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1、Unit1BreakingrecordsReadingandwritingFOCUSON…LanceArmstrongDateofBirth:8thSeptember,1971Country:USALanceArmstrong’sGuinnessrecordforthefastestaveragespeedattheTourdeFrancewassetin1999withanaveragespeedof40.27km/hr.Inhisteenshewasatriathletebutat16hebegantoconcentrateo
2、ncycling.Hewasanamateurcyclistbeforethe1992OlympicGamesbutturnedprofessionalafterhehadcompetedintheGames.Inthefollowingfewyears,hewonnumeroustitles,andby1996hehadbecometheworld’snumberone.However,inOctober1996,hediscoveredhehadcancerandhadtoleavecycling.Successfullyfi
3、ghtinghisillness,Armstrongofficiallyreturnedtoracingin1998.In1999hewontheTourdeFranceandin2003heachievedhisgoalofwinningfiveToursdeFrance.MichellieJonesDateofBirth:9thJune,1969Country:AustraliaIn1988MichellieJoneshelpedestablishthemulti-sportevent,thetriathlon,inAustr
4、alia.Aftercompletingherteachingqualificationsin1990,sheconcentratedonthetriathlon.In1991,shefinishedthirdattheworldchampionships.In1992and1993.shewastheInternationalTriathlonUnionWorldChampion.Sincethen,shehasneverfinishedlowerthanfourthinanyoftheworldchampionshipsshe
5、hascompetedin.AttheSydneyOlympicsin2000shewonthesilvermedalintheWomen’sTriathlon,thefirsttimetheeventhadbeenincludedintheOlympicGames.Recently,forthefirsttimein15years.Joneswasnotselectedaspartofthenationalteamandthereforedidnotcompeteinthe2004OlympicsinAthens.FuMingx
6、iaDateofBirth:16thAugust,1978Country:ChinaFuMingxiafirststoodontopofthe10-metredivingplatformattheageofnine.At12yearsoldshewonaGuinnessRecordwhenshebecametheyoungestfemaletowinthewomen’sworldtitleforplatformdivingattheWorldChampionshipsinAustraliain1991.Atthe1992Barce
7、lonaOlympicGames,shetookthegoldmedalinthewomen’s10-metreplatform,becomingtheyoungestOlympicdivingchampionofalltime.Thiswasfollowedbygreatsuccessatthe1996AtlantaOlympicGameswhereshewongoldforboththe10-metreplatformandthethree-metrespringboard.Thismadeherthefirstwomanin
8、Olympicdivinghistorytowinthreegoldmedals.SheretiredfromdivingafterAtlantaandwenttostudyeconomicsatuniversity.Whilethereshede
