赫尔辛基的王者 The King of Helsinki

 　　Emil Zátopek began his illustrious Olympic career by running the 10,000m at the 1948 London Games. He took the lead during the tenth of 25 laps. Eventually he lapped all but two runners and won by more than 300m. Only three days later, Zátopek ran in the final of the 5,000m. At the start of the final lap, he trailed Gaston Reiff of Belgium by 50m. Zátopek thrilled the crowd with a sprint¹ that pulled him closed and closer. Reiff noticed Zátopek just in time and won by 1? metres. Zátopek's feats² in 1948 were impressive, but they were only a prelude³ to what he accomplished⁴ at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He began by winning the 10,000m by 100m. In the 5,000m, he was in only fourth place with half a lap to go, but he sprinted⁵ into the lead in the final turn and won by five metres. Later that afternoon, Zátopek's wife, Dana, won a gold medal in the javelin⁶ throw. Zátopek himself was not finished. He entered the marathon even though he had never run one before. Nonetheless, he easily wore down all of the other runners and won by 2? minutes as the appreciative⁷ Finnish spectators chanted his name.

　　Emil Zátopek is the only runner to win the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the marathon at the same Olympics. He entered the Olympic marathon again in 1956, but developed a hernia only six weeks before the Games. He ran anyway and placed sixth.

　　艾米尔?扎托贝克在1948年伦敦第一次参加夏季奥运会比赛。在10000米项目中，他在10圈后便处于领先位置，最终以300多米的优势获得金牌。三天后，扎托贝克又参加了5000米决赛中，当比赛进行到最后一圈时，他还落后比利时选手雷夫50米，这时，在全场观众的注视下，他以极快的速度发起冲刺，将两人之间的距离缩短，最终雷夫及时发现了扎托贝克的追赶，也加速冲刺，将领先优势保持到终点。扎托贝克的辉煌是在1952年赫尔辛基奥运会上创造的。他首先参加了10000米的比赛，他以100米优势拿下个人的第二枚奥运金牌。随后他又参加了5000米比赛，在离终点还有200米的时候，他还在第四名，但是在转过最后一个弯道后他已经冲到了领先位置，最后5米的优势夺冠。当天下午，扎托贝克的妻子达娜在标枪项目中也获得金牌。扎托贝克随后还参加了马拉松比赛，尽管此前他从来没有跑过马拉松，但他仍然轻松地拖垮了其他选手，以2分半钟的优势获得金牌。

　　扎托贝克也成为惟一一个在一届奥运会上获得5000米、10000米和马拉松三枚金牌的运动员。1956年，他又参加了墨尔本奥运会马拉松比赛，只名列第六。

1 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

2 feats   

功绩，伟业，技艺( feat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He used to astound his friends with feats of physical endurance. 过去，他表现出来的惊人耐力常让朋友们大吃一惊。
• His heroic feats made him a legend in his own time. 他的英雄业绩使他成了他那个时代的传奇人物。

3 prelude   

n.序言，前兆，序曲

参考例句：

• The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
• The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

4 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

5 sprinted   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
• Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句

6 javelin   

n.标枪，投枪

参考例句：

• She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event.在掷标枪项目中，她掷了60米远。
• The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.教练教我们投标枪。

7 appreciative   

adj.有鉴赏力的，有眼力的；感激的

参考例句：

• She was deeply appreciative of your help.她对你的帮助深表感激。
• We are very appreciative of their support in this respect.我们十分感谢他们在这方面的支持。