In the sport of track and field, athletes compete not only with one another but against themselves to achieve a new personal best. Aiming to 1 his own record, Cerveny pushed himself hard. However, his legs cramped(抽筋)and 2 him with only 200 meters to go. Determined to 3, Cerveny rose from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 50 meters.
4, his coach asked Cerveny if he wanted to stop. He didn't. With great 5 Cerveny pulled himself up and with a(n) 6 pace, moved forward for one final push. 7, it wasn't enough. 100 meters from the finish line, his legs simply 8 .
Before his coach could 9 him, another runner- Brandon-was at his side to help. His first attempt to get Cerveny up failed, but he 10 to quit too. With a second pull, Cerveny was 11. At a measured jog, the two completed the final 100 meters of the course, with Cerveny holding Brandon for 12 Brandon even made sure Cerveny crossed the finish line first, securing his 13 a faster time
In today's 14 world in which the emphasis in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it was 15 to see that for an athlete like Brandon, the value of true sportsmanship still had legs.
