Put the verbs from the list into the story in the past simple, past perfect, or past continous.
   1) compete, 2) wait, 3) notice, 4) begin, 5) win, 6) beat, 7) say, 8) last, 9) take,10) take, 11) give, 12) discover.

   In the Seoul Olympics in 1988, the Canadian runner Ben Johnson was running in the 100 metres final. People called it the race of the century because Johnson 1 _____ against his greatest rival - the American sprinter, Carl Lewis.
   When the runners 2 _____ to starts the race, some people 3 _____ that Johnson's eyes were yellow.
   The race 4 _____ and moments later Johnson was the Olympic champion. His time of 9.72 seconds was a new world record. Johnson was euphoric, because he 5 _____ the gold medal and 6 _____ his American rival, Carl Lewis. After the race. Johnson 7 _____ : "My name is Benjamin Sinclair Johnson Jnr and this world record will last 50 years, maybe 100 years".
   But he was wrong. His world record 8 _____ only a few hours. That evening, drug tests showed that Johnson 9 _____ steroids before the race.
   The Olympic committe 10 _____ away his gold medal and 11 _____ it to Carl Lewis. Johnson was also banned from athletic for two years.
   But fifteen years later people 12 _____ some amazing news about Carl Lewis...

1) competed 2) were waiting 3) noticed, 4) began, 5) won, 6) beat, 7) said, 8) lasted, 9) had taken,10) took, 11) gave, 12) discovered.