Ceremony was… the expected mix of super weird and cool. The balloon is fantastic.
I’m generally glued to most of it except for horsey stuff and synchronised whatever. I get quite excited by the track stuff particularly the sprints, but I like the tactical longer distances as well.
Being an ex hockey player I get into that a bit too. I’m quite looking forward to the extreme sports stuff too.
It takes major sacrifice to get anywhere in sport; by the time I was hitting my twenties it pretty much busted me, so I never run out of admiration for the people who do reach this level and for the most part these athletes still understand the spirit of competition which always gives me hope.