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| From Olympic Rowing |
Another exciting day watching the rowing at Eton Dorney, only this time I was here as a spectator rather than a worker. An unofficial perk of being a Gamesmaker is that we can use our venue pass to get into events on our days off. It was great being able to watch from the crowd, and take a few pictures of the rowers going past, then watching the finish on the big screen. A fantastic atmosphere cheering on the GB team, and we were rewarded by another superb medal haul.
It seems to be customary for the medal winners to do a lap of honour after the medal ceremony to acknowledge the support they received from the spectators. Normally this just takes in the spectators in the grand stands, but on this occasion, the women's pair gold medallists, Katherine Granger and Anna Watkins made the effort to row back all the way to the 1000m mark, against quite a stong headwind, to show off their medals to those of us sitting on the bank.
After the end of the ceremonies it was fun just sitting in the lakeside park with thousands of other happy spectators to watch the thrilling tennis on the big screen TV.
I did not get away with a totally work free day, as we were asked to help out with some last minute race information distubution for the forthcoming canoe events next week.
It seems to be customary for the medal winners to do a lap of honour after the medal ceremony to acknowledge the support they received from the spectators. Normally this just takes in the spectators in the grand stands, but on this occasion, the women's pair gold medallists, Katherine Granger and Anna Watkins made the effort to row back all the way to the 1000m mark, against quite a stong headwind, to show off their medals to those of us sitting on the bank.
After the end of the ceremonies it was fun just sitting in the lakeside park with thousands of other happy spectators to watch the thrilling tennis on the big screen TV.
I did not get away with a totally work free day, as we were asked to help out with some last minute race information distubution for the forthcoming canoe events next week.
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