July 2: 3rd and last day!
6:30 ... the dial ring and he goes for the morning jog to wake up our little body begin to feel fatigue. Surprise, deserted by the river water since our arrival back to life. There is almost a wave surfing has created overnight. It awaits the verdict the special meeting of captains to know the section used for downriver. You say it's a bit last minute but the organizers wanted to put the odds on their side to offer us a real river for a world championship!
Well, their confidence has paid. The river rose 30 cm during the night. The vans take us to nearly 1.30 in the athletes' village in a section that few teams have seen yet. Since two weeks we are told it is not enough water to be runnee! At 10am we embark on the water for a 7km descent with classes 3-4 ... but the data are false ... there are 5 big rapids, several additional km, not all has enough water, avoid a lot of rocks, there is fatigue previous day (but no one dares say it out loud ...), and we do not bring food on the water! In short, it leaves the water to 13h with a hungry and incredibly good headache! The lunch hour is dedicated to warm, to put themselves in the shelter from the rain, making energy reserves, and try to remember the most rapid possible! Not easy to remember everything after a run!
We share in the wave of head with New Zealand and the Cheka. The river has risen by 30-40 cm compared to the descent of the morning. It is therefore the third was not our choice of departure corridor. The departure is launched and we are third but are below de tres tres pret! Wow... la N-Z se pine sur une roche et on les depasse apres seulement quelques minutes de course. On suit les tcheks pour tout le reste de la descente. On fait des tentatives pour depasser mais les veines de courant sont fortes mais les filles Tcheks n'en manque pas une! Dans les gros rapides, Val et Annie tente de retrouver les points de repere mais plusieurs ont disparus avec la hausse du niveau! Helene crie toutes les roches qu'elle apercoit avec une voix determinee! Bref, on a fait une excellente descente, des rapides incroyables (plusieurs equipes disent meme a la fin qu'elles ont jamais fait une riviere aussi grosse), et on fini 2e de notre vague. il reste a souhaiter que les slovaques dans la 2e vague arrive plus de 2 minutes apres nous... YES ... 2min 6 seconds! It retains 2nd place downhill . In the next wave, the United States even manage to beat the time of New Zealand which gives us the 2nd place overall in !
The boys are waiting for us to finish and it's mission accomplished !!!!! The smile is hanging on our lips, that of JP, the boys and everyone congratulated us! A medal ceremony in strong emotions ... A silver medal in the downhill plus a silver medal overall in! In short, what a beautiful world championship!! Then ... it's time for beer!!
The last party was memorable! We went to bed in the wee hours, but a tad maganees very satisfied!! Departure for Seoul in mid-day or the team the opportunity to shop before continuing majority in the plane on 4 in the morning. TM and Annie enjoy a few additional days in Seoul before returning July 9.
we hate to tell you all in person! Thank you for your support and see you soon!
Some pictures until you show them all ...
During the downriver, we see the new zealand behind us
first time ... 2nd place downhill
2nd overall!
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