Verbs + prepositions: success
I'd dreamed winning the 100-metre race in the national athletics championship since I was about five years old. Unfortunately, my friend, Jess, had too. We're both really fast runners but our club only enters one athlete in each event. We started campaigning us both to go. Finally the club agreed to let us both go and we started preparing the championships. Jess wanted to compete the 200 metres as well, but the club said no. They wanted to send someone else.
Then the championships started. Jess and I got through to the semi-finals easily, but we really had to fight a place in the finals. In the final, we both got good starts. I was in front for most of the race but suddenly, with ten metres to go, Jess rushed past me and succeeded reaching the line first. Our club came 1st and 2nd. Everyone praised us running so well. Everyone congratulated Jess winning. I did too. I was pleased for her – but so disappointed that I didn't win.
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