Soaked. The weather here switches from very hot to cold and rainy in a matter of minutes. I froze while standing in front of Buckingham Palace waiting for the Women’s Cycling race to head to the finish line. Staked out a great spot but when the rain started, the umbrellas went up and I could see anything anymore. Oh well. I made do.
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- The Hatman of London, Chito Salarza Grant, displays the hat he made in honor of the 2012 London Olympics in front of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. The hat, says Grant, represents the Olympic Stadium and is “my gift for London and the tourists.” (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- Paola Andrea Munoz Grandon of Chile talks on her cellphone before the Women’s Cycling Road race in front of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. Munoz Grandon did not finish the race. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- Crowd favorites Elizabeth Armitstead and Lucy Martin of Great Britain warm up before the Women’s Road Cycling race Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. Armitstead took silver in the event. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- Spectators bring out their umbrellas before the Olympic Women’s Road Cycling race in front of Buckingham Palace on Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. The weather has been fickle since the start of the Games, changing from temperatures in the 80s to being cold and rainy, sometimes in a matter of minutes. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- Cyclists make their first turn off The Mall in Front of Buckingham Palace during the Olympic Women’s Road Cycling race Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- A flag baring the likeness of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II flies near the finish line of the Olympic Women’s Roaad Cycling race Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britain, Marianne Vos of Netherlands and Olga Zabelinskay of Russia ride down a rainy final stretch of the Olympic Women’s Road Cycling race Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London. Spectators braved the elements — which swung from sunny and hot to cold and rainy — in order to watch the women compete. Vos won the Gold, Armitstead the silver and Zabelinskay took bronze. (Anthony L. Solis/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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- An unidentified Dutch man cheers for Marianne Vos of the Netherlands as she earns the gold medal in the Olympic Women’s Road Cycling race Sunday, July 29, 2012 in London.
Julie Jag
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Anthony L. Solis
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why don’t you report on the magnificent ariel hsing who has won the first two rounds in table tennis?
Because I don’t have a press pass, so I can’t get in to photograph her. Or else I would. I’m not sure Julie will do anything either because she lives in San Jose and our sister paper, the San Jose Mercury News is covering her. If you like, I can post the Mercury News stories here when they come over.
OK I did not realize that Murky News was covering her. I am surprised you don’t have a press pass. Do they consider you to be a potted plant? Or are they indirectly dissing Santa Cruz?
No, no, nothing of the sort. The US is only allotted a certain number of press credentials for the Olympics. The Sentinel is the smallest newspaper in the nation to be given a credential (which went to Julie), so for us to get two would be pretty incredible. Frankly, we’re shocked we got one. There is no diss on he Sentinel, in fact, they must think pretty highly of us to give us at least one.