08 08 08

Well its here. And its humid!

We leave in just a few hours for the Opening Ceremony. As always our Ceremony uniform will cause lots of comment in tomorrows press. I think in mass we will look great, obviously I cant comment about the specifics. I will look forward to everyones comments tomorrow.

The feeling in the Village is one of excitement and stress. Many athletes are not going to march tonight as they have an early start tomorrow for competition. I always feel sorry for these athletes as it can be very noisy when all of the athletes return from the stadium at around 1am.

I took today off, but tomorrow I will train two rounds in the heat of the day at about 2pm.

My room mate Michael Diamond, a dual Gold Medallist, starts his quest for a third medal in the morning. He is in great form hitting 74/75 in his training rounds here. If he does that agin over the next two days then a gold medal is his for the taking.

Cheers