Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Cool Weather - Sally McLellan - Channel 7

Yesterday was reported as the coldest Sydney morning of the year so far, getting as low as 5 degrees Celsius on the coast. We’re pretty lucky with our winters in Sydney because they’re pretty mild compared to other parts of the country. It’s all about being acclimatised to the conditions though and we Sydneysiders really feel the cooler starts.

What we do get are fogs and sometimes they’re as thick as calligraphy ink, but it seems that we have largely missed out on any significant pea-soup events this winter. At least, that’s how it stands with only 11 days of winter remaining.


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It was wonderful to see Sally McLellan’s reaction to her silver medal winning performance in the 100m hurdles in Beijing last night. She had a great start to the race, maintained her form right to the finish line and had a bit of luck. But, for the girl whose goal was to just make an Olympic final, her excitement, jubilation, disbelief and unbridled joy when her name was posted as the Olympic silver medallist was a pleasure to watch.
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Still on the 100m hurdles brings me to the television coverage and brickbats galore go to Channel 7 for stuffing their viewers around once again. They simply refuse to do the decent thing and let us know exactly when events are going to be aired.

From 10pm onwards, every time they went to an ad break we were reminded that Sally McLellan’s race was coming up later but at no point were we given an idea of exactly when the race would be aired which is simply not good enough. The least they could have done was tell us the race was on at 12:15 and Channel 7 would be showing it live. Assholes.

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