Quatchi meets the Chairman

Sadly, Quatchi, T and Mika's Olympic adventure in China is fast coming to an end - and although we all enjoyed our time in Beijing - we are ready to come home to Canada, and our beautiful little pugs Tex 'n Maggie.

Here's a few more photos from T and Quatchi's adventures in Beijing.

Our buddy Josie invited T and I to watch the gold medal 4 x 100 metre races / long-jump / pole-vault etc. at National Stadium, and of course we both jumped at the opportunity. Special thanks to Chris (Josie's tomatoe) for giving us his tickets to the event. Sadly, he had to fly home earlier that day. What a schmuck!

Back at the Bird's Nest, T and I were sitting in the stands, hours and hours before the start of the men's 4x100 metre gold medal race. We were both anticipating another world's record (and of course trying to catch a glimpse of our new man-crush Usain Bolt.) Josie and I asked T not to squeal out loud this time, as it's just not a manly-man thing to do.

Usain was running the third leg.

And running anchor, Asafa Powell - until recently the fastest man in the world. Wow....what a relay team the Jamaican's have. Basically, the two fastest men on the planet - passing the baton to each other.

As luck would have it, Usain Bolt was running right below us! What a great stride, eh? Beautiful !!! By the time Usain received the baton, T was already standing up, and squealing like a little girl (again).

Here's the finish. Asafa Powell crossing the tape in world record time. Do you see any other runners in the photo? Nope. It's amazing, the fastest sprinters on earth, running only 4x100 metres, and they are almost a full 10 metres behind the winning Jamaican team. Absolutely amazing! Winning time: 37.10 seconds. A full .30 seconds faster than the 15 year old existing record. Very, very fast indeed.

Tom told me that he will always remember the Beijing Olympic Games - being present to watch Usain Bolt break 2 of his three world records. I'm sure T and I will be sharing stories about this trip with our grandkids, many years from now.