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 During the interview, Mr. Zhang Wen, the coach told us many moving stories. In the training, some athletes’ buns were frazzled and all of them have blains on the feet as long time dipping in the water. Though they had much difficulty, they insisted to the end. Some athletes asked their parents to take care of their little baby, and some spent the night to look after of their sick family members in hospital. Everyone knew that team work needed each member’s cooperation. “In fact, training is quite boring.” Zhang told us. In order to make the training program interesting, team members always made jokes with the coach, pushing him into the water. The coach did the same thing to them. Mr. Yan, another coach also told us the difficulty of their training. Their feet were frazzled, but their still insisted to the end. |
With paddlers’ help, we stepped into phoenix boat, which was nearly filled with water. The lake surface was only several cm below the board and the boat was always shaking. We were so afraid. Our clothes were wet and our body became freezing. We stayed on the boat for 2 minutes. And then, our instructor prepared to organize us to paddle the phoenix boat by ourselves. However, the heavy rain destroyed our plan. It was a pity.