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October 9, 2007
Tuesday Morning in Shanghai
Fantastic full day at the 2007 Special Olympics Summer Games. The morning saw us visiting the Shanghai International Gymnastics Centre for the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Finals & Awards. We saw some very exciting competitions in all Olympic disciplines. There was a great battle between the Russian gymnast and the Great Britain gymnast, Lee Davidson.
We were very fortunate to be sitting beside the Great Britain team who joined with us in cheering Lee on to his overall silver medal. It was a very close competition but Lee just wasn't quite good enough to beat the Russian gymnast, Valeriy Yagafarov. Lee also took second place in the following disciplines behind Valeriy Yagafarov - Floor, Horizontal Bar, Parallel Bars, Pommell, Rings and Vault. A fantastic achievement all round. Before leaving the stadium for the swimming we were able to witness some of the medal ceremonies as well.
Lee on his way to Silver for GBR
Mr Thompson in action?
The medal ceremony
The very impressive Gymnastics Centre
Posted by Y Hoyland at October 9, 2007 4:28 PM