Wednesday 8 August 2012

Gold

Okay, I admit it – I’m hooked on the Olympics! I shouldn’t be as I don’t watch sport of any kind as a rule, ever! But the run of medal wins for Team GB has been dangled before me like a precocious metal carrot!

To be fair I’m still not watching the sport all that much. I’ve caught a few races or the final moments of the odd event but I’m not glued to a TV and its 20 or so Olympic channels. What first grabbed my attention was the medal statistics (yes I am that sad!). I now have the medals table permanently up on my iPhone and check it at least three times an hour to see how we’re doing compared to the rest of the world (pretty darn good as it turns out) or comparedit to Beijing or even 1908!

Another additional addiction is the BBC - those Bloody Brilliant Chaps (and Chapettes). Their coverage of the games is superb. Every sport is catered for and filmed in full and available at any time via the internet. The footage and photography is simply sublime with High Definition being used to its best effect. And they have cameras everywhere supplying beautiful slow motion replays within seconds of these demi-gods (they are surely not human) as they perform their feats of wonder.

And lastly there is Britain and in particular London itself! It just seems the most perfect setting for these games. Although I no longer live in the Big City I get a real jolt of pleasure each time I see something taking place somewhere that I once strolled. My particular favourite so far has been the Triathlon in and around Hyde Park – it was as if the place had been designed for just that moment!

There will be a big gap in my life after the closing ceremony this weekend so if you’ll excuse me I’ll just get back to Olympian Obsession and leave you with a song…



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