Today has signaled the half way point of the Games extravaganza as tension builds with climaxes soon to be reached. An example of this was the morning swimming heats where photo finishes determined the qualifiers who then went on to compete in the afternoon’s finals.
Over at the Boxing arena the atmosphere was electrifying as India won both of their matches with great ease, cheered on by an ecstatic chanting Indian audience. The table tennis and badminton quarter finals also took place today, again proving both entertaining and tense.
At the cultural centre, the evening performance remained the attraction of the day. Proving to be a success amongst the athletes, the parade and ‘Gift of the day’ slice of the cultural cake still continues to tantalize the spectators’ taste buds, thus reaffirming the part it has to play in making the Games truly Indian.
