Six-day event at Lee Velo Park
We were in for an intriguing night at the Six-day event at Lee Velo Park. In one of Britain's most iconic sporting venues, The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Many of the world's top track cyclists were taking part in this six-day event including Great Britain's Mark Cavendish.
There were six events taking place, Madison, Elimination, Derney, Women's Omnium, 200m Time Trial and the Keirin.
The Madison was the first event of the evening. The race itself was fairly competitive, but it was the highly experience Belgian pair of Boussaer and Hester who won the event.
As for the event itself, the atmosphere was good in the sense that although there wasn't a full house, there were still enough spectators to create a reasonably good atmosphere.
It was a little disappointing to see that other than Mark Cavendish, there weren't any other British Olympic medallists such as Laura Trott who participated in Rio 2016 but was not participating in this event due to pregnancy.
The time trial event was also intriguing to watch as it was one of the more tactical events. I loved the way in which the cyclists plan their time trial and waited for the right moment to push the accelerator, it was almost like your waiting for something to give you a burst of energy to kickstart your ride.
What was also noticeable was the fact that some of the spectators were in cycling kit, which could suggest that they have a huge passion for cycling and were representing the sports identity as cycling fans.
I noticed that some of my peers were doing interviews with some of the spectators and cyclists. I thought that was something that I could consider doing in the future in terms of my live event reporting skills.
This gives you more to write about as a Sports Journalist as you can take in the views of other people who have been to this event and implement them into your own work.
There were six events taking place, Madison, Elimination, Derney, Women's Omnium, 200m Time Trial and the Keirin.
The Madison was the first event of the evening. The race itself was fairly competitive, but it was the highly experience Belgian pair of Boussaer and Hester who won the event.
As for the event itself, the atmosphere was good in the sense that although there wasn't a full house, there were still enough spectators to create a reasonably good atmosphere.
It was a little disappointing to see that other than Mark Cavendish, there weren't any other British Olympic medallists such as Laura Trott who participated in Rio 2016 but was not participating in this event due to pregnancy.
The time trial event was also intriguing to watch as it was one of the more tactical events. I loved the way in which the cyclists plan their time trial and waited for the right moment to push the accelerator, it was almost like your waiting for something to give you a burst of energy to kickstart your ride.
What was also noticeable was the fact that some of the spectators were in cycling kit, which could suggest that they have a huge passion for cycling and were representing the sports identity as cycling fans.
I noticed that some of my peers were doing interviews with some of the spectators and cyclists. I thought that was something that I could consider doing in the future in terms of my live event reporting skills.
This gives you more to write about as a Sports Journalist as you can take in the views of other people who have been to this event and implement them into your own work.
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