Short Track Speed Skating

The only ticketed event that I made it to was the short track speed skating at the Pacific Coliseum. Despite being passed up by several full buses, we made it in time to the venue. After standing in the rain and then passing through the security checkpoint, we made it just in time to catch the only Australian skater, Tatiana Borodulina. She won her heat in the 1000 m event. Unfortunately, since I am still bereft of a telephoto lens, I couldn't get a good shot of her, but the following events, the men's 500 m heats and the women's 3000 m relay final, yielded some OK photos.

The funniest thing from the whole night was that the fries had to be called "savoury spuds", presumably not to interfere with a certain Olympic sponsor "family restaurant".




A false start by the Belorusian skater during the men's 500 m heat.




The chaos of the changeover during the women's 3000 m relay final.




The Canadian team celebrates with the crowd what they thought was a bronze.




The South Koreans despair after being disqualified after finishing in first place, while the Americans were jubilant after being promoted to bronze - despite finishing almost a whole lap behind the South Koreans.