Saturday, August 11, 2012

walking back to happiness




Crowds packed along the pavements to see the Women’s Olympic 20k Walk today.  I stopped to do a quick sketch with Buckingham Palace in the background.   A Russian supporter in front of me, had what I assumed, was a flag on a stick in his hand.  Suddenly he pulled out the ‘stick’ to reveal a telescopic fishing rod sending a Russian flag high into the air above the crowds.
                                                                                

It seemed to do the trick.  
Elena Lashmanova (Russia) took the Gold Medal in a World Record time, with Olga Kaniskina (Russia) taking the Silver.  
Shenjie Qieyang (China) took the Bronze.




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