In late 2009, Hope "Mommie Bear" Walker returned to Sprint Triathlon competition after a 7 year retirement. Her success in her age group has been fabulous and she has qualified for and has become a member of the USAT Team USA for 2011 and will compete for the USA team at the 2011 Sprint Triathlon World Championships in Beijing China in September 2011. This blog is to chronicle her efforts and journey and to help raise donations to fund her trip to Beijing China to represent the USA Team and to chronicle the family's involvement in multisports competition.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Opening Ceremony - Go USA!!!

Well, the streets were lined with people waving and shouting "Ni hao" and "Hello" tonight during the Parade of Nations.  Unbelievable!  Then, we went into Changping Stadium for the Opening Ceremony... that must have been an Olympic venue, but I'm not sure what (I will google it at some point).  They had performers and a ceremony for everyone.  The flags of all countries represented were brought in... there are TONS of countries represented.  Keith shot video and I got a few pictures of various country shirts.  In the attached picture, Bruce Coleman (also of Nashville) and I are carrying the flag.  I can't describe how cool that was!!!

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