London Olympic Games

I know a large number of you are disappointed that you didn’t manage to get any tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games. I don’t want to rub it in but I’m one of the lucky few. I’ve got tickets for the Athletics on 7th August. I can’t wait as it is very much a once in a lifetime opportunity. I’ve always enjoyed watching the Olympics on the television and now I’m actually going to the games and in the main stadium!

I’m not going to see any finals but I don’t care. On the day I go it’s the men’s 110m Hurdles (round 1), men’s 200m (round 1), men’s Triple Jump (qualifying), women’s 5000m (round 1) and women’s Javelin (qualifying). It’s going to be amazing.

It’s not only seeing the athletics that I’m excited about. It’s the whole thing of going to the Olympic park, seeing the Olympic flame and soaking up the whole atmosphere of the event.

I decided to Blog about this because I’ve heard people up here saying all the tickets went to rich southerners, corporations and sponsors. Well I’m from Bolton and I’m far from being rich. I applied for tickets for just two athletics sessions because that’s all I could afford. I got tickets for one of the sessions I applied for. I just got very lucky.