I was no further than a hands length from the Olympic Gold medal today. Had I known sufficient Russian, I would have asked to get my picture with it. That’s the challenge for the remainder of my games time. Why did I not think to get my iPhone out and take a photo !!! Team […]
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Another rainy day for TeamGB
July 31st, 2012 
judouk Gemma was disqualified for a leg grab – now banned in judo to promote a more upright stance. She was fighting a really close contest but I fear she reverted to an old technique which she would have practiced many times over the years. Things didn’t go much better for Euan either. I missed the […]
Olympic Boxing
July 31st, 2012 judouk As you know, I’m here for the judo event. However, in the same building we have Boxing, Table Tennis, Weightlifting, Fencing and Tae-Kwon-Do Now I’m not completely sure which events are on at the moment but my pass seems to get me in to non judo arenas as well – result Here’s a pic of […]
Are you enjoying the experience?
July 31st, 2012 judouk That was the question one Londoner asked me as she waited to cross the road at Barking tube station Interesting really – I had only been thinking a few minutes ago about trying to get on the volunteer team at Rio and my longer term hopes of refereeing at 2024 Could this woman read minds […]
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July 30th, 2012 judouk Three days in now and, of the six competitors that have so far gone out, we have only won two contests (Colin Oates). Both Sarah and Danny fought well but Olympic Judo is something else The sheer number of contests that have gone to golden score is amazing – just shows, there is little to […]
What day is it?
July 30th, 2012 judouk Hmmm, asked today what day it was and I didn’t have the right answer… …these days are beginning to mould together Apologies for not updating yesterday. The plan was to head back, get changed and grab some food. That plan changed when I decided to close my eyes for 5 minutes:- 3.5 hours later I […]
Colin’s day
July 29th, 2012 judouk After two excellent opening fights, the dream for another member of Team GB has ended 🙁
And he goes further
July 29th, 2012 judouk With a Yuko score in the dying seconds, Colin secures his second victory of the day