Jiaxing, Saturday morning:
I'm not sure why they schedule the 3,600-meter race after the banquet, but they did. (Yes, 3,600 meters is roughly 20 minutes of paddling without stopping.) Undaunted, we pulled ourselves together and came in 7th. Afterward at the closing ceremonies, with all the boats floating next to each other, we traded jerseys, talked with the other teams (as best we could considering the language differences); for the paddling back to the docks some of our paddlers (including me) switched boats with the team from Lin Dai (that's why, for example, the right side stroker doesn't look like Alain.) It was a good time. (The light in the a.m. is better for photos from the docks.)
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