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Thanks to everyone for all your support
I guess most of you will already know our result - 7th. I don't know how much was broadcast and hence how much of the race you saw. In short, we paddled really well except for a short section in the middle where we picked up three penalties in three gates, giving us 6 seconds of penalty points. Our time was a competitive low 98 seconds, and would have placed us in 4th had we been clean, and comforatbly in the final with one touch fewer. That's canoe slalom though, and that's why we love it. If it was easy, it would be boring.
A huge storm arrived about an hour before our race and after letting the semi final of the C2 run, the competition committee delayed the start of the women's event, and later postponed it until tomorrow.
We'd both really like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has offered us support over the last few days, weeks, months and years. Many people will see the result of 7th, and like us, be disappointed with it, but I know we will look back on it in the future and be proud of what we have achieved. More importantly, we have had an incredible opportunity to get to know each other and more importantly, ourselves, through the constant challenge of training, competing and travelling together. It has been an amazing journey and we'd like to thank you all for contributing and being a part of it.
Beijing, August 14, 2008
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