How many people in the world can say that...

How many people can say that they witnessed a world record at the Olympics, from RIGHT NEXT to where the coaches sit...

If you noticed I did not update from the 17th. That's probably because I don't remember what I did on the 17th I'm pretty sure I did not do anything and I just napped, but I could be wrong. Anyway... I'll just jump straight to the 18th which ended up being phenomenal... The last of my Yale crew arrived today... Jihad arrived today and that pretty much set the rest of the day off...

I went to a handball game with Press and Lach. That was pretty cool even though I was tired and I hadn't really eaten anything. We then went back to the Press apartment where we regrouped and headed out to the Bird's nest. We did not eat before we got there and that was probably a mistake. In the Olympic area there is only one place to eat and it is McDonalds. We went there and it was a PANDEMONIUM. They held us outside the door, then when they let us in it was straight madness. Imagine the New York Stock exchange, people yelling, screaming and pushing. No order, serious fire hazard, I was pushed by an old lady, a little kid, not to mention countless people who were closer to my age. I had to revert back to my running back days and find a whole and hit it hard. I eventually made it to the front where I ordered for my homies and we ate the much smaller portioned Mickey D's

We eventually made it into the stadium where we watched the meet which was pretty cool... but did not get phenomenal until the women's pole vault. When Isabadova was going to go for the world record in the pole vault there was no way that Ann and I were not going down in the stands RIGHT next to the pit. When we got there we clearly stood up and clapped. Even after Chinese guy and told us to sit down and some European woman told us to "why don't you just sit down" whatever, if you won't stand up and clap for a world record attempt in the Olympics you don't deserve to see it. Anyway, when she finally cleared it on her third attempt the stadium erupted, and no one left. Also we were standing right by her coach and people went crazy trying to get autographs and pictures with him. Again the scene was UNREAL, I was able to sneak in some pictures of him... I do have to say that this moment was completely 100% unbelievable and I'm still kind of in disbelief of how close I was to witness this feat. This alone made the trip worth it... Also the countdown can begin 7 more days left in China, exactly one more week.... we went out afterwards and it was chill and I had a pretty good time with the "dream team" (jihad, press, lachman etc) and Ann. Anyway for now... that's all I'll post pictures later, but gotta run to the next EVENT!!!!!! DAWN HARPER IN THE 100 HURDLES!!!!!!!