Day Two of our epic Paralympic weekend. After just 6 hours
at home, we were back on the train, back at Starbuck and Ali got her name right
today. On to the javelin train, to the Olympic Park but this time we were into
the Olympic stadium for the first time. We saw the amazing cauldron. We have a
habit of getting to venues very early, and today was no different. We were the
only ones in our section but we were in row 4, it felt like we were sat on the
track! So, what did we do? We did the bolt and Farah trademarks J We had a great view of
the long jump and saw Stef Reid get a silver, they jump like antelopes!. Then
we saw Aled Davies get the gold in discuss. The roar of the crowd was amazing!
As were the mass Mexican waves going around the stadium. Later when we watched
it on the TV, we saw Ali on the TV!
We saw shot put, wheelchair racing, running events with the
visually impaired, one of the long jump athletes didn’t have any legs, we saw
the mini’s that transport the javelins and discuss back to the start and for
the start of the 1500m, it was right in front of us so we could see the start
gun. It was an amazing atmosphere in the
stadium, loved every minute of it.
Lunch in Park Life lying in the sun and then off to swimming
again, this time in row one, directly behind channel 4 interviewing all the athletes.
And gold for S14 swimmer Jessica-Jane Applegate! She was interviews directly in
front of us J Yet
again, the atmosphere is addictive, especially with so many medal ceremonies
and we got a close up view as they walked the aisle of TV crews.
We were shattered at the end of our epic weekend but it was
oh so worth it. The Paralympics focus on ability rather than disability, and I’m
proud to have been part of history.
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