At 8/4/12 06:06 PM, liljim wrote:At 8/4/12 05:47 PM, Dromedary wrote:I'll be rooting for you winning gold in a discipline of your choice in Rio. I'll pay you 1 billion pounds when you win, but only on the understanding that you sing the anthem afterwards.At 8/4/12 05:32 PM, CharltonChinchilla wrote: This is now a Jess Ennis appreciation thread, WE LOVE YOU JESS.she should have sung the national anthem, i hate it so much when 'british' athletes don't
Seriously though, MOST athletes from ALL nations don't bother singing. She just looked to be holding back the tears to me.
And why would she? I'm all for Brits singing the anthem when they win but its not an issue if they don't (half the time just means they're not English when they don't). I prefer to see them fighting the urge to cry myself. Then you know it means something to them. Jessica Ennis was taking it all in, and listening to the crowd not sing the anthem but sing to her really. It was special.
Also to Sentio, good luck tomorrow with the nuptials. Good for you sir.