St.Lucia Minster of Sports Visit

Today we were visited in the games Village by Leonard  Montoute,  the Minister of Education and Sport in St.lucia.   He and I go way back,  back in 1996 before the Atlanta Olympics I competed in Puerto Rico with the St.Lucian Team.   Leonard was there with the team as a coach/Therapist.   I had a problem with my back from the long flight and Mr. Montoute worked on it for me.   Although he may still be willing, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to ask him to do it again today!  

One of the athletes I was competing with on the trip was a guy named Edmund Estephane, he was a 100 meter sprinter.  Since then he has become the Minister of Labor in the government.  makes me wonder what position I should take someday? 

Link to Photos

here is a link to some of my openning ceremony photos.

http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=34101218416748695/l=412206509/g=3198522/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Most of the Photos where taken while I was on the infield after we marched in.

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony was great,  I understand NBC barely showed St.Lucia and did not show me, nothing new I guess.  Third Olympics where they have cut us out.   My good friend in Finland said he saw me very clear.    I am in the process of uploading photos to a snapfish account.  I will give you the link as soon as I get them up. 

OLYMPIC SMOG!

The air is smoggy but it does not seem to be as bad as it looks,  I think a lot of it is humidity.  This is a photo looking down the main street in the games village.   

Beijing Bound!

Here I am for a third time, another Olympic Games!!   

I have been in Beijing for 5 days now, so far the games are living up to my expectations. The Village is extremely nice, the food is good, and the people are friendly.