That certain loss” truly increased my desire to work really hard to achieve this goal,” said one reviewer.
At the same time, every sportsperson knows that improvement is not straight. And Gan recalled how she would” trouble” between the pool’s good and bad times.
” Sometimes, I think about it and I get so emotional because throughout the past three years, I really wanted to give up on so many various times”, she added.
At last year’s World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Gan recalled feeling like she was “on the appropriate record” after a strong showing.
” It seemed to me as though a little more education and such things would put me in a very good position to qualify for the Olympics.” So I wanted to give it a great strong shot at Doha this time”, she explained.
” But sometimes, no matter how hard you swim, you put in your 101 per cent effort to train, race and you just do n’t get the results you want… Results are n’t guaranteed, and that’s the existence of an gymnast”.
A” BITTERSWEET” NATIONAL RECORD IN JUNE
At the Singapore National Swimming Championships in June, Gan set a new national history and personal best in the 1500-meter slalom as her chances of reaching the Olympic pool were diminishing by the day.
However, her time of , 16: 10.61 , was only enough for the , Olympics Consideration Time, also known as the” B” cut.
” I once again failed like I had failed in my pursuit of achieving the (‘ A’ ) cut”, she added.
” From that event in Tokyo, I told myself that I need the’ A’ reduce, if not I’m no going… I was happy that I did n’t even make the” A” cut despite having dropped 10 seconds ( from my most recent personal best ). It was a little melancholy”.
She attempted to approach her feelings for the next two months before finding peace with the circumstance.
” I occupied my time by teaching for a 10km race in Bali, having fun with my friends. Simply taking my mind off quite powerful things, and emotions and thoughts”, Gan recalled.