myPics: British Gold

Technically this is not a picture I took at all with my iPhone therefore it bucks the theme. However, I did have to search for this image and adapt it to the format I use in my blog’s myPic meme.

I saw this image yesterday during the Olympics coverage – it’s from the United Kingdom’s first gold medal ceremony of the Olympics for the women’s double scull. I saw the Union Jack rise and heard the crowd singing “God Save the Queen” at full volume. (It recalled the 2000 Sydney Olympics when the crowd would sing “Advance Australia Fair.”) As I relive the Sydney memories, a flag with the Union Jack in the upper right hoist flies upward; it’s Australia. Then other… it’s New Zealand.

It is simply a striking image to me – one for what should be a very proud host nation. Britannia’s athletes trained rigorous hard to success and they get to revel in their triumph, sharing the podium with two of her strongest Commonwealth Realms.

(I’m sure the Aussies and the Kiwis might think differently.)