Friday, July 14, 2006
Golden Gala Competition
We all went to the Golden Gala competition at the Olympic stadium which attracts all the best track and field athletes. Every summer the top athletes compete in ten European cities with the potential to win a million dollars if they win their event in every competition. We watched Jeremy Wariner run the fourth fastest 400 m ever (his medal ceremony is pictured below) and Asafa Powell run the 100 m in 9.85 seconds.
We got to the stadium late and were frustrated to find that there was no elevator to get to our cheap bleacher seats with the stroller (ah Italy!), so we asked one of the officials for help and she showed us to a shorter flight of stairs leading to some open seats -- little did we realize it was the winner's circle! There we were with all of Rome's VIPs, and Dan got chummy with Marion Jones and her coach while taking Zoe for a stroll... Unfortunately the photo is blurry from the protective glass in front of our seats, but the woman in blue sitting down is Marion Jones, and the man next to her is her coach.
We got to the stadium late and were frustrated to find that there was no elevator to get to our cheap bleacher seats with the stroller (ah Italy!), so we asked one of the officials for help and she showed us to a shorter flight of stairs leading to some open seats -- little did we realize it was the winner's circle! There we were with all of Rome's VIPs, and Dan got chummy with Marion Jones and her coach while taking Zoe for a stroll... Unfortunately the photo is blurry from the protective glass in front of our seats, but the woman in blue sitting down is Marion Jones, and the man next to her is her coach.
# posted by Dan and Amy @ 11:14 PM 
