The medals were presented by two donor families -- one was an Australian woman (Trish Doust) whose son, Jeremy, had been a multiorgan donor.  Trish brought along her remaining three children.  Alicia (8), who is bubbly, with a cute smile. She said that being at the Games is exciting -- she is a swimmer herself -- and enjoyed presenting medals to the junior members.  Joshua (6), is pretty shy, but does say to each person he presents a medal to "Well done!"    His nickname at school is "Fish."   Samantha (10) says that she sees that the recipients are having a happy life.  She competes in swimming at "carnivals" (like our meets) with different swim clubs.  Her favorite stroke is the butterfly. 

The other presenter was an American donor family member, Willa Pilcher.  She said that it was "absolutely spectacular" to be able to present medals at the Games.  She presented medals for the men's 50M butterfly and the 18-34 men's adult competition. 

Everyone was on their feet, cheering loudly, for the time trials for the men's relay.  Very exciting! 

A 52-year-old man from Japan, who is blind, swam in the 100 M breaststroke.  He came in fifth.  His name is Nobuoki Miyauchi. 

In every event, if there was a swimmer who was very obviously falling behind, the crowd would clap and chant to cheer him or her on to the finish --- this is a crowd that appreciates ALL the athletes, not just those who place first, second, or third!