Image Description: A cheerful illustrated poster for the Fruit Salad Olympics. Set against a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds, the image shows four anthropomorphic fruits — a smiling strawberry, a happy pineapple, a cheerful blueberry, and a lively banana — all leaping joyfully with their arms raised. Above them, large cream-colored text clearly reads “FRUIT SALAD OLYMPICS” in bold block letters. Below the title are the five Olympic-style rings in blue, black, red, yellow, and green. The entire scene is flat and cartoonish in style, using clean lines, vivid colors, and a playful tone
The Fruit Salad Olympics – Day Eleven – Laps, Leaps and a Hint of Something Strange
With only a few competition days left, the energy in the Fruit Bowl Stadium reached a pulpy peak. Day Eleven was loud, fast, and just the right amount of wobbly. Records were broken. Tempers flared. And… something peculiar flickered beneath the surface.
Event One: The Fruit Bowl 1000 (Relay Speed Race) Teams of four had to run laps around the stadium — one each — passing a spiky passionfruit baton while dodging melon hurdles, flying pips, and a rogue breeze from the smoothie fans.
Runners included:
* Pineapple Pete (Team Tropical)
* Bluebell Blueberry (Berry Blast)
* Lemon Lorna (Citrus Surge)
* Olive (Team Medley)
* Mango Max (Tropical)
* Ruby Raspberry (Berry Blast)
* Gooseberry Gus (Medley)
* Kiwi Kim (Wildcard)
Team Tropical started strong, with Pete launching like a rocket. Bluebell and Ruby switched batons with practiced ease, while Lemon Lorna took a tumble but rolled back up like a pro. Olive dropped the baton, apologised, and somehow still overtook Mango Max on the final bend.
Gold: Berry Blast Silver: Team Medley Bronze: Team Tropical
Event Two: Fruit Vault Freestyle Each competitor had to launch themselves over a horizontal stack of giant fruit (bananas, melons, and one worried papaya) using a celery pole… and land with a flair of their own design.
Finalists included:
* Clementine Chloe
* Banana B.A. Peel
* Sassy Satsuma
* Figaro the Fig
Highlights:
* Clementine did a front tuck and landed in a split. Judges gasped.
* B.A. Peel yelled “BA-BOOM!” mid-air and landed backwards, arms raised.
* Sassy Satsuma saluted in mid-air before landing and moonwalking off the mat.
* Figaro sang the final note of “I Believe I Can Fly” during his vault. It was… something.
Gold: Clementine Chloe Silver: Banana B.A. Peel Bronze: Sassy Satsuma
Oddment of the Day: Just before the vault final, the stadium lights flickered. For half a second, every screen in the arena showed a single raspberry… blinking slowly. When questioned, organisers said: “That definitely didn’t happen.”
Backstage Whispers:
* Granny Smith was seen pacing behind the bleachers, muttering, “Something’s stirring. I can feel it in my pips.”
* The Coconut Courier’s next headline reads: “The Calm Before the Splat?”
Image Description: A cheerful illustrated poster for the Fruit Salad Olympics. Set against a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds, the image shows four anthropomorphic fruits — a smiling strawberry, a happy pineapple, a cheerful blueberry, and a lively banana — all leaping joyfully with their arms raised. Above them, large cream-colored text clearly reads “FRUIT SALAD OLYMPICS” in bold block letters. Below the title are the five Olympic-style rings in blue, black, red, yellow, and green. The entire scene is flat and cartoonish in style, using clean lines, vivid colors, and a playful tone
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