Saturday the 4th August I will remember for ever – I was in the Stadium GBR won three Gold medals, while NGR sadly won nothing.
I saw Jessica and Mo ride on the cheers of 80 thousand spectators, as both moved effortlessly to take the front in their races almost in sync with the rising sound of the crowd. As the crowd became louder and louder so they ran faster and faster leaving others in their wake – moving (apparently!) effortlessly to take the lead and Gold medal – breathtaking!
Jessica
Mo
Watching Greg win his Gold was more tasking - he held the lead from early on -as others tried to exceed his jump and failing, with each jump by his opponents there were respectful cheers while the loudest reserved for Greg. My heart was in my mouth when Will Clay from USA seemed to out jump Greg but the jump was given a red flag (to my relief!) Greg held on to his Gold.
Greg
On the night the results for NGR were regrettably not so golden. Amaechi Morton running in the men’s 400m hurdles, who has run 48.73s this season, was disqualified in the semi-finals. He might have been in medals as 48.10s by the Cuban Javier Culson won the Bronze.
Blessing
centre in Team NGR Green
Blessing Okagbare one of the stars, if not the star, of team NGR track and field as she has the Long jump Bronze from Beijing. Came last in 100m finals running 11.01s having run 10.92 in the semi-final.
A sad night for NGR a happy night for GBR, together making a memorable for ME.
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