storytelling
Your best race
Tell the story of your best swimming competition. Set the scene, build to the moment, and tell us how it ended.
Step 1 · Listen to a model answer
It was the regional 200 freestyle last autumn. I'd been tapering for two weeks and felt sharp on the warm-up. When I climbed onto the blocks, the place was packed and the noise was deafening. I went out fast, faster than I'd ever dared, and at the 150 turn I was a body-length up. The last fifty was pure pain — my arms were lead, my lungs were on fire — but I held on by half a second. Personal best, and the first medal I've ever cried about.