For all the drama that played out on the ninth leg of "The Amazing Race 14," the one thing that should be remembered is that Kisha & Jen were finally able to break through for a first place leg finish.
The leg result was a classic illustration of their earlier proclaimed strategy... to stick close to the other teams, then use their own superior athleticism to outrun teams to the Pit Stop. A similar result on the final leg would give them a million dollars.
The one caveat that I would throw up is that the team largely benefit by the flight carrying most other teams being delayed. Had that not happened, Kisha & Jen could well have been contending for third place instead of first... no matter how well Jen did at bird training.
Unfortunately, Kisha & Jen's status as frontrunners or near frontrunners for much of the leg got lost in Jen's conflict with Luke. To be fair, Jen did technically make the first physical contact, something that she should not have done. It was the retrospective out of proportion responses that have me more sympathetic to her side.
Whether Kisha & Jen somehow trivialized Luke at the Pit Stop with their smiling is something I can't presume to answer. Trivializing of other racers or other people for any reason is something to avoid. One leg win over Margie/Luke and the other teams can not clinch them anything except in the finale.
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