She was nervous, her hands were trembling and there was sweat dripping down her spine. Her heart was skipping beats and pumping as much blood as possible through her veins. It was March 17th and it was time for all her hard training to pay of. It was the state championships and she was ready for action.
She was at the start line of the 100metres, she could see her competitors, they were focused, but so was she. The finish line was I her view. She quickly set up her blocks and did a practice run. She was ready and she knew this was her chance to finally get a medal.
“On your mark” said the starter as he lifts his arm up and points the gun to the sky. Sally’s heart suddenly started to beat faster as she felt more nervous and felt butterflies in her stomach. “Get Set” he yelled and she knew it was her time, she took one last look at the finish line, she inhaled one last breath of air and she felt more focused than ever. It was dead silent and then suddenly the gun blew. She emerged out of her blocks like a bat out of hell.
She was in fourth place with 60 meters to go. At this time in the race she was full speed as were all the other competitors. She ran past the crowd, she heard her family cheering for her. At this point in time she could only hear her mum saying she didn’t have to win she was already proud of her whatever happened. After hearing this she found the determination and strength from within and wanted to win even more. As she was sprinting towards the 50meter mark she got her second wind. All of a sudden the crowd went wild. Sally was moving up, she was now in third place, then second. It was now and her nemesis Naomi battling it out for the gold medal. At this stage in time third had dropped a little behind but she still had a chance, Sally and Naomi were now at least half a second in front of third.
The crowd started clapping as they approached the finish line. Naomi kept pushing for that first spot but Sally wasn’t giving up, this was her time to shine, and this was the reward for all her hard work. As they crossed the finish line they both pushed their chest out but the judges couldn’t tell who won so it went to a photo finish.
They waited anxiously for the results to show. They waited and waited, Sally was even more nervous than before the race. After 10 minutes the results had shown Sally had ……….. WON!!!! She was so happy, not only had she won she had beaten her nemesis Naomi. She was so happy when she saw the results, winning this race meant everything to her. Sally was now officially the under 13 girls 100 metre state champion. Now her Olympic dream was even closer. Sally slept very well that night
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