Among all the Winter Paralympics events, para snowboard is the youngest. It originally made its first public 【小题1】 (appear) at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games as part of the downhill skiing with snowboard cross. Para snowboard 【小题2】 (recognize) as its own sport for PyeongChang 2018 when banked slalom (坡面回转) was also added.

Athletes participate in one of the three categories based on their 【小题3】 (function) ability—SB-LL1 and SB-LL2 for athletes with lower limb impairments (下肢受损) and SB-UL for athletes with an upper limb impairment. During the event, snowboarders wear boots, helmets, and other aids specially 【小题4】 (adapt) for their needs to ensure safety.

At the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics, athletes competed 【小题5】 eight gold medals in both snowboard cross and banked slalom. The Chinese team for this sport was also the youngest among the participating teams, with the average age of its 【小题6】 (member) being 21. 8 years. The team, how-ever, made history, 【小题7】 (top) the para snowboard medals table with three gold, three silver and four bronze medals.

As a racing event, 【小题8】 athletes need to pass through a certain number of flag doors while working 【小题9】 (achieve) the fastest speed across the hilly snow field, para snowboard requires long-term training and demonstrates 【小题10】 Olympic spirit of self-improvement.

HANGZHOU, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) - The 17-year-old Chinese shooter Huang Yuting and her 18-year-old teammate Sheng Lihao bagged the gold medal in the 10m air rifle (气步枪) mixed team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games 【小题1】 Tuesday morning. Earlier, Huang Yuting won the women’s 10-meter air rifle team and individual 【小题2】 (compete) in shooting, 【小题3】 (become) the first “Triple Crown” in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Born in 2006 in Huangyan district, Taizhou, Zhejiang province, Huang Yuting’s journey into shooting 【小题4】 (begin) in the summer of 2016 when the district’s youth sports school rifle team looked for talent at her school. Her coach Lin Kehan said with 【小题5】 (amaze), “Huang’s performance in the selection test was 【小题6】 (impress)”.

“【小题7】 (win) the championship for this project brings me great joy and surprise, indicating that the recent preparation has borne fruit,” Huang Yuting shared, “Athletes should not only have great skills but also adjust their own emotions to deal with 【小题8】 (anxious). To me, shooting is a sport in 【小题9】 you compete against yourself. Whoever my opponent (对手) is, I’ll give my best.”

Huang does set 【小题10】 example to us teenagers.

For many students，it is a great honour 【小题1】 (participate) in all kinds of 【小题2】 (compete). Some regard competitions 【小题3】a good chance to improve themselves while others complain that on such 【小题4】 (occasion), they have no freedom and there 【小题5】 (exist) stress. In my opinion, when an opportunity comes, you should embrace it and make every effort 【小题6】 (make) it. If you fail, it is all right, because you lose nothing. Instead, during the process, you harvest experience and courage.