坦克世界盃 中國獲季軍俄羅斯奪冠

The 2014 World Tank Biathlon Championship ended in Russia on Saturday, with China taking bronze in the competition. Host Russia was crowned the winner while Armenia gained silver in the competition. The competition's winners will be rewarded with a Russian UAZ Patriot SUV each.
2014坦克兩項世界錦標賽週六在俄羅斯順利閉幕，中國獲得銅牌。東道主俄羅斯奪冠，亞美尼亞奪得亞軍。三國將分別獲得俄羅斯越野車UAZ Patriot一輛作爲獎品。

The competition, dubbed as the Tank Olympics, sees teams from 12 countries taking part in a racing and shooting contest, much like a standard Olympic biathlon competition.
這次的坦克奧運會共有12個參賽國，規則模擬標準的奧林匹克兩項比賽，包括競速和射擊兩項。

According to the rules, the tanks must negotiate a 20 kilometre course while facing various obstacles, including a slalom section, river shallows, a steep hill, a pontoon bridge and an escarpment, and shoot a set of targets along the way.
根據比賽規則，坦克必須通過20公里的路程，克服障礙區、淺灘、陡坡、浮橋和崖壁在內的各項障礙，並在行進過程中完成各種射擊任務。

The tanks have also been facing obstacles in the way of Russian aircraft and infantry combat vehicles.
坦克遇到的障礙還包括俄式飛機和步兵戰鬥車。

The twelve countries participating are Angola, Armenia, Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Serbia and Venezuela.
參賽的12國爲安哥拉、亞美尼亞、白俄羅斯、中國、印度、哈薩克斯坦、科威特、吉爾吉斯斯坦、蒙古、俄羅斯、塞爾維亞和委內瑞拉。

According to organisers, NATO countries including United States, Italy and Germany and Ukraine were asked to compete in the championships but declined.
組織方稱，他們也邀請了北約組織國家，包括美國、意大利、德國和烏克蘭，但被拒絕了。

All competitors are using the Russian T-72B tank apart from China, who have opted to use ZTZ-96s.
除中國以外，所有參賽國都使用了俄羅斯T-72B坦克，中國則使用了本國產的ZTZ-96s坦克。

When the tournament began last week, like most sporting tournaments, an opening ceremony was held, which saw the tanks fire coloured smoke as they 'waltzed' in an almost ballroom dancing formation.
本次坦克大賽也像大多數體育賽事一樣在上週舉行了開幕式。開幕式上坦克發射了各色禮炮，進行了“華爾茲”表演。

As the host nation, Russia also put on parade a series of historical tanks from World War Two as well as a missiles display.
作爲東道主國，俄羅斯還在檢閱儀式上展示了一系列二戰時使用的坦克以及導彈。