Saturday 4th August 2012

Today Gina, Marc & I went to see 4 great hours of Olympic track & field events at the magnificent stadium in Stratford, East London.



We had quite good seats, with good views of the long jump, javellin, the finish line for the 100m & the Olympic flame.



We saw Jessica Ennis competing in the Heptaphlon, here she is just finished the long jump –



The longest race was the womens 3000m steeplechase



This next picture is at the water jump, because it was at the opposite end of the stadium, I actually took a picture of the large screen



Here is Jessica Ennis again, this time taking part in the javellin



Next we saw the Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt (lane 7)



After the events had finished (the pole vault was at the opposite end the stadium, so it was a bit difficult to take decent pictures), we then went up the Orbit – most fortunately it has a lift, as it is 377 feet high!



A long way up, but the views are truly panoramic – the stadium
 


– and the other venues & athletes village



By late afternoon, after one truly amazing day, we made our exit, very tired but also very thrilled by what we had seen !



Gina & Marc, waving on Team GB