Paralympics 2012
A day a the Olympic Park in east London
01.09.2012 - 01.09.2012
19 °C
I went to a few Olympic events, but didn't make it to the Olympic Park. Luckily, a friend of mine had a spare ticket to a few events in the Paralympics within the Park, so I got to head there for the day.
Got to see a couple of events.
First up, in the Velodrome to see a number of track cycling events.
Velodrome Exterior
Highlights on the day included Team GB Sarah Storey winning a Gold Medal in the Women's Individual C4-5 500m Time Trial
Sarah Storey after her race, cycling past the crowds
2012 09 01 Sarah Storey Podium Ceremony
There was only one Canadian on the day, Marie-Claude Molnar, who took place in the Women's C4-5 500m time trial as well. She came in 10th in the event.
Next up, we were off to the Aquatics Centre to see an evening of swimming. We were quite high up, but still had a decent view of the water.
The Aquatic Centre
The crowd was pretty excited about Ellie Simmonds, who won two golds in Beijing at the age of 13, and has won two golds here in London as well. I saw Simmonds smashing the world record in the 400m (classification S6) by more than five seconds.
Simmonds getting her Gold
World records fell like dominoes throughout the day in both the pool and at the velodrome.
There was a medal success for Canada in the pool on the day I was there. Valerie Grand-Maison win silver in the 50m S13 freestyle.
Valerie Grand-Maison, Silver Medallist
The swimming let out after 9:00 PM. As we were high up, we got some nice views of the stadium lit up coming down from the upper deck of the Aquatics Centre.
An impressive day of sport, and I was quite happy to have gotten to see the Olympic park.
Posted by GregW 13:13 Archived in England Tagged olympics sports events
