Phew what a day!!!
This morning started off with Ruby's K1 1000m semifinal, he needed to put his body on the line to get a good chance at an A or B final. He raced with such determination but he couldn t get his boat to react like it needed to. It s always difficult to look back on a race and to pin point what went wrong, it s hard to not take into account that he was diagnosed with Bilharzia a few weeks ago.
Next up we had Cam and Stu fighting for all they re worth down the 1000m of flat water. They have such great energy in the boat, and are hungry to improve as they get more experience with the big boys. They didn't make it through to a final but are happy that the feeling is there and are going to be working hard to improve next season. They have come to the end of a very long season where they have raced often and hard. Well done Cam and Stu!!!
Our legendary K4 were next to take to the water, they had to keep control in order to maximise their speed potential and under the watchful eye of Marcus they came 7th in 3:09, earning themselves a spot in the B final tomorrow. Awesome stuff guys!
Bridge had her 1000m semi against some stiff competition but she managed to do what she needed to to get into the A final in a time of 4:05.611. It s awesome to see her race!
After lunch the 500m semis got underway with Len in the K1 up first. Unfortunately he had a bad start and wasn t able to put full power into those vital first few strokes which meant he had a lot of time to make up. He wasn t happy with his race but he managed to get good boat speed for the rest of the distance.
Bridge had an incredibly difficult semi draw for her K1 500m. She had some really strong girls with Josefa Idem from Italy racing in the lane next to her, who went out hard from the start to cross the line first. Bridge finished 4th behind Denmark and Great Britain. This is her first World Champs for 500m and although she did amazingly in the Szeged World Cup she is keeping perspective on the big picture. she had a great race but the others were just faster on the day.
Ruby and Mike were the final boat in the blocks for the day for us with K2 500m. Their race didn't go as they'd hoped either, they were up there in the beginning and lost it in the last 150m to come in 5th. They are a new combination and are still training for the speed endurance that the 500m requires. Well who knows now with the introduction of the 200m Olympic distance, but that s another matter...
On that note, great anticipation for the 200m heats and semis tomorrow, Bridge s 1000m A final and the K4's B final.
We need to look into each race and trace what went wrong and how we can prepare better, but this is what sport is all about, the ups and the downs.
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