OK, for all I have said last week about the internationality of the Olympics and all, it is always good to see your own country do well - or at least shade a couple medals. New Zealand winning in the rowing, female double sculls, AND the cycling, Sarah Ulmer getting gold. Aussie TV was off away watching Jana Pittman's dodgy knee while the rowing was on, but the cycling was shown live, since it was New Zealand v Australia in the gold medal ride off. So glad I saw it live, even though I had to reset the alarm for quarter to one this morning. Not so much the race, although that was awesome and world record setting, but dodgy because of the nerves that Sarah could lose it. After the race her smile was the widest it could possibly be, and it was as if she couldn't believe she had won, when she was hugging her partner/coach she was hyperventilating. Then hugged the Aussie silver medallist, got a Kiwi flag and went around the track hand in hand with the Aussie.
And then thank god there wasn't much competition for coverage at that time of the morning (women's marathon seemed the only other main thing) because they showed the medal ceremony in full, including the full anthem - sometimes these Olympic anthems sound too tinny, not this year, thanks Athens. All the emotion that she has been keeping in basically I think for ten years going for an Olympic medal came out, tears before bedtime, just lovely - and yes, I was emotional as well for some reason - to Kiwis, medals MEAN something LOL, not just something you wake up to in the morning and it's like the tooth fairy LOL.
Canada got their first gold as well, in the men's floor at the gymnastics. Was hoping that they would get it in the men's eight rowing, they are apparently world champions, but the US went out too well - wanted it in that because I was actually watching that, think the gym was on sometime in the middle of the night.
Bleah, off to work, but got a new shirt and tie on the weekend, so let's see how that goes LOL.
Laters
Paul
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