An action packed day today with lots of talking points.
Firstly, commiserations to Johny Akinyemi. It has been nice to hear all the positivity in the local community and the pride which is evident in the mannerisms of those who have been discussing Nigeria's first kayaking Olympian. I believe there was genuine sadness felt by many when it became apparent that Johny's time was not going to be good enough for him to qualify for the semi-finals; I, like many others, wish him the best of luck in future qualifying campaigns and hope to be cheering him on again in 2016.
Bringing the moment of poignant reflection to an abrupt end, you know the cliche about a film having a small sex scene in it and that's the moment somebody always seems to catch you watching it...?
Am I the only person who, despite genuinely appreciating and enjoying the skill of the game, feels like I'm being judged everytime somebody walks into the room when I'm watching beach volleyball?
Despite its sexual stigma (or perhaps BECAUSE of it?) I strongly believe it to have been one of the success stories so far from the games. Everywhere I go it's the event that seems to be constantly being discussed - admittedly not always for sporting reasons - and the GBR v CAN game in the womens event earlier today had all the ingrediants of a classic sports match up - thoroughly entertaining. More important than that though, the crowd seem to really enjoy it - the atmosphere at Horse Guards Parade has been electric almost every time I've tuned in. Which is a lot more than can be said for some of the other events.....
Like many, I'm really disapointed with the empty seats at many of the stadia. It seems that the majority of empty seats are corporate tickets which are not being used. This is something which is, allegedly, being addressed and I really hope it gets sorted and quickly. There is no doubt in my mind that we could fill the seats at almost every event if people are given proper opportunity to do so.
Because this has seemed to be a fairly downbeat edition of my blog I will end with some congratulations. Well done team GB for finally getting onto the medal table! A bronze for Rebecca Adlington and a silver for Lizzie Armitstead - pretty sure this means we're due a gold tomorrow... All eyes on the aquatics centre!!!
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