Complete the text with the Past Simple or the Present Perfect Simple of the verbs in brackets . Since the beginning of

Since the beginning of the year Roger London has performed well in all the races he took part in. Last year he didn\'t win any of the races and he was very upset. So started training hard every day and this year he has become a truly great athlete. His next race is in his home town and he has always wanted to be the first to cross the finish line in front of his home fans. He broke the record two weeks ago so he is definitely the favourite to take the title.