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China's Olympic Breakthroughs(突破)
China's sports officials are very glad now.
China's athletes(运动员) not only made a breakthrough in the number of gold medals.But they also made a breakthrough in Olympic events.Among these sports were swimming,track and field,different kinds of water sports and tennis.
The most impressive(给人印象深刻的) breakthrough was made by Liu Xiang梐 21-year-old man from Shanghai.He won the men's 110-meter hurdles with 12.91 seconds for the gold.In the process,Liu also broke the Olympic record of 12.95 seconds set by America's flying man Allen Johnson,in the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996.
Liu said with tears.“I am excited to show the world that Chinese athletes can run as fast,or faster,than their Olympic competitors(竞争者).”Liu's coach Sun Haiping was glad,too. |