With the start of the spring season slowed a bit by Mother Nature's snowfalls, things have been relatively quiet on the local sports scene since the return from the trip to Florida to see the Kingswood softball team and Kennett baseball team do a little spring training at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex.
As fields and courts slowly clear and get back to being playable, the spring season promises to be a busy one, though I will spend a few days next week preparing for my big summer adventure, which means missing a few days of local sports action.
On Sunday I will be heading to South Station in Boston to catch the train to New York City for the Team USA Media Summit ahead of the Paris Summer Olympics. Last week the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced the schedule for the media summit and provided a list of athletes who would be in attendance, including some big names such as Suni Lee, Breanna Stewart, Bobby Finke and Carissa Moore.
The summit runs from Monday through Wednesday and includes press conferences, round table discussions, an opening reception and a ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building to mark the 100 days until Paris on Wednesday. The Media Summits ahead of the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics were virtual events and this is the first time the summit has been in-person since prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. This will be the first time I have attended the Team USA Media Summit and I am excited to see what it's all about.
The schedule appears that it will keep us pretty busy throughout the day, though I am also trying to get a ticket to see a Broadway show on Tuesday night to add to the experience of being in New York City.
In other news, as we get closer to Paris, the second invoice for the accommodations came through over the weekend. I had made an adjustment on my room request last month, changing the number of people in my room from the standard two (which is the default) to just the one, which means that my price went down. The first invoice was half of the original price but with the tax lowered and the price of one of the included breakfasts eliminated, my invoice was about 80 euros less than what I paid on the first invoice.
And in other news out of Paris, the new aquatics center was officially opened last week. This is the lone new venue built for the Paris 2024 Olympics and is quite an impressive building, located near the Stade de France, where the closing ceremonies will take place, in the Paris suburb of Seine-St. Denis, which is also where my hotel is located.
Keep an eye on this space at some point late next week for an update on the Team USA Media Summit.
The Aquatics Center in Paris is ready for the world's focus in the next few months. Photo from Paris 2024
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