A day as spectators 7th August

Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Tue 7 Aug 2012 02:27

Woo hoo, we had tickets to some of the athletics heats.  But first some athlete spotting at the BBC studios in the Olympic Park.  (Yes, they were built out of shipping containers with strategically placed gaps for balconies.  So,  Gold Medal winning Team GB show jumpers……..

 

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And in close up…..

 

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Closely followed by Chester girl and all round good egg Beth Tweddle with her Bronze……..

 

 

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Later Gary Lineker could just be seen in the glass studio on top of the pile of blue boxes…….  Yes, really that is his head you can just about see towards the left.

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Lots to see once inside the stadium including the remote control Mini’s that were used to transport the javelins and discus back to the athletes once the throwing distance had been measured………

 

 

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We saw the 110m men’s hurdles and were intrigued to be given the reaction times  for each race.  That is the time between the ‘Bang’ and the athletes foot leaving the starting blocks.

 

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And here is the man himself Hussein Bolt chatting, as he always did, to the Gamesmaker detailed to carry his kit box…….

 

 

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Then treating us to the lightning bolt……

 

 

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