http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice Just another irishtimes.com weblog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:52:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At dawn on Wednesday, I quietly exited the Olympic Village, bound for life on "the other side". I felt like a Big Brother contestant leaving the house, except Davina McCall and the cheering fans were not there. On the upside, at least I was not being booed!! (more...)Share This http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice/2008/08/22/time-to-exit-stage-left/ After our repechage, we were upbeat and felt like we were on the cusp of making the semi-final one of our best races at the Games. We needed to, because the group draw pitted us against the top teams in the world with only three teams to emerge from the ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice/2008/08/17/final-proves-a-bridge-too-far/ The Beijing ‘Olympic Machine’ is well oiled and moving along at a steady pace. So far, everything is glitch free and the volunteers are still smiling - I’m beginning to wonder if they have some sort of "happy chip" implanted for the duration of the Games or whether they are ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice/2008/08/13/primed-and-ready-for-battle/ With the Olympics well and truly under way, the hosts are still playing a blinder. Torrential rain for the last two days here has failed to dampen the spirits of both athletes and volunteers alike. In fact, the presence of heavy rain has pushed the scorching temperatures into the background and ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice/2008/08/11/rain-and-result-fail-to-dampen-spirits/ I am writing this on Friday, August 8th, the day heralded as the new beginning for China, the opening day of the Olympic Games 2008.   We arrived 10 days ago and on entering the Olympic village it was plain to see that the Chinese had gone all out to secure the ... http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/villagevoice/2008/08/08/scene-set-for-fantastic-games/