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Early Tweets From Maria Michta in London

Olympian reacts to the pomp and circumstance of the opening ceremony.

Maria Michta partook in the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and she took to Twitter not too long after to discuss her experience. She also mentioned that she'll be on NBC in the morning, showing the news crew how to race walk. Tune in to watch her. Here's a list of some of her Tweets since arriving in England. The photo above captures Michta just before she headed out the door to partake in the ceremony.

‏@MariaMichta Out the door and off to the show! #soexcited

‏@MariaMichta When the US team walks out I am about 4 rows from the front.  What an amazing experience!

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@MariaMichta Just got back from Opening Ceremonies! Incredible!!! What a rush stepping onto the track behind our waving flag! #TEAMUSA #soproud

@MariaMichta  Time for bed, tomorrow early training before teaching the NBC crew and all of America back home how to race walk! Be sure to tune in!

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