Its every athletes dream - being the best in your sport and competing for your country with the chance of winning an Olympic medal.
To me, London 2012 is such a big and rather exciting event - I believe that it will promote a healthier lifestyle for our obese nation and will get more young people into sports that they may never have considered before.
I imagine it would be a very proud moment getting selected to represent you're country at the Olympic games - not just for you but all of you're friends and family.
I also can imagine the excitement and nerves of sitting in the stands beside the track, in the velodrome, poolside or wherever the family of other sports men and women sit, waiting for your friend/spouse/son/daughter/brother/sister to do their thing and hopefully win a medal.
When Olympic fans, Olympians families went online to check their bank balances yesterday morning many were left disappointed. British Diver Tom Daley, whose father sadly passed away earlier this week, expressed his anger on twitter saying that his mam didn't get all the tickets that they wanted and that his family might not get the chance to see him compete.
Last nights news reported that in Germany tickets for the 2012 games were still available for many events - even to people in the UK.
While Lord Seb Coe defended the ticketing system bumbling London Mayor Boris Johnson expressed his disappointment at not being allocated any tickets to a major event happening in his own city!
Yes I believe that the 2012 games are a huge chance to promote tourism in the country but maybe some more thought should have been given to the allocation of tickets - especially to those who have won medals for our country in the past or the families of those supporting our Olympic hopefuls.
While I would have liked to gone to watch some of the Synchronised Swimming (my student loan won't allow such luxuries) so I shall be watching the 2012 games from the comfort of my own home.
Thursday 2 June 2011
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