The big day arrived on Saturday as Olympic dreams were made and by the same token- crushed. The relaxed atmosphere amongst the athletes that was present during the qualifying rounds disappeared as one would expect it to with so much on the line in all of the finals. With the intensity ratcheted up I was able to sit back and enjoy the spectacle. One of the highlights included a spectacular women’s 100m hurdle final in which Canada's best known hurdler Perdita Felicien was disqualified for a false start and Priscilla Lopes-Schliep hit a hurdle leaving Jessica Zelinka to take the title. Another neat moment was when brothers Justyn and Ian Warner finished 1,2 in the men’s 100m final. This means that the brothers are London bound in track and field’s most prominent event.
One of my favorite moments however had to be the men’s 800 meter final. After a slower women’s race full of tactics and strategizing- the men went full out from the gun. With all the competitors vying for the lead into the last turn it was Geoff Harris who pulled away from the pack seemingly with ease to punch his ticket to his first Olympics.
