paris olympics: athletics, day 1

we had excellent seats for the first day of track and field. the finish line for all the races is just off to my left, and we had a great view of the first turn. there were lots of races. the middle of the field is set up for flinging javelins, so we had a good view of the throws. but we had a lousy view of the long jump. the pits for that are the tan rectangles in the purple area to the right of the track.



the stadium is the stade de france, in st. denis, an inner northern suburb of paris. it's usually for playing what most people call football. it's the largest stadium in france.

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