Each of the team athletes and officials have been calling the Hotel Adria home for the last week. Lets have a sneek peek into their rooms.
Rob Walter and Reuben Smith live in room #621
Rob Walter:
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? I like the Borscht soup, tastes good.
- Tell something about your room mate? He is a calm and methodical room mate.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Drinking coffee and reading the latest edition of Pro-Cycling mag.
photo above: Rob enjoys a bit of light reading with Pro-Cycling magazine.
Reuben Smith
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? The cold, cheap and good tasting beer.
- Tell something about your room mate? His level of tidiness doesn't make me feel bad.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Watching Ukranian tv
photo above: Reuben folds a bit of washing whilst watching Ukranian MTV.
Jo Allison and Dave Shepherd live in room #503
Jo Allison
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? I like eating these unique little cheese cakes that you can only get in eastern europe.
- Tell something about your room mate? Shep is very glad there is an American hospital nearby (Shep just got sick tonight).
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Reading my Harry Potter book.
above picture: Jo invites us into her room.
Dave Shepherd
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? That im going home on monday (if he recovers from his food poisoning).
- Tell something about your room mate? I've been living with her for seven years.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Eating pancakes with sweet cheese.
Hanny Allston and Jarrod Voss (team official) live in room #603
Hanny Allston- Favorite thing about Ukraine? Early sunrises and warm mornings.
- Tell something about your room mate? He takes his time especialy in the bathroom.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Reading Harry Potter and watching The OC.
above photo: Hanny Allston is glued to her Harry Potter book.
Jarrod Voss (team official)
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? Great exchange rate to the Aussie dollar.
- Tell something about your room mate? I do all the washing.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Not much leisure time, enjoy a bit of reading and internet.
above photo: Jarrod Voss is very domesticated and takes care of washing.
Kathryn Ewels and Anna Sheldon live in room #509
Kathryn Ewels
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? I love taking the metro and receiving chocolates in my room everyday from the cleaners.
- Tell something about your room mate? She is a very bubbly character.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? I'm just finding things to do.
above photo: Kathryn with her stash of chocolates
Anna Sheldon
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? This country never ceases to amaze me, today I saw 8 car accidents.
- Tell something about your room mate? Kathryn is great because she never complains.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Drinking coffee at the Auto Pizza Club
above photo: Anna shows off her favorite "Anna" mug when we came knocking.
Julian Dent and Troy de Haas live in room # 614
Julian Dent
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? The way the girls dress, super short skirts.
- Tell something about your room mate? Troy is a neat freak and has the best folded t-shirts.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Relaxing watching a movie and cruising the internet.
above photo: Julian watches the movie "Kenny" on his laptop.
Troy de Haas
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? The way the girls dress, super short tops.
- Tell something about your room mate? Julian likes to get up very early and watch cartoons.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Racing Julian at eating and working on this blog.
above photo: Troy puts everything away neat and tidy.
Grace Elson and Matt Crane (GB) live in room #2422
Grace Elson is sharing a room with her boyfriend Matt Crane who is also a member of the Great Britain team. Although she lives up on the 24th floor.
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? Im enjoying the warm weather and the fact McDonald's is just across the road.
- Tell something about your room mate? Matt is a great room mate, even if he is from GB ;)
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? Im reading the latest Harry Potter and checking out the local markets.
above photo: Grace Elson and Matt Crane let us into their room up on the 24th floor.
Annika Östman (team massage therapist) lives in room #611
Annika Ostman
- Favorite thing about Ukraine? Cheap bananas and driving fast.
- Tell something about your room mate? They are a bit stiff ;) I share my room as team massage therapist with all the athletes.
- Favourite leisure time at WOC'07? I miss playing my guitar but i've had time organise my computer.
above photo: Annika and her well used massage table.
Sue Neve (womens coach) says a few words about qualifying and the finals ahead:
"It is an exciting time for the womens team in the finals. The Women have gone from strength to strength with those who have qualified making the top10 of their heats. Each girl is very capable and in this terrain in unusual conditions being in the Ukraine we must have break throughs. It will depend on the race but each girl is finding those controls this week."
Brett Weihart (mens coach) talks about coaching the mens team at WOC'07:
"Julian has got off to a cracker start here in Kiev with 2 very good races while unfortunately the rest of the crew has had a tough few days qualifying with two 16th places amongst others. Julian has set himself up in a great possie in the middle final and then we will move our focus to the relay on Saturday where the three guys will put everything on the line."
8 comments:
Great blog Troy - it´s so fun to follow the team...
Good luck in the finals everyone!
I will hold my thumbs all week (I have been told you don´t use that expression in Australia, but I guess you can work out what it means..)
Anna Q
and I will cross my fingers....
:-)
Good luck team. Will have our fingers crossed for you all.
What exactly does Jarrod Voss do? Team official doesn't give much away.
I find crossing fingers to be very uncomfortable and inhibitive. I will therefore be boring and first of all congratulate LOUDLY all who made finals, and wish all of you with races left the very, very best of luck.
Great effort everyone. The terrain looks challenging for Australians, and it is great to see so many of you doing so well, especially those making finals in good qualifying positions.
ha ha - great profiles troy, tis very fun to see everyone 'up close and personal'
sounds like you and ruebs would be better room mate matches neatness wise ;)
Super effort, super blog, and I'm looking forwards to seeing you guys kick some butt in the relay (and the remaining finals)! Go Aussie!!
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