拿错滑板的冠军 Winning With Mismatched Skis

 　　A rarity among biathletes, Myriam Bédard competed as a figure skater until she was twelve years old. When women's biathlon was introduced to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games, Bédard earned a bronze medal at 15km. In Lillehammer, she took a gold medal in the same event. Five days later she entered the 7.5km race, a distance at which she was the reigning¹ world champion. After the race began, Bédard realised that her skis were mismatched. By mistake, she had grabbed one ski from one pair and another from a different pair. The left ski was improperly² waxed and she struggled with it throughout the race. Nevertheless, she managed to better the time of Svetlana Paramygina by a mere³ 1.1 seconds and win her second gold medal在现代冬季两项运动员中，米丽娅姆-贝达德是个另类，她的运动生涯是以一位花样滑冰运动员开始的，直到12岁的时候，才开始现代冬季两项的训练。1992年的法国阿尔贝维尔冬季奥运会上，女子现代冬季两项才正式引入奥运会的比赛项目，米丽娅姆就参加了角逐，并在15公里比赛中获得了一枚铜牌。在1994年的挪威利勒哈默尔冬季奥运会上，她在这个项目中取得突破，夺得金牌。五天后，她又参加了7.5公里项目的竞争，这个项目上她在世界上处于绝对领先地位，但是直到开始后，她才发现她拿错了她的滑雪板。两支滑板一大一小，不是一副。左脚上的滑板拿错了，这让她在整个比赛过程中非常别扭。尽管这样，米丽娅姆还是以领先第二名1.1秒的成绩夺取金牌。

1 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

2 improperly   

不正确地，不适当地

参考例句：

• Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！
• He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。

3 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。