sixth in the qualification, scored 251.8 points in the final,   【小题4】 (beat)Russian Galashina's 251.1 points to set off Team China to a fine start at the postponed Tokyo games.

As the first champion of the 2020 Games, Yang 【小题5】 (award)her medal by International Olympic Committee(IOC)president Thomas Bach.

“It's unbelievable that I can be here. The 【小题6】 (compete)was really tight, but I'm so happy that I could win,” Yang said after 【小题7】 (win)the first gold medal of the Games and for China.

“I'm so happy that this golden medal is a gift 【小题8】 my country. I'm so 【小题9】 (pride).”

But she had to keep her composure (沉着)to do it.

“I didn't think too much during the match because I was very nervous and my heart was beating very fast, so l just tried to be 【小题10】 (I)and keep my emotions in control.” the shooter added.