A year on,
where did the time go ?They are holding the Anniversary Games in the
Olympic Stadium with a high quality meeting but of course, there can be
no comparison with the Olympic event.
The Olympics kicked off with a
fantastic opening ceremony, we were all gob smacked after worrying
about following the Beijing Games. The Chinese had produced a massive
opening event with what seemed like a million automatons performing
intricate choreographed movements to the oohs and aahs of the world audience watching on TV.
Would we trundle out the London bus and people dressed as Beefeaters.
Well we succeeded in linking
our past with the present using clever technology to present an equally
impressive ooh and aah moment which had us feeling proud to belong to
this small island.
For me although the athletes were the winners and
rightly so, an equal and magnificent winner were the spectators who
brought the Olympics alive. Wherever one looked, from the athletics
stadium to the cycling velodrome, from the rowing, to the streets,
watching the marathon. The spectators ignited each event with an
atmosphere that was contagious.
Today we had Usain Bolt proving he
is really from another planet whilst our local (imported) Martian, Mo
Farah was soon striding away from the ordinary mortals and showing
everyone he is far from a flash in the pan.The spectators were very
enthusiastic and cheered their heads off, it wasn't quite the Olympics,
I don't think there will ever be a repeat of that, but the sight of
sexy, Samba gyrating Brazilian maidens in full view might be a welcome
alternative.
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