Mahe Drysdale

In the finals of the men’s rowing, there was a closely fought battle. Mahe Drysdale, a New Zealand rower made it in the finals of the 2000m rowing. Mahe Drysdale had made an excellent start and an outstanding finish.

Bang goes the gun at the start of the race and the rowers are off. Mahe Drysdale didn’t lead the race all the way but he managed to hang in there.  Years of sweat and toil, Mahe Drysdale had just past the half way mark and the crowd went wild but also there was a huge roar of cheering. Mahe Drysdale was working desperately to capture that medal and as he was close to the finish line, It was a huge relief that Mahe Drysdale had came from fourth to first. He was leading by a far lead and we could tell that he wanted that gold medal.

Mahe Drysdale crossed the line ahead of everyone and what was coming from the crowd was a huge roar. He slapped the water thinking it was a magic moment but unfortunately for the other rowers, they worked so desperately to capture that gold medal for themselves. It was a closely fought battle as the rowers were announced first, second and third place.

It was such a magic moment for New Zealander Mahe Drysdale because he had crossed the line with such a relief and most people in the crowd were cheering for him but as they cheered, he had just made new zealand history.  As he was hopping off his canoe, he collapsed on the pontoon exhausted. We had known that he had given it all he’s got and that he would do anything to keep the crowd cheering. He raised his arms with happiness while there was a huge roar of cheering.

I was so amazed when the New Zealander Mahe Drysdale for when I had just witnessed a magic moment of a New Zealand history moments. I reckoned that most of New Zealand had celebrated for he served his country and won. New Zealand would have been nothing without him "So thank you Mahe Drysdale"!