Viewers tuning into the finale of "The Amazing Race" last month may have recognized a familiar face among the finalists. In a standout performance for Bruno, "Team Asian Swag" — consisting of Han Nguyen '21 and her brother Holden Nguyen — placed second in the 37th season of the reality competition.
In the show, which began airing its most recent season in March, teams of two compete in challenges around the world before returning to the "Pit Stop" at the end of each leg. The last team to arrive at the mandatory checkpoint is eliminated from the show.
The competition began with a rocky start for Team Asian Swag. Han Nguyen told The Herald that early on in the contest, the two siblings had not yet figured out how to communicate and work together. In the first two legs of the competition — which took place in the United States, Hong Kong and Japan — the duo quickly fell behind their competitors and almost got eliminated.
When the siblings started the third leg in Kyoto, Japan, they were "an hour and a half behind (the other teams), and (they) had to run a near-perfect leg in order to survive," Han Nguyen said.
But even though the odds were stacked against the pair, Team Asian Swag knew it was capable of catching up, Han Nguyen added. At the end of the Kyoto leg, the sibling duo placed ninth out of 11 teams — just narrowly avoiding elimination.
For Han Nguyen, little moments like these — when the siblings avoided elimination despite their doubts and troubles — were the most impactful moments of the competition.
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