He thrust out his lead leg and energetically vaulted over the hurdle. The resistance from the water made the 110 metre hurdles tricky (much more difficult than on land!), yet the athlete was responding well to the added challenge and pressure. After all, this was the first Olympic Games to be held under the sea.
The loud boom of voices from above the sea roared into the ears of the racers giving them motivation to push on and win a gold medal for their beloved country. 20 metres through the race and the athletes were already adapting to their new racing environment, they started to get used to the feeling of the wet sand between their toes and the crying coral under their feet as it got trampled on.
50 metres in and the athletes start to get more tired and fatigued, it looked as though they were pushing through jelly. Pushing and Pushing through the resistant water, the athletes grew closer towards the finish line and were getting closer to that desired gold medal.
100 metres in and only 10 metres away from the finish line, the men could start to even smell the finish line or even taste it. 105 metres through the race, edging closer to a win were three racers, Donny Liu from China, Blaze Charpentier from France, and the one and only, Kevin Ritchie from Scotland.
On land, Kevin Ritchie was the champion of this event for the past 3 world events, and he wasn’t doing to badly underwater either. Donny Liu and Blaze Charpentier have always been very close to Kevin in these races, but have never managed to beat him, this time though, might be different.
The three racers were neck and neck, all looking as though they were running in unison with each other. But one of them was edging ahead, the other two behind him couldn’t believe their eyes and didn’t have enough strength to keep up with him.
“WHAT A FINISH, DONNY LIU WINS THE FIRST EVER 110 METRE HURDLES AT THE UNDERWATER OLYMPICS!” The commentator was ecstatic, he was as excited as a little kid going on his first ever roller coaster.
Receiving his gold medal in front of the world made him feel like he had the world at his feet. He never wanted this moment to end.
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