I took around 1200. Still haven’t gone through them all.
Some good photo stances in there! Usain Bolt too.
Talking of Bolt, did you see this? 19.59s9.59s, headwind of 0.9m/s in wet conditions. 4th fastest time ever. More here. Mental.
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And we’re off – England win the toss…
In related news, my mate, who’s a mystery shopper for Virgin, was on a flight to Las Vegas yesterday sat next to Shane Warne. Apparently he wasn’t very chatty and slept most of the way!
Strange though, as he is supposed to be commentating on The Ashes for Sky.
Great fighter and all that. We listened to the fight on the radio driving to the airport last Sunday. In Tagalog. So we were not quite sure what was going on, but the driver helped us out. All over pretty quickly and the driver was pretty happy. Texting straight away. Then he called his mum, in English:
Pacquiao win! Second round! Knockout! … [pause for reply from mum] …. Love you too!
Was a lovely moment.
He’s pretty much a hero in the Philippines. Even Private Dancer Doris texted me to ask me for the result and she’s not into anything except phones, shoes and clothes!
Nice article here.
“He has taken on the ambitions and dreams of the Filipino people and when he’s in the ring he’s not just fighting for himself, but for the Filipino people and the country as a whole,” Gene Alcantara, a journalist, writer and representative of the Filipino community in London, told BBC Sport.
“They see in Manny something to aspire to, in terms of great riches, because they come from the same background. People put themselves into Manny’s shoes.”
When Pacquiao fights, the Philippine Army calls truces with both the communist New People’s Army and Muslim insurgents in the south, while crime almost ceases in the towns and cities.
“Whenever he’s got a championship fight, the whole of the Philippines grinds to a halt,” adds Alcantara. “Rebels put down their guns, everything stops in the towns and cities as people gather round TVs, radios and in movie houses.
“It’s the same in London: whenever there’s a Manny fight, Filipinos gather in the early evening and spend a sleepless night waiting for him to enter the ring. What Manny means to people is pride.”
Shame for Hatton, but great for Pacquiao and The Philippines. I love him too, not only can he fight; he can sing, tell jokes and play the piano. However, the main reason is this:
such is his affection for the Royal Family he named his daughter Queen Elizabeth.
Pacquiao even tried to get an audience with Her Majesty when he was in London to promote the light-welterweight showdown. He said: “The Queen is one of the most popular people in the Philippines.
“The people love the Queen, I love my daughter so…”
Apparently Queenie had quite a baptism.
So The Queen is popular in The Philippines. Prince Charles? Maybe not so much:
Sorry Spike. Sorry Hemlock. I just got back from an awesome weekend at the Olympics. We saw the last two days of athletics.
Click to make it bigger to check out his face and fingers. Steve Hooker vaulting 5.96m to beat the Olympic record.
Here he is, still on the way down, pointing towards his trainer, I think.
We had a box with unlimited biscuits, drinks, ice-cream, sandwiches and cake. Well actually only the biscuits seemed unending. It was overlooking the 200m bend, if you get me, actually right behind the magic flag poles for the medal ceremonies, so we got close ups of Usain Bolt run his leg of the 4×100m, the men’s jav, the men’s pole vault and the USA/GB women 4×100m baton mess up.
Awesome stadium, so easy, no queuing except at security to get in which took 5 mins, during which you were sprayed with a nice cool mist of water vapor. Crowds were not mental as the space is just so huge.
Atmosphere was great, everyone rooting for everyone. Everyone standing for the anthem of a gold medal winner. Never noticed it before, but the other events stop, and the judges and competitors stand and turn towards the flags.
Everyone was so friendly. The volunteers all over the place were great.
We saw 5 Olympic records I think, and 1 world record.
Was just brilliant.
Wish I’d gone for all 2 weeks.
Anyway, more later.
Hull City in the Premiership!
Different gravy?
Keep listening to the end to hear Deano …. “yeah loads”
Seen the goal? Bosh!! Foot like a traction engine!
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