I got a little stuffed Miga for my 6th shift, worth ~$20. I'm on the entry team today.
I saw my sister; lucky for me, I was posted to the section she was sitting at. I gave my Miga to her. She has more Olympic spirit than me, spending money on tickets, buying Olympic mitts and a Canada scarf! Good for her. And her fiance watched the men's moguls and our first gold, Alexandre Bilodeau in freestyle skiing !
I watched most of the pairs figure skating short program, with the exception of dinner break. I learned that the short and long program scores get combined for the total score for the medal. I was inside doing ushering at sections 22 to 24, upper bowl of the Coliseum. Pretty fun to be able to watch and help people find their seats. Section 22 was for athletes and it was interesting to see them in their country uniforms and cheering on their team mates. Lots of people throwing out gifts for the performers.
The poor spectators who have to go up to the last row, 26 at the top. It's quite steep and some people are elderly or have bad knees. I guess those are the cheap seats and then I heard that some of the flags at the top are blocking their view from the big screen. I guess the organizers didn't check that part.
I saw Josee Chouinard MC'ing in the crowd. She interviewed Brian Boitano. The closest I've been to a real Olympian.
Our Canadians, Jessica Dube and Bryce Davidson came 6th with 65.36 pts and Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay came 7th with 64.20 pts. The Chinese pair, Xue Shen and Hongbo Xao came 1st. Germany and Russia are currently 2nd and 3rd.
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