here with Riley malanson who made her Olympic debut here at the ver man nautical Stadium this morning Riley how was that for you oh my gosh it was absolutely thrilling it was a dream come true honestly I think once the horn goes it’s you just go into your habits and your muscle memory and there’s no thinking it’s just paddling but in the moments leading up I try to take a minute to take a deep breath and take it all in and be in the moment it’s easy to look at it in terms of the last 3 years just since the last Olympics in 2021 and they’ve just been such a long and hard and also really awesome last 3 years and you know there’s been ups and downs but it’s mostly been ups and I’m just really really grateful for the journey that’s led me here and tell me a little bit more about what what awaits now you’re into the semi-finals now after the race today how will you prepare for what’s left of the pyus games now it’s going to be coming down to a lot of you know trusting in the preparation and we’re not making big games right now but it’s going to be the small things that that get us through to that final in the semi