跳水运动员任茜成为我国首位00后奥运冠军

 Teenage diver Ren Qian became the youngest gold medallist at the Rio Olympics by winning the 10m platform final on Thursday.

在赢下周四进行的女子跳水10米台决赛之后，青少年跳水运动员任茜成为了里约奥运会最年轻的金牌得主。

The 15-year-old finished with 439.25 points to beat her compatriot Si Yajie by 19.85 points at the Maria Lenk Aquatics¹ Centre. Canada's Meaghan Benfeito took bronze with 389.20 points.

在玛丽亚伦克游泳中心，这位年仅15岁的选手最终成绩为439.25分，并以19.85分的优势击败了同胞司雅杰，获得了冠军。加拿大选手米根·本费托以总分389.20分获得铜牌。

Ren took the lead after the third of five dives and a superb inward three-and-a-half somersault with her fourth virtually clinched² the title.

在全场比赛的5次起跳中，任茜从第三跳之后就开始保持领先，而在第四跳中，她凭借华丽的向内翻腾三周半这一动作，几乎锁定了冠军。

跳水运动员任茜成为我国首位00后奥运冠军

"When I won I cried with joy," said Ren, who became China's first Olympic medal winner born this millennium³. "I want to thank my mother, my coaches and the rest of the team for helping⁴ me. I didn't perform by best in the heats and semifinals but I was able to keep cool when it mattered today, especially in my last three dives."

成为中国第一位'00后'奥运冠军的任茜赛后说道：“当我获胜时我激动地哭了。我要感谢我的母亲，我的教练，还有队伍中其他人的帮助。我在预赛和半决赛发挥得并不好，但是在今天的比赛中我保持住了冷静，尤其是在我的最后三跳的时候。”

Her teammate, Si, was gracious in defeat, saying that Ren was a deserving Olympic champion.

她的队友司雅杰豁达大度地面对了失败，并表示任茜配得上这个奥运冠军。

"Ren had a wonderful final," Si said. "I expected to win the gold but I can accept the silver because Ren was better."

司雅杰说道：“任茜决赛发挥的非常好。我渴望赢得这枚金牌，但是我能接受银牌的结果，因为任茜确实更加出色。”

1 aquatics   

n.水生植物，水生动物( aquatic的名词复数 )；水上运动

参考例句：

• Pasturage breed aquatics basically has pig, ox, sheep and fowl. 畜牧养殖主要有猪、牛、羊和家禽。 来自互联网
• So in English they are National Stadium and National Aquatics Center. 这两处场馆的正式名字叫做”国家体育场”和”国家游泳中心“。 来自互联网

2 clinched   

v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）

参考例句：

• The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句

3 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。