Brett Heylis an American slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He finished 15th in the K-1 event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens... (wikipedia)
I've trained a lot harder. Right now, I think I'm paddling the best I ever have.
It was everything you'd think it would be. Walking through the tunnel into that stadium with your country's team, there's nothing like it.
It's a competition. As long as you're still competing against the world's best, the course doesn't matter too much.
It's almost like home to me. I won my first major race here when I was 10, and it seems like this is where I've had all my big races.