September 23, 2004

It's crunch time!

The boys are getting ready for their game against the Aussies. The winner moves on to the top-4 and the chance to win gold, while the loser goes to bad side of the tableau and will will be able to do no better than 5th.

The Aussies were silver medallists at the last Paralympics, while the good guys, wearing the slick red and black jerseys with a unified 'Canada' name on their backs, were 4th. The guys are ready for this game, are focussed, and are not over-confident. The Aussies are serious, but we're in the zone!

Despite the «laissez-faire» opinion that many people had about the Greeks coming in to the games, Athens is officious and regulated. Everything is down to a pre-scheduled minute-by-minute time schedule, which is all based around the transportation schedule.

For example, when I checked in with our team manager, Marco, he was in the warmup gym, where the team will be until 28 minutes past the hour, after which they will travel to the main gym, where the introductions will be held at 10 minutes to the hour, and the boys will be at our team bench by 4 minutes to the hour, after which the game will start precisely on time.

That doesn't leave a lot of time after the game for media interviews or cool-downs, as we get quickly ushered out of this area, and back towards the transportion system. We're here for the media - if they can keep up with us!

~That is all - bring it on!~

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