So this is how it feels to be a world champion! Well guys, I gotta say this feeling is something else! I actually couldn’t sleep last night. Whether it was the adrenaline rush or just the extra carbs that kept me awake, I don’t know. I had about 2-3 hours sleep, then I was up to have my first proper breakfast for 18 weeks! Eggs, sausage, ham, butter, baguette, cheese, 3 white coffees and some cake and fruits…. Oh dear, I feel like I need to walk it off! I still feel dehydrated, just keep drinking now. Yesterday I tried to be cautious with water after dehydrating but today I should be alright!
Last night everything happened so fast I just couldn’t catch up! The prejudging was yesterday morning, we were on stage around 12pm. At the prejudging everyone just does the quarter turns and the compulsory poses, and the callouts if there’s any. We went on stage, did the quarter turns, did the poses once and then we were done. I thought: wow, that was very short and sweet, it must have been really obvious who wins because they didn’t swap us over or anything.
The evening show started at 5 pm. I was gutted to learn that the webcast was not working! I’m really sorry about you guys, who wanted to watch it and couldn’t! Everything went very quick. The classes went on stage, did the compulsory poses again, then the top 6 were sent off, the medals were given for the rest and then the top 6 did the routine. After that they announced the results and the next class went on stage. No complications, no dragging of time. But don’t forget, we are in Russia, so everything is happening in Russian and sometimes in English so it’s very difficult to follow. There is a guy on stage who guides everyone as the announcer says the numbers in russian, he tells/shows them what to do. And then the announcer started throwing out the numbers and names, 5th, 4th, 3rd etc, and I’m trying to follow because I used to speak Russian about 20 years ago, but I just can’t catch up with it. The guy points out all the athletes around me and then all of a sudden i’m the only one standing in the back, waiting for my name to be called! I just couldn’t believe it, it’s still a bit unbelievable to me now. It was a one of a kind experience for me, my 4th ever competition on international stage and WIN it! Wow!
Big congratulations to Louise Beard who finished a brilliant 3rd! She’s going to the Nabba Worlds in 2 weeks’ time, I’m sure she’ll do very well there!
I’m gonna go out now for a bit of a sightseeing, and then probably visit the gym in the afternoon to utilise all this extra carbs I’ve been eating 🙂
