Where Are They Now: Life after Olympic Gold

These celebrated Olympic champions from decades past wrote sports history, but what are they up to now? Here's the latest on some of the greatest．

Edwin Moses

How you know him: Gold Medals in 400 Meters Hurdles （1976 Montreal Games, 1984 Los Angeles Games）

Where he is today: Moses earned a degree in physics and later held a full-time job as an engineer．After retirement, he earned his master's degree in business．In 2000, Moses took on the role of executive chairman of Laureus．

Kerri Strug

How you know her: Gold Medal in Gymnastics （1996 Atlanta）, when she competed through the pain of the ankle damage to land the gold-winning vault．

Where she is today: Strug lives in Tucson, Arizona．She does public relations for USA Gymnastics, speaking regularly at events and attending the Games on behalf of sponsors．

Dick Fosbury

How you know him: Gold Medal in High Jump （1968 Mexico City Games）

Where he is today: Fosbury is an executive committee member of the World Olympians Association．But he hasn't left the tracks just yet - he coaches teenager athletes at Dick Fosbury Track Camps．

Greg Louganis

How you know him: Gold Medals in Diving （1984 Los Angeles Games, 1988 Seoul Games）

Where he is today: Louganis developed AIDS and retired in 1989．It wasn't until the mid-90s that he announced he was HTV-positive．Since then, Louganis has been an outspoken advocate for HTV awareness．

Dominique Dawes

How you know her: Gold Medal in Gymnastics （1996 Atlanta Games）

Where she is today: President Barack Obama appointed her and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees as co-chairs of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition．

Dawes is also the co-host for Yahoo! News Weekend Edition．

1.Who won two gold medals?

A．Edwin Moses and Greg Louganis．

B．Dominique Dawes and Edwin Moses．

C．Dick Fosbury and Kerri Strug．

D．Greg Louganis and Dick Fosbury．

2.______ won the gold medal in Gymnastics in spite of injury．

A．Edwin Moses B．Dominique Dawes

C．Greg Louganis D．Kerri Strug

3.The gold medalist who is still training young sportsmen is ______．

A．Greg Louganis B．Dick Fosbury

C．Edwin Moses D．Dominique Dawes

 

1.A

2.D

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了奧運金牌得主們目前的狀況。

1. MosesGold Medals in 400 Meters Hurdles （1976 Montreal Games, 1984 Los Angeles Games）和Greg Louganis Gold Medals in Diving （1984 Los Angeles Games, 1988 Seoul Games）可知Edwin Moses

和Greg Louganis獲得兩枚奧運金牌。 故選A。

2.Kerri Strug Gold Medal in Gymnastics （1996 Atlanta）, when she competed through the pain of the ankle damage to land the gold-winning vault．可知Kerri Strug盡管受傷還是獲得了體操奧運金牌，故選D。

3.細節(jié)題：根據(jù)Dick Fosbury Where he is today: Fosbury is an executive committee member of the World Olympians Association．But he hasn't left the tracks just yet - he coaches teenager athletes at Dick Fosbury Track Camps．可知Dick Fosbury還在訓練年青運動員，故選B。

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