However, her __1__ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she __2__ was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never __3__ again, she couldn't believe it. Three months later, she was __4__ out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old children's storybook. A bookmark in it made her __5__ to page 117. The name of the __6__ was ‘The Day Clara Walked’. She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.

　　__7__， after a year's hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench __8__ the Athens Olympic Stadium, memories __9__： first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held __10__ for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on __11__， their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder, __12__ she could balance the hoop (圈) as well as her teammates. She registered for the 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received __13__ from the Olympic Committee.

　　Her __14__ was interrupted by the attendant who said, “It's time”， two words that she had been __15__ to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each __16__ firm and steady. Everything was __17__， and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart beating __18__ in her chest.

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