August 16, 2016 runners Abbey D' Agostino (USA) and Nikki Hamblin (New Zealand) touched the world while they _________ in the women's 5,000-metre event in Rio. During the race, somewhere around 3,200 metres, Abbey and Nikki _________ each other. Nikki was running when she suddenly had to _________   to avoid contact with another runner. Then Abbey bumped into her from the back, bringing them _________to the ground. As Abbey was getting up, she noticed Nikki was hurt and needed help. While their competitors carried on with the race, Abbey _________   to help up Nikki, who had taken a hard fall and was lying on the track.

In an interview later, Nikki recalled how the suddenness of the crash and fall influenced her. "When I went down it was like, 'What's happening? Why am I on the ground?' And suddenly there's this hand on my shoulder, like '   _________.We have to finish this! ' I'm so _________and touched that she did that." Nikki said.

_________, Abbey had hurt her knee in the fall and had difficulty walking. Instead of _________ in the race, Nikki helped to __________ her injured opponent (对手) along the way. Abbey then tried to __________ Nikki to go on without her. However, Nikki provided her with __________ to walk slowly towards the finish line. Both girls finally made it to the finish line.

__________ Nikki came in second to last and Abbey came in last with her twisted ankle, they still got moved to the finals. What a __________ race!

"I'm so thankful for Abbey for doing that for me. That girl is the Olympic spirit right there." Nikki said. The simple act has become a   __________of the Olympic spirit. Their good sportsmanship got them into the finals.

When handball was first introduced to Sri Lankan schools in 2010, I wanted to bring it to my school, St Anthony’s. I _________ it as a golden opportunity for our village school to _________ a place in a sports competition for the first time.

Nevertheless, it was rather a _________ with the only PE teacher incapable of teaching us and many teachers thinking _________ of it. As a deputy principal, I was _________ to start this game at any cost.

The boys were interested and immediately forty students _________ to join the team. Bob, a member of the Air Force handball team, volunteered to _________ the team in his spare time.

Although handball is an indoor game, we trained outdoors for _________ of facilities in our school. Training started early in the morning before class and continued after school _________ it was dark. The boys loved the game and were enthusiastic about training. “This handball craze will ruin your studies!” __________ some of the teachers in an attempt to discourage the game. Beyond expectation, the boys managed to balance their life with earnest ________ for a whole year.

Their perseverance, passion and hard work at last __________ on the all-island school handball tournament held in Colombo. Our boys played wildly and marvelously but was __________ defeated with the score 39-41 in the final.

However, it was a supreme honor and rare __________ in our heart. The following celebrations sent the whole school into carnival mode. A large banner was hung, firecrackers set off everywhere. For boys, they got a valuable life lesson that nothing is impossible to a __________ heart.

Lee Chong Wei, the 38—year—old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session(实况转播)on April 16.When he was _______ “who is the greatest badminton player of all _______ ” by Malaysia's former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ ,“You have to say it's Lin Dan. He's a legend. His _______ speak for themselves. We have to show our _______ for him.”

Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14,1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the _______ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _______ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982,the _______ of whose ancestors(祖先)is Fujian.

The two badminton titans(巨人) treat each other as _______ rivals(对手) on the court, but are ________ off the court. They met in 2000 and ________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 ________ from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant(胜利的)28 times, ________ Lee beat the difficulties and ________ 12 times.

Throughout the years, fans have ________ their friendly post—match ________. Their mutual(互相的)encouragement has been an inspirational ________ of sportsmanship. ________ that, Lee even attended Lin's wedding in 2012.

The two—decade long friendship has been such a ________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even ________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.