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Old 08-11-2008, 12:57 PM
ArlJim78 ArlJim78 is offline
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Originally Posted by docicu3
Jim there is something about the "drafting" thing like auto racing that apparently allowed him to conserve energy while riding the wave beside Lezak and then he just turned it on the last 25 meters and luckily his head bob out of the pool at the touch didn't cost him.

It was just enough to make a grown man tear up with pride for the kid!!!
that and I think just the will to win, to not take silver again, to beat the chumps who said they would smash you. all of those motivations seemed to just propel him along to an other-worldly performance.
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