Question

(5) Since her journey, Jessica hasn't slowed down. She was named the Young Australian of the Year in 2011, and she's been recognized with a number of other awards. She still races regularly, but she's stayed humble. I want to try sailing now.

Identify the information that would make sense to add to the end of paragraph 5.
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"When you're in the middle of a storm, you just have to keep going," Jessica said.

"This was an extremely difficult journey," Jessica said.

"I hated being judged by my appearance and other people's expectations of what I was capable of," Jessica said.

"You just have to have a dream, believe in it, and work hard," Jessica said.

Answer 1

A teenage girl who sailed around the world unaided was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters on her return home to Sydney today after her seven-month voyage.

In her 30ft yacht, Ella's Pink Lady, Jessica Watson, 16, crossed the finish line of her round-the-world journey, which supporters claim makes her the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted.

"I'm completely overwhelmed. I just don't know what to think and what to say at the moment," Watson said in an interview broadcast live on a screen outside the Sydney Opera House. "It's all a bit much but absolutely amazing."

"She said she'd sail around the world, and she has," her mother, Julie, said as she watched her daughter cruise past the finish line from a nearby boat. "She's home."

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The teenager's feat will not be considered an official world record because the World Speed Sailing Record Council discontinued its "youngest" category, which was held by another Australian, Jesse Martin, after he completed the journey in 1999 at the age of 18.

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