Oh man, 5am is not my idea of fun! I got my first gift for volunteering, a Team 2010 pin.
This time, I was on the "foxtrot" team, we were stationed outside all day. At least it wasn't raining, and there were some posts with heaters. I was cold all day and just couldn't warm up.
I scanned people coming into the venue and stopped a bunch of external staff who didn't have the right accreditation. Man, people get impatient when you don't give them access!
There are 4 designated entrances to the Coliseum and they service different people; public, media and workforce. VANOC has hired security and have cops all over the place. Apparently 6000 officers from all agencies across Canada are here. Security has a x-ray machine but right now we're only doing random screening. I think when Games times starts, they will be screening everyone.
When I had a break, I went to watch who was on the ice. I saw men speed skaters from Italy. I saw them do a start with 4 people and they went into formation really quickly and were totally synchronized! Pretty amazing choreography. They had another person skating alongside the 4some on the inside track and then he replaced the lead skater at a later point to carry on the relay.
Then I saw women's Chinese team . They were not as coordinated as the Italian team, but it's just practice now. The Olympics are brand free, so only the country name or 3 letters are on the team uniform somewhere. I saw 2 Bulgarians rotating in with the Italian team, one lone guy from Kazakshtan and a few others. It's a much better view with the binoculars.
3 am just couldn't come fast enough!
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