Former Chinese athlete, Jin Jing, made her    16   (appear) in the National Stadium,     17    (carry) Paralympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on September 6.
But now she’s back in the Bird’s Nest, and this time she’s not competing, or carrying a flame,    18   working for the media. Jin said that she was a little regretful for not being able to participate    19   the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Born in 1981, Jin    20   (raise) in a common wage-earning family in Hefei, Anhui Province. Jin had part of her right leg amputated in 1989 because    21   a malignant tumor on her ankle. She then became a member of she Shanghai Wheelchair Fencing Team on July 13, 2001, the same day Beijing was selected as    22   host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
After an incident in Paris,    23   she was part of the Torch Relay and a protestor tried to take away the torch from her while she protected the Olympic Torch with her body, she became    24   (know) as the “Smiling Angel in a Wheelchair”.
Now she is still smiling, but this time from the    25   side of the camera, as she watches Chinese athletes won another gold medal.