¶ … Sporting Competition
It was a beautiful summer, as I was thinking about the junior world championship in Bucharest, I was very nervous and my legs literally felt like they weighed a million pounds each. As I climbed up the stairs and stepped on the mat, I felt as if I stepped onto a giant Tempurpedic mattress.
My feet sank in, and my heart was beating a faster mile a minute. I knew that the next thing to do is to read my daily affirmation before each match and this would calm me down. However, this was the world championships, the biggest stage that a boy of between 17 and 20-year-old could wrestle at in the world. I knew that going into the match is going to be a big challenge because I was up against a two-time world champion who had accumulated a lot of experience in the field.
Compared to my level of experience which was below my challenger's experience, I believed that I was going to win despite my level of experience. I was able to hold a complete control and was neither heavy legged nor nervous. When I was a young boy, I remembered vividly hearing the blow of the referee's whistle, which was like a switch went off in my head. I still remembered the competition that was carried out during this period, and the method a challenger won the competition, I would use the same method to win my challenger.
During the challenge with my competitor, I tried to fake my strategy to put him off balance. As he was waiting for my opening, I pulled at the right side and he stepped at the left side. At that moment, I flung forward at him with all my power and swung right at him using a double leg to kick him in the ass.
As I watched the tape, I remembered thinking to myself "okay here we go, let's see if he can stop this," once he didn't, it was all over. I looked at my coaches and gave a little smirk. I ended up winning the match. As I watched the...
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