Friday, May 28, 2010

Opening Ceremony - Special Olympics Summer Games 2010

Opening Ceremony for the Special Olympics Summer Games was held tonight at the Murakami Stadium at UH. Competitions will be held in Powerlifting, Softball, Swimming and Track and Field this weekend.

10 comments:

Yosh808 said...

soda cute!

jalna said...

Hahahaha . . . it was, Yosh. Everybody was so excited and having fun.

Randism said...

do u know if there was a parade/run through kapahulu prior to ending up at UH? we were having dinner at good to grill when all of a sudden, there was like a ton of cops and a helicopter and a lot of people running through kapahulu! great pics!

Erick said...

Great emotion, great job of capturing the excitement of the athletes! And the torch shot, SUPER! Cindy will love it.

jalna said...

Rand, the Troy Barboza torch run goes through Waikiki and Kapahulu before ending up at the UH stadium.

Thanks Erick. I got that ONE usable shot of the torch. All the photographers kept getting in my way! Thanks for convincing me to go the opening ceremony.

Betty Townsend said...

Awesome!! This is so inspiring!! Much like the veterans cycling across country. Great photos!

Leslie's pics said...

wow! plenty new faces! I never recognize any of them! Looks like you guys had fun, no more sun too! Bonus!

jalna said...

Was fun Les! Had choke sun on Saturday.

SW said...

Cool! you managed to get the flame carrier before they were 'attacked' by the photogs. I think I recognized some of the atheletes from last year and and at the winter olympics. It was so FUN shooting with you..your shots came out great!!

jalna said...

It was great shooting with you too, Shun Wah. I'm glad I was able to make it to the opening ceremony.