Sharon and I made it to our first Commonwealth Games event today. It was cycling heats at the velodrome. Great venue, but to keep temperature optimal for the athletes, there is a sign saying that the place is kept at 25 degrees. Now, that is pretty warm anyway, but when your seats are in the back row (in other words, near the roof) i think it was closer to 55! So it was a sweaty, slightly smelly experience. But great fun cheering on our Aussie boys and girls, and also Ricardo Lynch from Jamaica (Sharon and I were pretty much on our own with cheering for Ricardo).
Good on him though - he ended up getting 5th in the Mens Sprints, so awesome effort, and close to the first medal for a Jamaican these games.
On the Aussie note, seeing the Meares girls in action was awesome, as was watching Ryan Bayley (who as I write this just got through to the semis).
Go Aussie, Go Jamaica. Aussies you rock! Jamaica, you are frankly the coolest of all Commonwealth nations.
Tomorrow we go to the 'G' to see the heats of the 100m and the marathon finishes, followed by the 'G' again on Monday night to see the 100m finals (go Asafa). Finally, next Saturday we are back at the 'G' - it's a sell out so will be awesome - to watch the relays and Mottram. Gonna be a HUGE week! :)
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