Silver: The Art of Mo-vertaking
Team Momo, where did you come from? And where are you going with this? You just earned two silver medals in a row after failing to qualify last year. Although you made it through the Showdown, you didn’t earn any medals there, and the only medal you secured in Marbula One was a bronze medal due to Mimo’s stellar performance at the Razzway.
Momo, the titular athlete of the team, didn’t do as well in Marbula One, going scoreless at the Savage Speedway and finishing in last at the Momotorway. “We aren’t the fastest athletes,” acknowledged Momo in a post-event interview, “but we make up for our speed with our strength, and that gives us a significant advantage when we’re overtaking. It took us basically the entire season to realize that, but everything finally started to make more sense when Mimo was overtaken at the Razzway.”
Momo played back the footage, and we watched as Orangin took advantage of Mimo’s arrested momentum at the attenuator, overtaking them for a brief period in the penultimate lap. “That was a critical mo-moment, if I do say so myself,” Momo jested, smirking. “In all seriousness, that’s the exact tactic I’ve been training for all season, and it finally came through in the underwater sector of the semifinal. In fact, it almost came through in the final.”
Team Momo has come from a position where they were able to learn from their mistakes and hone their strengths. Will that take them somewhere this season?