I was in for just one event, K2 500 Junior, which is technically Under-18. You have no idea how stressed out I was over the race. I was scared because I was going against the A Div or even the JH3s. I thought I was just going to 感受气氛. Ruiting and I had only six trainings together in the K2 Tiger? Not to mention that we are up against Peishengs, AKs, Nelos. But the Yingrui/Christine Tiger was just WOW.
It was raining like hell, so races were called off at first. I reached at 11, 2 hours before my race, and Race 1 haven't even started... The rest were at Boat Control, so I just dropped off my kopi and read a book and hobo-ed with myself. After everyone was gone, I spoke with Jinni. She's a really adorable girl from CGS, my age. We talked about school, jokes, trainings and races. (According to Yingrui she's very cute and I'm not, and my reason is because I'm tall. Conclusion: Tall people cannot be cute eheheh)
Okay, so about my race.
For the heats, we were up against Siongyee and Jingwei, who were in a Nelo. They came in 1st and into finals. There were 2 other CGS boats and 1 from SAJC. If I'm not wrong, the SAJC boat was an AK, and CGS had one Tiger and one Peisheng. We came in third and into semis, beating SAJC and the CGS Tiger. The girls from CGS were 15, both with 2 more years of experience than me, and 1 more than Ruiting. I was really proud of both of us (and I still am) that we managed to defy the odds to race into semis despite the obvious disadvantages. I kept telling myself that I couldn't be a dead weight on a boat and I really gave my best. It's better than our trainings, and I'm glad for that fact.
For the semis, I was determined to get a better timing than heats. Even though Ruiting had back-to-back races, she really gave her all, I could see it. We didn't manage to race into finals, but it was better than the heats, in my opinion.
I'm not sure if it was because of her K1 or K2 race, but Ruiting seem kind of upset? Or disappointed, I'm not sure. If it's for the K2, I'm really sorry that we couldn't get into the finals, but I know that we gave our best for it. As a junior, I know I can't match up to the power of the seniors you've raced with, but I really tried not to be a dead weight. It's been a wonderful experience racing with you, and training with you, I just hope you know that. Hope we get closer for B Div, jiayou!
Oh, and about my title, "Fight for your place". This is the first race I've ever fought to enter semis or finals. The other times I were in semis and finals were by default. Either having my opponents capsizing, or their boats being underweight. Or the fact that there are only 3 people in the heats. It's the first time, and I was really happy.
This is just one step towards our fight for B Div. Just like what Mad told me, whatever it is, fight and give our opponents the hardest race of their lives. Whatever the results, as long as you've given your best, it'll always be satisfactory.
Thank you, for everything. :)
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