Olympic
London Feat
Well now the Olympics have been and gone. London is now a
different place. The public transport of course went back to its earlier state.
Cancellations as usual and the buses do not run!!! Long delays become part of
life again
What can we make of all this now? In many ways the Olympics
made us! Instead of wallowing in self pity we chose to look at the careers of
others. And so many stories were made here!! The wonder of Mo Farah, our
Londoner who clinched so many gold’s. Also the story of the great Jamaican,
Usain Bolt that electrified the proceedings. In many ways we found the feelings
again that we thought we had lost. Londoners came together to cheer their
heroes on. With Team GB getting a good medal haul one other factor seemed to arrive.
The transport disruption was not as bad as most of us had feared. Somehow
during this period everything ran on time. Most people were electrified by the
tales that arrived from the front and the Olympics was a regular topic of
conversation all around
In many ways London is coming of age again. True there is
still the time of the Paralymmpics. Yet though the interest is there and though
they have been promoted well they are not catching the public interest quite as
well. This is probably a long haul as the public attitude to disability has to
change and though it is changing it will be a long haul. Tales of heroism are
greater still particularly in the overcoming of disability as well. For the
first time controversy has raised its head and all are talking about Oscar
Pistorius’s complaints about the blades of his opponent being too long. This
level of debate and argument has never really been heard before in the context
of the Paralympics.
London is recapturing a
bit of its glory in these races.
The only worrying thing about this an apparent spike in the
attacks on disabled people. This has been reported and shows that there are
still problems despite the great efforts to promote the recognition of the
disabled in this town and nationally by giving almost as much recognition to
the Paralympics. Recognition of disabled people obviously still has a long way
to go!
