阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。On August 2nd when Indonesia got its only gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, the winning team of Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu fell to their knees and cried with relief. Some 3,500 miles away, Indonesia 1 with joy. The president 2 their success in the women's doubles game of badminton to be an early "birthday gift" to the nation, whose independence day is on August 17th.
In England, where the modern version of the sport 3 , badminton is a lawn（草坪）game. In Asia it is a serious business. At the Badminton World Championships in 2019, Asian countries won 19 of 20 medals. In recent decades, China has 4 as a heavyweight. But Indonesia is the sport's 5 . It has won more titles at the Thomas Cup, the most 6 tournament, than any other country.
Badminton is the only sport in which Indonesia has ever won gold at the Olympics—and it has done so at all but one since the sport became an official 7 of the Olympics in 1992. Indonesia is the "home of badminton". "Wherever you travel in Indonesia, within a 8 you can find people playing badminton. Racquets（球拍） and balls can easily be bought or made, and once a clothesline and a challenger have been 9 , the match is on," says Raja Sapta Oktohari, president of the Indonesian Olympic Committee.
It is little wonder then that badminton is Indonesia's 10 . It is also the most developed in the country, which owns the only national team for which the government 11 a training centre. Parents also encourage their children to take it 12 . The rewards for skill and hard work are 13 . It's said that players of the national team earn more than $2,000 a month, ten times the average income. Perhaps most importantly, badminton is a 14 of national pride. It is the only sport to 15 a string of heroes; Rudy Hartono, for example, has won eight titles at the All England men's singles, more than any other player.
