Wednesday 5th of August 2015 was the last day of our “mission” on World Championships in Kazan…
Today, I went to the Arena all by myself in the morning.
During the breakfast I noticed two girls who looked like swimmers by their figures 
When I was asking for a taxi on reception desk the girls probably found out I was heading to the Arena after seeing my accreditation card on my neck. So, we took a taxi together.
They were swimmers and they travelled from Brazil to Kazan to support.
Quite a distance…
The color is important and blue is very good
According to the color on the accreditation card you have access to particular places. It’s simple, quick and effective. There are sections for organizers, for athletes, for referees and for media. Broadcasters are special category, they are quite respected here. That is because they pay for transmission rights.
There is always someone before particular section who controls the access.
Special colors are also for bibs. The standard color was sky blue. I had this bib the whole time. I could stand on reserved places which weren’t bad at all. If a photographer wanted to go on the pool deck he had just to ask for it. For morning session he must have made the request till 3pm and for finals till 9am. These photographers then got dark blue bib. There were always about ten of them.
I planned to go to the pool deck for the last finals. But in the morning I got hold up for a while with Peter in the hotel and the taxi ride took a bit more. I came to the Arena at about 9.20. But I didn’t mind because reserved places were good as well. And this is not the last event there is, isn’t it?
Bibs came also in third color – dark green. These were, for example, for Giorgio Scala, the chief FINA photographer. By the way, he was a very friendly and easy-going Italian…
I can’t help myself not to mention something about taxis…
White line on the road doesn’t mean a thing for these drivers. J And the number of lines on the road is understood as the minimal number of cars that can go side by side on the road.
This is mainly applied to crossroads. If you can fit with your car somewhere it’s almost obligation to jam in there
The most adrenaline ride was the last one to the hotel after the finals. Taxi driver seemed to think that he was on some motor race and he drove through several short-cuts. I was a little bit worried for a moment if we would make it to the hotel.
But let’s talk about swimming…
In newspapers Sport-Express there appeared achievement of Yuliya Efimova.
These newspapers have eight pages and the two thirds of the last one were dedicated to swimming…
Streda 5.8.2015, posledný deň našej “misie” na Majstrovstvách sveta v Kazani…
Do Arény som dnes ráno cestoval sám.
Už na raňajkách som si ale všimol dve dievčinky, prišlo mi, že majú také plavecké postavy Keď som si na recepcii objednával taxík, zistili podľa mojej akreditačnej karty na krku, že zrejme pôjdem do Arény. A tak sme nakoniec išli jedným taxíkom spolu.
Boli to plavkyne a pricestovali fandiť do Kazane z Brazílie.
Dooosť dobrá štreka…
Farba je dôležitá a modrá je dobrá
Podľa farby na akreditačnej karte sa Vám otvárajú dvere na miesta, kde máte prístup. Jednoduché, rýchle, účinné. Organizátori máju svoje zóny, športovci zase svoje, takisto rozhodcovia a médiá. Špeciálna kategória sú broadcasteri, dosť sa to tu okolo nich točí. Oni totiž platia za prenosové práva. Pred príslušnou zónou potom vždy niekto stojí a prístup kontroluje.
Svoju farbu majú ale aj fotovesty. Štandardná bola svetlomodrá (sky blue). Tú som mal celý čas aj ja. Mohol som stáť na vyhradených miestach, ktoré neboli ale vôbec zlé. Ak sa chcel fotograf dostať priamo ku bazénu, bolo treba o to iba požiadať. Do 3-tej hodiny poobede pre doobednú časť a do 9-tej hodiny doobeda pre finále. Títo fotografi potom dostali vestu tmavomodrú. Tých bolo vždy približne 10.
Ja som mal v pláne ísť na “pool deck” na posledné finále. Zdržal som sa ale chvíľu ráno na hoteli s Peťom a takisto akosi dlhšie trvala cesta taxíkom. Prišiel som do Arény asi 9,20. Ale až tak mi to nevadilo, aj vyhradené miesta boli fajn. A toto predsa nie je posledná takáto akcia…
Fotovesty mali ešte aj tretiu farbu – tmavozelenú. Takú nosil napr. aj Giorgio Scala, hlavný FINA fotograf, inak veľmi priateľský a ústretový Talian…
Nedá mi to, musím ešte o tých taxíkoch niečo napísať…
Plná biela čiara tu až tak veľa neznamená A počet jazdných pruhov na ceste je tu chápaný ako minimálny počet áut, ktoré na ceste môžu ísť vedľa seba :-). Platí to hlavne v križovatkách. Ak sa dá niekde vopchať, tak sa tam určite vopchať treba
Naviac posledná, večerná jazda po finále na hotel, bola dosť adrenalínová. Taxikár ju poňal ako preteky a navyše išiel kadejakými skratkami. Trošku som mal aj chvíľami strach, či na hotel vôbec dorazíme
Ale poďme ku plávaniu…
Noviny Sport express a úspech Yuliye Efimovej…
Noviny majú 8 strán a plávaniu boli venované dve tretiny poslednej strany…
First and foremost, Katka Listopadova swam 50m backstroke. She was in the zero line and I didn’t see her well but I took some photos anyway…
No v prvom rade dnes plávala naša Katka Listopadová 50m znak. Bola v dráhe 0 a nemal som na ňu moc dobrý výhľad, niečo som ale aj tak nafotil…
It was an impressive battle. Peaty won.
Whom did you support? Should I give happy or sad emoticon?
Bol to pekný súboj. Vyhral to Peaty.
Komu ste fandili Vy? Dám veselý alebo smutný smajlík?
I didn’t catch that with my camera or I could have but I didn’t have good position. I couldn’t see it from my spot.
But when he repeated it after handing out of medals I caught it
To som nafotiť nestihol, teda vlastne nebol problém s tým, že by som nestihol, ale nemal som na to dobrú pozíciu. Z môjho miesta to nebolo vidieť.
Keď to ale urobil znova po odovzdávaní medailí, tak to už mám
We had a dinner and packed up our things. At six in the morning we leave from hotel and fly to Moscow and in the afternoon to Vienna.
By the way, I didn’t think I had such bald head
Have a nice evening…
Na večeru a pobaliť sa na cestu. Ráno o 6-tej odchádzame z hotela a odlietame do Moskvy. Poobede potom do Viedne.
Inak ani som nevedel, že mám takú plešinu
Pekný večer…
