The day was sunny and bright, making a perfect backdrop for pictures. Low humidity and a slight breeze made the temperature comfortable and pleasant as well...
Spent a couple of hours exploring the Olympic Forest. It's much bigger than I thought and I only got to see about half of it. I will have only one other opportunity to see the rest, but that will be the day before I leave China and might have other things to do, so I might not make back. It will be worth the effort to see the rest, though, if I can make it.
Caught, just by chance, a parade going through Olympic Park, much like the daily parades than pass through Disneyland...
I attended my second Olympic event today, in the Bird's Nest (China's National Stadium). It was electrifying. The crowd was so enthusiastic and energetic, especially when a Chinese athlete was up to compete.
I got to see several events this evening:
- Women's Discus Finals - USA's Stephanie Brown-Trafton won the Gold Medal on her first throw; I got chills and felt very honored to be in another country, experiencing something like the Olympics, surounded by tens fo thousands of foreigners, and rising to the US National Anthem
- Women's Pole Vault Finals - USA'a Jennifer Stuczynski won the Silver Medal
- Women's 100m Hurdle Semi-Finals - USA's Lolo Jones, Dawn Harper, and Damu Cherry all qulaified for the finals
- Men's 200m Quarter-Finals - USA's Walter Dix and Wallace Spearman qualified for the Semi-Finals
- Men's Long-Jump Finals - no US athletes in that competetion
- Women's 400m Hurdle Semi-Finals - USA's Sheena Tosta and tiffany Ross-Williams qualified for the finals
- Men's 3000m Steeplechase Finals - USA's Anthony Famiglietti finished 13th out of 15
- Women's 800m Finals - no US athletes in that competition
- 5 Medal Ceremonies from previous competitions
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