Another medal for Sam at the track.
Silver in the Team Sprint. They rode a New Zealand record in the final but Aussie were too strong.
A first Commonwealth Games at 19 years old and 2 medals, you can't ask or expect more.
Unfortunately Sam blew a tyre after lapping off and came down.
He is fine nothing broken but a sore hip and bad burn on the shoulder.
He will not be sleeping too well for a few nights.
This put a dampener on his celebration a bit but he is in great hands with the NZ team doctor.
We also got to see Ali Shanks win a Gold medal which was wonderful. NZa first Gold of the games.
All in all cycling got 9 medals - All 4 members of the sprint squad got medals, all sprint events we won medals, and they are all young and improving. Look out the world !
In the evening (while Sam was back in the Village under medical attention) we went to the final night of the gymnastics. We saw the final for the vault, beam, parallel bars and the mat.
It was really interesting, massive arena and lots of locals there. An Indian guy won a silver medal in the vault.
After that we went for a meal at a Chinese restaurant, we had tired of Indian and Nicola had need of some non spicy food.
Tomorrow we set off for Jaipur at 9:00 am as Sam seems to be ok.
Updates to the blog may slow down over next couple of days with travel but I will do my best.
Wow - a great day at the track - well done Sam - a really exciting race to watch - hope the shoulder and hip are not too painful - certainly was painful to watch on TV and at that speed also - lucky you didn't break anything.
ReplyDeleteJames - we got a great shot of Nicki holding the NZ flag just as the team won the silver. Very graphic photo in the herald this am.
Hope the rest of your India adventure goes well.
Cheers lorraine
awesome night! poor sammy - we all felt for him! his composure for the medal ceremony was staggering - what pride you must all feel.
ReplyDeleteanyway, in case I don't get to comment again - Happy happy birthday for Monday James!!! weather turning to custard here over next few days - take your time returning!!