Norwegian Student Excels in Dragon Boat Racing Ole Eidskrem, from Norway, is a third-year student at East China Normal University. The first time he came to China was in 2016. With a love for Chinese traditional culture, he developed an interest in rowing dragon boats. In the recently held Shanghai International Students Dragon Boat Race, he and his teammates were crowned champions (冠军) of the race. Shi Hailin Breaks Asian Slackline Walking Record Chinese slackline athlete (走绳运动员) Shi Hailin set a new Asian record for walking on a slackline high above the Yellow River in North China's Shanxi Province on June 2nd, 2024. Shi Hailin, the athlete, walked barefoot for 569 meters on the slackline 186 meters above the water surface in Yuncheng City, beating his previous record (打破他先前记录). ____ On May 30, a seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, became the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion. Bruhat Soma, 12, crushed a lightning tiebreaker round (决胜局闪电般获胜) by spelling 29 words correctly in 90 seconds. The winning word was abseil. It's a word used in the sport of mountaineering. This was Bruhat's third time in the bee. In 2022, he tied for 163rd place. Last year, he came 74th. |