Across 15 events in these MarbleLympics,
teams have competed in feats of
strength, of stamina, of speed, and of
mind.
And now, just three teams remain able to
win eternal glory in a MarbleLympics
Championship.
Hello everybody, and welcome to the 16th
and final event of these games.
I'm Greg Woods.
The Sand Rally awaits the Raspberry
Racers, the Green Ducks, and the Hazers.
The only three teams who are able to
win it.
One marble a piece from each of the 16
teams, a lot of team captains in there as
well.
Down they come.
Off they go. Balls of Chaos out in front.
Savage Speeders taking 2nd.
Now fall back.
O'Rangers up to the lead after capturing
gold in the last event.
Now they have a lot of trouble moving
through those quick chicanes to start
things off.
The Raspberry Racers move up into 1st.
If they finish in 1st, they win the
MarbleLympics.
Hazers, in the meantime, who you see just
off to the left side of the screen, they have
to finish 1st or 2nd and have a little bit of
help in the meantime.
The Green Ducks mired back in the pack.
You can see in the inset on the bottom
left of your screen.
Raspberry Racers not caring about that at
all.
Their eyes only forward.
They can afford to lose a couple of spots
depending on who's behind them, but they
want to keep cruising out in 1st.
Team Galactic, who desperately need a
good finish to these games back in 2nd.
O'Rangers, Balls of Chaos, Indigo Stars,
now in 5th place.
Savage Speeders and the Midnight Wisps
back behind the Wisps.
Also, who wanted to get a good points
haul late in the season to try to bump
themselves up into the standings.
Halfway through the course though,
everybody wondering who's going to win
the 2019 MarbleLympics.
And right now, unless a challenge
materializes from the Green Ducks, it's
going to be the Raspberry Racers.
They're sitting in 3rd, they've lost a couple
of spots.
Now they get one back from the Indigo
Stars to move into 2nd place.
O'Rangers out in front clear by 20 lengths
farther behind.
Now it's a 5-marble pack fighting for 2nd
place.
Raspberry Racers, just following, lockstep with everybody in front of them.
Ooh, they get a little bit out of sorts
moving through the apex of that turn but
they're able to recover nicely.
Back into 3rd place, now down into 4th.
They're fine right there considering the
marbles that are ahead of them.
Balls of Chaos still out in front.
O'Rangers now move into 3rd place.
They fall back.
Dropping as well are the Raspberry
Racers.
Now they come back into 3rd trying to
fight for 2nd.
Wonder if that draughting has saved a
little bit of energy that they can use down
in the bottom part of this course.
But is it going to matter?
Not so much because wherever they
finish, regardless, as robust as can be, the
Raspberry Racers are your 2019
MarbleLympics champions!
Team captain Razzy gives them the
victory!
Also up there, Cosmo from Team Galactic
and Tumult from Balls of Chaos.
There you can see both the Green Ducks
and the Hazers having trouble with that
opening sawtooth chicane.
And then getting bumped to the wall there
in a fight with Crazy Cat's Eyes.
One of the teams that opted not to have
their captain represent them in this race,
but farther down here, it was a little bit of
a shoving match at times, but I think the
other competitors fairly respectful,
knowing that the Raspberry Racers were
competing for a championship rather
than just any old win in an event at some
point in the games.
No, this was the finale, the grand finale of
a 16-event grueling marathon.
The Raspberry Racers are your 2019
MarbleLympics champions.
Your bronze medalists in the Sand Rally.
Congratulations to silver medalist Team
Galactic, Coach Harmony.
Super proud of Tumult and the Balls of
Chaos for capturing gold!
The Raspberry Racers with 8 medals, win
in the paradigm of consistency.
Podium in nearly every other event it
seemed like, in the entirety of these
games, consistency is how you win in an
event like this.
And in doing so, qualify for next year's
MarbleLympics along with the others of
the top 3.
In the meantime, thank you so much for
watching.
Time now, for the closing ceremonies.
So long, everyone.
