Beijing Olympics Phase 1 Tickets! What did I win?!
For those who do not know, Phase 1 of the Beijing 2008 Olympics ticket lottery has come and gone. This morning in my email box, I had an email from these guys with the results! Below is a list of the events I won: 1. Beach Volleyball - 2008-8-15 18:00 - 21:50 - Just for fun.. (1st Choice)
- Women’s Round of 16-Match nn
- Women’s Round of 16-Match nn
- Men’s Round of 16 -Match nn
- Men’s Round of 16 -Match nn
2. Athletics - 2008-8-22 19:00 - 22:20 - This is in the big stadium, the “bird’s nest” (1st Choice)
- Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group A
- Women’s Long Jump Final
- Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
- Men’s Pole Vault Final
- Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
- Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group B
- Women’s 5000m Final
- Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final
- Men’s Decathlon 1500m
- Men’s 4x100m Relay Final
3. Diving - 2008-8-17 20:30 - 22:00 - This is in the cool bubble building, the “National Aquatics Center. Odd, they gave me the cheaper tickets than what I signed up for…
- Women’s 3m Springboard Final Round 00
- Women’s 3m Springboard Medal Ceremony
4. Diving - 2008-8-23 10:00 - 11:20 - Doh! Another diving! And this isn’t even a medal round! And, they gave me the super cheapo tickets - not what I ordered…
- Men’s 10m Platform Semifinal-Round 00
So, I missed the following:
- Gymnastics Rhythmic
- Gymnastics Artistic
- Another Gymnastics Artistic (2nd choice to event won above)
- Another Athletics (2nd Choice to the one I won above)
- A 1st and 2nd choice Fencing event. People actually like Fencing here?!?! Grr…
- Another Diving (2nd choice to event won above)
- A 1st and 2nd choice Swimming event. This makes sense, Swimming is one of those sports they’re nuts about here…
I guess I’ll have to wait for round 2 to try to pick up Fencing and Swimming… Phase 2 lottery begins in October. Oh well, at least I got some events (one of the perks of living here, I guess)! But I am not that much of a diving person…