The distraction had been very necessary! Wei was a much faster swimmer than he was. Anthony would have blamed that on growing up in a largely rural English countryside where there were only a few pools and the rare seaside trip to splash around in. A few strokes and Wei was at his feet, a few more and they were side by side... if only there were some way to cheat again!

A wave which was rather larger than the rest swept up behind the racers and slurped both of them up. They were tumbled through the surf, Wei being momentarily sucked down to the shoreline floor and away from his inevitable victory, while Anthony was safely deposited on the sand. He laughed, surprised at his own good fortune and looked back just in time to see Wei being spat out onto the sand just behind him.

"HA! What do you know, cheating worked! I won!"