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Rick Hoyt is American and he has a good job at the University of Boston. 1．, he is in a wheelchair because of a serious illness. He can’t 2． either and he uses a computer for daily communication. However, he loves sport and wants to challenge 3． in a triathlon—a sports competition in which people swim 4 kilometers, bike 180 kilometers and run 42 kilometers. How can Rick make it as he can’t swim, bike or run and sits in a wheelchair? It 4． to be an impossible dream for him to realize.

Rick can take part because he does it with his father, Dick Hoyt. Together, they try their best to do the 5． task in their life—in the running, his father pushes him in his wheelchair; in the 6．, Rick lies in a small boat and his father swims and pulls him; in the cycling, Rick sits in a special seat on the front of his 7． bike.

Of course, the Hoyts never win the race. The winner of a triathlon usually completes it in about nine 8．, but the Hoyts take much longer time. “That’s right,” says the father. “We never win. But Rick and I think that we always win.”

Now the father and son have 9． the respect（尊敬）of many people. And their 10． courage also sets a good example for us all. It sends out the message how important it is that we believe in ourselves and never give up.