Jo on the Po

Our girls did us proud as they swam their hearts out in the 4 x 50m medley relay Final, securing a silver medal and a second visit to the medal podium for Joanne.   Well done Joanne, Florence, Sarah and Fiona for a brilliant swim and making us proud. 

In the men's relay race,  it was unfortunate that the Austrialian team who rode the ropes in their heat did not get disqualified (can't understand that one, but there was obviously nothing in the FINA rule book that says you can't do that), and our boys team came a very creditable 4th place.

We have had a new entry into the Paramedic-omoter with both the Portugese Team and Italians now joining the league table.

Please to report that the 25m flag posts have remained firmly in place all today as there are clearly not enough Italians to cope if they get into another tangle.

Well, of course, there cannot be a day of swimming without a drama!  And we thought we had made it through until we came to the last race of the day.... the 4 x 200 m freestyle medley for the  men.  Now we have seen many occasion during this competition where it has been evident that the some of the men have difficulty in counting how many laps they have done ... and this race was not to disappoint!!   Each swimmer was meant to do 8 lengths each, but by the time the race was over no-one had a clue whether swimmers had done 6 lengths, 8 lengths, or 10 lengths, and we even had an occasion where two swimmers were swimming in the same lane at one time.  The benefits for the Canadian team was that, although they finished last, they actually managed to win a bronze medal due to the number of disqualifications.  None of really had a clue what was going on!!

Managed to take 4 of the Canadian supporters for quick pint tonight.   Off for an early night in anticipation of another action packed day tomorrow.

Joanne has two races tomorrow so watch this space!

P:S: Has anyone seen Susan Cornish at coaching sessions for the past two weeks?  There is someone is sitting in the South Africian supporters team who just looks like her.