Olympics - Athletics Sat 4th August

I have been lucky to attend a number of great sporting moments:

- the first Lions test in Brisbane in 2001;
- the unbelievable end to the Edgbaston Ashes Test in 2005;
- seeing England win test in Adelaide in 2010:

and of course:

- watching Johnny kick the drop goal in 2003 world cup final.

Last night was a similar experience. The noise from the 80,000 crowd was as loud as anything i have heard before and the evening just played out superbly.....

- Greg Rutherford early on leading the long jump and going on to win. A victory that was not expected and which kept the tension going throughout the evening:
- Jessica Ennis. By the time she started the 800m it looked like there was nothing which would stop her from winning gold, but to end the race in the style she did got the crowd quite(!!) excited:
- Mo Farah. A tense atmosphere for the first half of the race and then the noise/support got louder and louder as each lap went past, reaching a crescendo for the last 2/3 laps.

The Olympic park is excellent, busy, well organised, so many enthusiastic volunteers and the views over to the city/canary wharf show how close to central London it is.

Photos, mainly of the stadium/environment here