China’s 17-year-old Liu Qingyi did so excellently that she won the champion in the Huangzhou 19^th Asian Games, 2023 and made it to the next summer Olympics. Now the young Liu Qingyi is one step closer to her ________ at Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games as the street dancer won a ________ medal in the Breaking for Gold World Series in 2023, the first Olympic points event in break dancing (霹雳舞) this year.

Liu won the gold medal by ________ Japan’s home favorite and world champion Ami Yuasa in a tense final.

“During the past winter season, I have ________ some Chinese elements in my performance,” Liu told reporters after the win, noting she had spent nearly three months for the ________.

Speaking of her ________ of defeating the defending world champion, Liu ________ being proud. “It’s either win or lose when you enter a ________ . Nobody could win ________ ”, Liu said. “I am happy to win and I am also here to ________ and communicate.”

With break dancing becoming an ________ sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics, it is becoming more widely known and giving more dancers the chance to turn their hobby into a career.

It is through dancing that she overcame her ________ nature. “Before breaking, if I didn’t know someone, I couldn’t even talk to them.”

Now she believes that dancing will be her ________ career. “Dancing represents the ________ of art. I will never stop ________,” Liu said.

We live on a small floating (漂浮的) village. Although we loved to watch football, no one had ever _______ it — space is hard to find. So when other villagers heard we planned to _______ our own football team, they thought it was _______. “What are you kids doing? Look where you live.” They were _______. We’d have to create our own space first, on water.

After   a lot of _______, such as collecting old wood and tying old fishing rafts (木筏) together, we had our own ground finally. But the ground was so small that the ball went into the _______ often. And so did we. Besides, we had to play on a shaky and _______ wooden ground. So our ball control got really good.

One day, we heard of a football tournament(锦标赛) on the mainland. Not sure if we were _______ enough to enter, we decided to play anyway. It was a big _______ that the   fellow villagers gave us their full support and even bought us new shoes.

It soon became ________ that we were much better than we thought. Our ________ had developed nicely on the wooden ground before. And the goals here were bigger. We ________ it to the final.

The final started ________. The heavy rain filled our shoes with water, making us ________.     After a bad first half, to turn around the ________, we decided to take off the ________ shoes. Playing in bare feet was more comfortable for us and we could ________ faster. Although we lose the match at the last minute, we ________ to get this far. And the villagers were really ________ of us.

Now our team has won many championships. We believe, with hope and courage, dreams can ________ be made, despite a lack of money and resources.

In a race, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves. For Frank Schutt, his personal best turned out not to be about marking the fastest _____ but displaying the biggest heart.

At the beginning of an urban running race, Frank was confident that he would probably have the _____ to qualify for the upcoming state final race. Meanwhile, another runner, Jeffery White, aiming to beat his personal record, continued to _____ himself hard after a fast start.

Unexpectedly, with less than 200 meters to go. Jeffery's legs cramped up (抽筋) and failed him. But his will did not. _____ to finish, Jeffery rose from the ground and continued on. But he'd made it only 25 meters more before going down.

Jeffery didn't want to give up. With his effort, the young runner pulled himself up and with a(n) _____ gait (步法), moved forward for one final push. _____ , before reaching the finish line, he lay on the ground again. His legs had given out.

At that moment, Frank ran to him and offered a helping hand. Frank's first attempt to get Jeffery up failed, but he too refused to _____ . With a second pull, Jeffery was on his feet. Then with Jeffery holding Frank for _____ , the two completed the final 175 meters. Frank even _____ the injured runner crossing the finish line first.

Today, the emphasis in athletics is often put on breaking records, so it was inspiring to see for an athlete like Frank, the value of true ______ was still there.