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TAR CANADA 2 Contestants - Sukhi Atwal and Jinder Atwal (Siblings)
Leafsfan:
‘AMAZING RACE CANADA’ TEAM SUKHI AND JINDER RESPOND TO THEIR 'HATERS'
Despite doing anything they had to in order to win – including U-turning another team and posing nude – brother and sister team Sukhi and Jinder Atwal were eliminated right before the final leg on “Amazing Race Canada.”
“We were just so close. I mean it hurt because our goal was to get to the Top 3 and so was everyone else’s. It was painful at first but we had a little chat and we said we did our best and we’re really proud,” says Sukhi.
The young entrepreneurs from Terrace, B.C., started the leg in Charlottetown in first place but things soon went awry on the drive to New Brunswick when they ran a red light and got a 15-minute penalty.
The bad luck continued from there with the team getting lost and then losing their clue at the signal flags Detour.
“We were just trying to play catch up and then we lost our clue and so mentally, I don’t think we were working the best together,” says Sukhi.
“There was a whole bunch of stuff that happened that day that was kind of out of our grasp. Even when we were in last, we pushed as hard as we could to try and get into the Top 3. We never gave up,” says Jinder.
After losing their clue, they asked the three remaining teams if they could look at theirs but Mickey and Pete and Ryan and Rob (whom they’d U-turned on a previous leg), both said no.
“It’s Top 3. I don’t blame them. I wasn’t expecting anyone to help, honestly,” says Sukhi.
But Natalie and Meaghan, whom Sukhi and Jinder tried to lead astray on the previous leg with incorrect directions, did end up helping them.
“I know in the last leg it looked like we were arch enemies but we actually were bonded with them quite a bit . . . eventually she said yes. (I had) mad respect,” says Sukhi.
Sukhi adds she and Jinder helped a lot of other teams along the way – even if those moments weren’t shown on TV.
“We actually helped a lot of teams and we were like, ‘We’re being way too nice. We need to stop and we need to get angry and tap into this inner beast mode kind of thing’ but we feel proud of how we ran the ‘Race,’” says Sukhi.
They may be proud but not all of their fans agree, according to Sukhi.
“There are lots of haters online (who said), ‘Oh my gosh you guys are dirty players and all you ever did was ask for help,’” she says.
“What people don’t understand is yeah we might’ve asked for help that episode in Macau but no one actually helped us,” adds Jinder.
“So everyone thinks Sukhi and Jinder can’t do anything without asking for help and it’s like no one actually helped us, so we’re here by not getting any help . . . you can’t take (these comments) too seriously. We’ve ignored it. There’s so much love out there, too.”
The team says running the ‘Race’ together was a great experience but they have blocked out one challenge – posing nude for a Fast Forward challenge that allowed them to go directly to the Pit Stop.
“I haven’t mentally thought that he was naked, I couldn’t picture that in my mind, or that I was naked or that I was standing behind him completely naked,” says Sukhi.
“Your mind is pumping with adrenaline. You’re like, ‘OK, whatever, let’s just take off our clothes.”
That may not have been their fondest moment, but the brother and sister team say running the “Race” together was an experience like none other.
“I gained a lot of respect for Jinder. He led this team and he carried us through a lot of stuff. We worked well together.”
“I’m so proud of Sukhi,” adds Jinder. “I think we bonded at a different level on this ‘Race.’ We’ve done so many things together already, started a business together, have the same degrees, this just took our relationship to the next level.”
Source:http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/Articles/Season-Two/tarc_sukhi_jinder_elimination_inv.aspx
Bookworm:
--- Quote from: Leafsfan on September 16, 2014, 09:08:49 PM ---So close :( They will definitely be missed at the finale :(
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dryedmangoez:
Definitely one of my all-time favorite TAR teams :luvya:
stekay:
They are one of the best sibling teams for sure!
dryedmangoez:
--- Quote from: Leafsfan on September 17, 2014, 09:51:19 AM ---SJ on CP24 Breakfast
http://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=442266
Interesting, to note Jinder says they waited at the flags doing absolutely nothing for 25-30 mins. They had asked hockey once they said no, then as they were finishing said yes to them.
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:'(
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