Have you heard of Zhou Yang? She is now well known 1 an excellent short track speed skater (短道速滑运动员).
Zhou Yang is not an overnight 2. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started 3at the age of 8.She fell in love with the 4at once when she put on her skates to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天赋) for short track speed skating was 5. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team 6.
In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1, 500m event. Zhou Yang 7herself again in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the 8gold medal in the women's 1, 500 meters in the Winter Olympics — China had never won the event before.
"Winning the event is my dream, 9I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力赛)," Zhou Yang said.
Her "one more dream" 10when she and her teammates won the women's 3, 000m short track relay with a new world record.
