Friday, August 10, 2012

London 2012 Day 11 - Greenwich Park

Wow, I've got some catching up to do, so my next few posts will resume the events from this week.

Tuesday was the medal day for the team dressage and the British team won gold, due largely to an incredible round by Charlotte Dujardin. This was the first Team GB gold at Greenwich Park and the crowd was ecstatic.


Crowd scene after Charlotte Dujardin
The crowd after Charlotte Dujardin's round

Apparently, Dressage normally draws a more conservative and restrained crowd than was present on Tuesday, who behaved in a very un-dressage-crowd fashion when waiting for the medal ceremony to begin!..



The atmosphere in the arena was fantastic. All the team did extremely well but Charlotte Dujardin was definitely the best rider of the day:


Charlotte Dujardin entering arena
Charlotte Dujardin entering for the medal ceremony

Team GB win gold
Team GB win their first Greenwich gold


The best celebrity spot of the day was Clare Balding, who walked straight through our end-of-day debrief!..

Clare Balding
Clare Balding on her way home!



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