The changes helped Williams win the gold at the IAAF World Championships in South Korea last summer, and now he is headed for London. ’I feel like I can jump over Times Square,’ he said in a recent interview.
这些改变帮助威廉姆斯在去年夏季的韩国世界田径锦标赛上赢得金牌，如今他即将向伦敦进发。“我感觉自己都能跳过时报广场(Times Square)了，”最近他在接受采访时如是说道。
Then there is Gabrielle Douglas, the 16-year-old who won the U.S. Olympic Trials competition in gymnastics. Her family cobbled together enough money and support to send her from her home in Virginia at 14 to West Des Moines, Iowa, where she lived with a host family and trained with Liang Chow, coach of 2008 gold medalist Shawn Johnson.
类似的例子还有加布里埃尔•道格拉斯(Gabrielle Douglas)，16岁的道格拉斯在美国的奥运体操选拔赛上也获得胜利。在她14岁时，她的家人就凑足了一笔钱，把她从弗吉尼亚的家送到艾奥瓦的西得梅因(West Des Moines)训练。她在那和寄宿家庭住在一起，在2008年北京奥运体操冠军肖恩•约翰逊(Shawn Johnson)的教练乔良的指导下训练。
Douglas is part of a U.S. Olympic gymnastics team that includes 2011 world all-around championJordyn Wieber (Michigan) and gold-medal hopeful Alexandra Raisman (Massachusetts).
如今，道格拉斯已经是美国奥运体操代表队的一员，其队友包括2011年世界体操锦标赛的全能冠军乔婷•韦伯(Jordyn Wieber)(来自密歇根)以及金牌的有力竞争人选亚历山德拉•莱斯曼(Alexandra Raisman)(来自马萨诸塞州)。
The team is favored to win the women’s team gold medal in London, something few would havepredicted eight years ago when the Chinese were ascendant.
这支队伍很有希望赢得伦敦奥运会的女子团体冠军，要是在八年前中国队正处于上升态势时，几乎没有人会做这样的预测吧。
Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, says the relatively decentralized American approachhas created ’a system that has a pipeline that continues to bring new kids into the elite level.’
美国体操协会(USA Gymnastics)主席史蒂夫•潘尼(Steve Penny)说，美国这种比较分散的训练方法创造了“一种拥有一个能源源不断将新人领进精英行列的渠道的体制。”
