Chapter 1

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Amber Hawke,

I strapped my swim goggles on. I pulled on my USA swim cap. I put my bag into my locker. I'm an Olympic Swimmer, and my name is Amber Hawke.

This was my first Olympic race, and I was really nervous!

100 m freestyle, at least that was good. The freestyle is my favorite.

Soon an announcer started annoucning names, then soon, mine.

It was time to start.

Soon I was at the start.

Lane 3.

I got into positon.

On your mark...

 Beep!

I shot out into the water.

As soon as I re-surfaced I saw where I was at. 2nd place!

I started to swim faster. I started to catch up to the swimmer in first.

The crowd roared. The swimmer in first started to pull back and I started to swim as fast as I could.The finish was close and the other swimmer was catching up.

I was about a meter away when the other swimmer and I were head to head.

We both touched the finish. I looked at the scoreboard...

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