The entire school set off for the remnants of the IOC congress in Copenhagen at 5am on Monday the 5th of October. On arrival we were given our own IOC folding chair and dawdled into a hall with some talks going on. We were treated to talks by coaches and Olympians. Surprise of the day was to see Poul-Erik Høyer giving a talk on his experience in Atlanta. Just in case anyone reads this, Poul-Erik won a gold medal in badminton singles in Atlanta, representing Denmark. This slide is entitled "Hjemmebanen"; Poul-Erik envisaged that when he was playing, he was playing at home on his home court. Everytime he saw red or white, he thought of all of his supporters. It was a most amazing match which Poul-Erik eventually won to secure Denmark's only Olympic gold medal in badminton to date, at almost 30 years of age.
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