What happens when Elena, 19, an ex-pole vaulter and Damon Salvatore, 24, a gold medalist Olympic rower have to overcome their dislike for one another and work together to try and win gold at Eton Dorney at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games?

Yes, I know that in rowing sweeps/sculls the men's and women's races don't 'mix'. I just decided to mix it up a bit! ;) And also, the characters might be a bit ooc..

If you have any ideas, or ways I could improve, please tell me!

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Disclaimer : I don't profit from this story, nor do I own any of the characters. (they Belong to L. .) Also, I don't profit in any way from (using) the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games or the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games in my story. I only own the plot!

Summer 2008

Elena woke up at 4:30 in the morning. It was normal for her and other sportsmen and women, but not for normal people. The reason why she woke up at 4:30 was to do some training, yes, training. Elena was a pole vaulter, but that didn't mean she could only practice and train on the pole vault, she actually had to stay in shape, even if that meant getting up at 04:30 in the morning.

Elena was still getting used to all this 'lets not be normal' stuff. But if she wanted to compete in the London 2012 Olympics, she had to.

After Elena actually got up and out of bed, which was 05:00 she got changed into one of her training kits, which she specially bought from Nike, rather than the one she bought from adidas.

She then went downstairs, and yelped.

"God.." Elena grumbled. It was only the old grandfather clock in the hallway, nothing to be afraid of. The only thing was that it gave the silhouette of a person standing in the hallway…

Then, without any hesitation whatever, Elena walked down the last few steps of the staircase and straight into the kitchen to prepare her breakfast.

Elena knew she shouldn't, she was so tempted to have a pop-tart. But she thought better of it and had her "sports breakfast" instead..