That's Entertainment!

Well, what a days free sport!

Congratulations to the Metropolitan Police, the British Olympic Association, the Chinese authorities and most of all Gordon Brown's government for the superb day of free entertainment they provided in London yesterday. From the comfort of our armchairs we were able to watch running, cycling and in particular wrestling - we even caught occasional sights of the Olympic flame!

Whilst the Chinese athletes involved appeared unflappable, many of the British competitors appeared to be rather flabby, sweaty coppers - something the Olympic Committee may need to look at again when the flame returns to London in 2012!  The weakness of selecting police officers for sporting activities was also emphasised by the Met police cyclists involved yesterday - some appeared to be unable to make up their minds as to whether they should be on their bikes or not!

Best of all this was a sporting event that demanded - and got - full audience participation. No prawn sandwiches were consumed in central London yesterday! In the early days of football in the Middle Ages, whole villages would join in kicking a ball around the countryside in a riotous rampage fulled by drink and a sense of fun that the stuffed shirts of 21st century sporting officaldom would have hated. London recaptured that spirit yesterday, with crowds across the capital getting into the spirit of what should become a highlight of the sporting calendar. And today its the turn of French competitors to see if they can match the English.....

Here's to the Olympic flames return in 2012 - bring it on!

Comments

[darren redstar]

yet another great british sporting invention taken up by foreigners and done better by them!
flame put out four times. the ceremony abandoned and half the city's official building draped with anti olympic banners.
off to los angeles next- will the americans maintain this proud new olympic tradition- or will they as usual realise that they can't compete and therfore make up a new one for themselves- and announce themselves world champoins?