A Gold!

Sunday, August 10th, 2008 01:35 pm
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WhoooooHoooooo!!!!! Team GB's first Gold!!! Nicole Cooke in the Cycling Road Race.

The medals for Beijing 2008 are particularly beautiful, they have Chinese jade inlaid into them:

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Date: 2008-08-10 01:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tourmaline1973.livejournal.com
I also have high hopes for Shanaze Reade, who has had a very successful career so far

Yep, and the equestrian teams, and the gymnasts are looking good, and... and... There was an article in the Guardian recently about how Team GB could be the 'dark horse' of this Games, we do well in so many of the sports that don't get the media coverage they deserve.

I'm glad Nicole Cooke did well, I remember her being interviewed before her race at Athens 2004, about how she was expected to bring home at least a bronze then, and she came in 5th. But now she has the gold :)