Unit Two Olympic Spirit

Olympic Spirit The Olympic motto Faster, Higher, Stronger The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to participate. Taking drugs before the Games is considered cheating and against sportsmanship.

Maria Sharapova announces she failed in anti-doping test

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova speaks at a press conference in downtown Los Angeles, California, March 7, 2016. The former world number one announced she failed a doping test at the Australian Open, saying a change in the World-Anti-Doping Agency banned list led to the violation. Sharapova said she tested positive for Meldonium, a substance she had been taking since 2006 but one that was added to the banned list this year.

LOS ANGLERES, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Former tennis world No LOS ANGLERES, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Former tennis world No. 1 Maria Sharapova announced here Monday that she was informed by the World Anti-Doping Agency that she failed a drug test at the Australian Open in January. Sharapova told a press conference that the test found her positive to a substance called "mildronate" she has been taking in the last 10 years for health issues. Mildronate is also known as meldonium which is used to treat diabetes and low magnesium. It was added to the prohibited list this year. The 28-year-old Russian tennis star was a five-time grand slam champion. She has not competed since she lost to Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January.Sharapova said she was first given the substance back in 2006. "I was getting sick very often and I had a deficiency in magnesium and a family history of diabetes, and there were signs of diabetes. That is one of the medications, along with others, that I received," Sharapova said, "I know that with this I face consequences and I don't want to end my career this way. I really hope that I will be given another chance to play this game.“ "I made a huge mistake. I let my fans down and I let the sport down. I have been playing since the age of four a sport that I love so deeply," Sharapova also said.

Names and Logo of Sports (1)

Names and Logo of Sports (2)

Names and Logo of Sports (3)

II. Sports and Players Look at the following pictures and tell what the sport is and its famous players. Track and Field Events (dash); Su Bingtian(sprinter)

Sprint freestyle events; Ning Zetao

Men’s 100m Dash; Long Jump; Carl Lewis

请在此输入您的标题 Interview some of your classmates about their favorite sportsmen/women and then report your discoveries in front of class.