Day one of racing - 1000m
Cold and rainy, cross wind (left to right)
Wow, we had a really tough 1000m heat and final yesterday. The Chinese and British women are FAST. We had the faster heat, coming second to China, but it was enough to put us directly through to the final (no semi). It was a wake-up call though. We knew we had another gear but so much relies on strategy and fitness in the 1000m. In the final, we took it off the start but Canada, Britain and China were together all the way down the course. Suddenly, with about 50m to go, the drummer (Katie) who had been yelling "it's neck and neck - do you want it?" screamed, "OH FUCKING CANADA" and we knew we were ahead. Pretty sweet to win the gold against such talented competition. Hopefully we'll get to see the footage since there's a camera crew here doing a documentary on the crew.