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It's about time

Don Burgess Bermuda has sorely lacked an Olympic-size swimming pool and it looks like it will finally get built at the National Centre. Sports minister El James words' will be like a salve to the swimming community who will get a proper training facility. Hey, as an added bonus, cricket will get the dressing rooms they need to get certified as one-day international facility. The minister deserves a lot of props for moving this forward.

Experiences that will last forever

By Roy Burch
This experience continues to get better as every day brings many new things. I have continued to meet the greatest of athletes with the likes of Ronaldinho and the 8 scull rowing gold medal team.
I got to feel how heavy those medals really are.
I played a football game with some people from Argentina and Korea which was interesting because all the communication was in different laguages.
To me that's what the games are all about. Those experiences will last forever

Olympic Blog: I couldn't be happier

By Kiera Aitken

Yesterday was race day. I just swam in the Olympics! And I couldn't be any happier with myself. I had an amazing swim. It exceeded all my expectations, and by a lot. I would have been happy to take one tenth of a second off my personal best, and I dropped almost a second and a half.
The last couple of days preparing for my event I was feeling so overwhelmed by the whole thing. It doesn't get much bigger than the Olympic Games. Then this afternoon when I stopped to think about how I was going to swim my race, I remembered how hard I have worked this year and it gave me a lot of comfort. All the hard stuff I had already done, I just had to keep my mind from sabotaging it all. I did a pretty good job at that and it felt great to swim fast when everybody is watching.

Now I'm ready to enjoy the rest of the Games without any stress and I know I deserve it. I can't wait to go stand on the China Wall!

Olympic blog: Grey skies but everyone is happy

By Kiera Aitken
Hi Bermuda!

I'm so excited to be in Beijing. I can't believe that I get to be a part of all this. Everyday I eat in the same cafeteria as the best athletes in the world. And in the pool I am training with World Champions and World Record holders. Yesterday I swam in the same lane as Aaron Peirsol, the mens Olympic Champion in Athens in both backstroke events. During workout I spend a lot of time watching some of the famous swimmers. The pool is pretty impressive. So far everything is going great as I'm preparing for my race.

I haven't seen much else in Beijing except the Olympic Village and the pool. The sightseeing will have to wait until after my race. The sky is always grey here, but its hard to get depressed by it because everyone is so happy and friendly. I can't wait to walk out in the Opening Ceremonies tomorrow and for the games to begin!

Sincerely,
Kiera