Love That Red Ribbon

These are the ribbons that Austin has earned from swim meets so far. Do you see that red ribbon? That's a second place ribbon from the 25 meter freestyle event. Before he received that ribbon he had blue, white, and yellow ribbons on his board.

Last Thursday, when he earned that ribbon, he was in first place until the very end of the race, and then another boy on his team finished ahead of him. Chad noticed Austin kept looking under water at who was next to him, and then it seemed he slowed down a little bit. Chad asked him afterwards, "Were you looking under water to see if someone was close to you?"
Austin, "yes".
Chad, "Why did it look like you slowed down at the end?"
Austin, "I don't have any red ribbons!"

Now he has RED, white, and blue ribbons!