
9. On August 12, like spring, Benjamin Boukpeti burst onto the Olympic stage, winning Togo's very first Olympic medal. The 27-year-old snatched a bronze in the men's K1 slalom with a result of 173.45 seconds.As the sports powers bag medals in the Olympic Games as easy as shelling peas, a lot of countries and regions wait intently for their first gold medal or even their first medal.
Meanwhile, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is an event during which many have achieved beyond their drreams. Sports delegations from Mongolia, Togo, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Panama and etc. have all achieved historic breakthroughs by winning their first gold medal or first medal ever.
The Olympic spirit "Faster, Higher and Stronger" and "the most important thing is to participate" crowns an honor on all the athletes, so as to push forward the progress of mankind. Let us remember them, and their ecstatic faces! In their faces, we can see the Olympic spirit blazing.
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