By Parke Brewer Lee Lai Shan competes in women's windsurfing, or Mistral, competition. Her first Olympics was in 1992 in Barcelona, where she placed 11th. But she won the gold four years later in Atla

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By Parke Brewer South African Hestrie Cloete has won the last two women's high jump titles at the World Athletics Championships. Now she is looking for gold in the Olympics. The 1.85 meter-tall Hestri

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American track and field star Marion Jones will not duplicate her 2000 Olympic five-medal performance when she competes at this month's Athens Games. Jones only qualified to compete in the women's lon

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As the worlds top athletes competed at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, some robots also showed off their winter sports skills. A ski race involving robots was held recently at the Welli Hilli Park ski area near Pyeongchang. Eight teams built and pro

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Sam RB won the competition for the New Zealand Olympic Song earlier this year. It is called Stand Tall which means be confident, be proud of yourself. Sam is a busker who makes her living from composing songs and singing accompanied by her guitar. Sh

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

SHANGHAI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran gymnast Cheng Fei will be bidding for her third Olympic appearance when the national championships, which serves as domestic trials for the London Olympics, gets underway here on Tuesday. Cheng, 24, is the

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Special Olympic Games opened last night, as I am a fan of the sports, so I am very interested in the opening. Whats more, I couldnt wait to hear Avril to sing in the opening. Avril is my favorite singer, I liked her since I was very small. Avril

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SOFIA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- A former Olympic gold medialist from Bulgaria said Wednesday that he's going to return his medal to pretest the IOC decision of dropping wrestling from the Olympic program. Valentin Yordanov, a seven-time world championship

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LONDON, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- London 2012 celebrated another milestone on the Olympic Park as the track in the Olympic Stadium was unveiled on Monday. World record holder and Paralympic gold medallist Dan Greaves, British long jump record holder Chris T

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HAVANA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- All of the 110 Cuban athletes heading to the London 2012 Olympic Games were declared Wednesday to be free of illegal (performance-enhancing) substances by Cuba's National Anti-Doping Brigade. That fact is another expressio

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LONDON, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China's high hurdler Liu Xiang arrived here on Wednesday aiming for a second Olympic gold medal after his first win in Athens eight years ago. He will first compete in the IAAF Diamond League London Grand Prix at Crystal P

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LONDON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- British sport sensation David Beckham was not given the chance to play for his home team in the upcoming London Olympic Games because of low form. British Olympic football coach Stuart Pearce Monday told reporters at a news

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LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored a brace to inspire the United States to beat Japan 2-1 in the final of the Olympic women's soccer tournament on Thursday. The American outfit, who lost to Japan in last year's world cup final,

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LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis gold medal here Tuesday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Japan to win the final 3-0. It was the 23rd gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis comp

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- American Olympic champions Allyson Felix and Ashton Eaton were named as the winners of the 2012 Jesse Owens Award on Monday for their outstanding performance in the year 2012. Felix enjoyed a successful journey in Lond

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five U.S. boxing Olympians will make their professional debuts Friday at a casino outside Palm Springs, California. Among the five London Olympic boxers is three-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren. The group returned from Lo

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BERLIN, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Natascha Keller was chosen by the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London, the DOSB said on Wednesday. Keller is the fifth woman who will lead the Germa

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Britain opened the 2012 Olympic Games Friday with fighter jet flyovers, fireworks, and pageantry highlighting its history from 1896 the start of the modern Games until now. Some 60,000 spectators saw a stand-in for 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth parachu

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LONDON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- It landed at Lands End on the extreme south-west coast of England 69 days ago and after making its way around the British Isles, the Olympic Torch finally reaches the Olympic stadium on Friday. When it reaches the end of i

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The Olympic torchbearers in Greece will hand over the Olympic flame to Brazil Wednesday. The torch is due to arrive in Brazil on May 3rd. Wednesday marks the 100 days until the games. After the lighting of the flame in ancient Olympia and a six-day r

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