Olympics Weekend 2

Water Polo (2 August)

I headed into London right after class on Thursday so that I could go see the Team GB vs Team USA water polo match. Sean accompanied us to it and helped my dad start many of the U-S-A chants during the game. It was crazy how many British people were in the crowd and how riled up they got after my dad and Sean would start the cheering. They immediately drowned them out! Chay was put in for Moses after the first quarter so that if they won a medal, he would get one too. The rule is that you have to have been in the water and actually play to get a medal. GB scored many times due to this change, but it made the game more exciting. Chay did a great job! Shea also scored his first ever Olympic goals (yes he scored TWO!). I was so proud of him.


Tennis (3 August)

Sharapova

We watched two full matches of tennis at Wimbledon. We saw Maria Sharapova play another Maria from Russia and Tsonga with his doubles partner play against the Spanish doubles team. We also ate strawberries and cream! FACT: It is a tradition that you must eat strawberries and cream at Wimbledon (I don't even like strawberries but these were great!)

The two Maria's match went by fairly quickly, but it was a lot of fun watching Sharapova. I have always enjoyed watching her pay on TV and she's the reason I bought my Cannon Powershot haha. Many people thought it was funny to yell "GO MARIA!" because both players had the same name. I think it was funny the first time, but after around the 10th time onwards it got a little ridiculous. Sharapova won easily.

Tsonga

The Doubles match was over 3 hours! It was crazy. The whole time I wanted the French because I love Tsonga, but the Spanish put up a good fight. It kept going and going! Nobody could get an edge, but then Spain had two chances to put it away and didn't capitalize on it. In a dramatic finish the French finally prevailed. 

Family at Wimbledon

Sadly we weren't able to see the other match we were supposed to see which was Andy Murray playing mixed doubles. They said they were going to move the Williams sisters to our court for their doubles performance, but again because the other match went to late they cancelled it for the day. It was really annoying that we weren't able to watch another match, but it had a really great time so didn't mind too much.

Men's Soccer (4 August)

We went to the Mexico vs. Senegal quarter final at Wembley Stadium. These were seriously the best tickets we had throughout all the Olympic games. They were 8th row! Crazy! Susanne and Jake came along too. The game was very exciting and went into overtime where Mexico ended up defeating Senegal. I seem to always choose the wrong team to root for! My mom and I left right before the game ended so that we could find my dad and Annemarie and hop in the taxi that was taking us to Basingstoke to attend Dave and Vera's 40th wedding anniversary.