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Hi, Rusty!
Yes, well done!
Of course.....you are right........Odin is the link!
I had never thought of that!
I still don't understand this "in the cloud" business?
But I am glad that all your photographs are safe!
They will be precious memories.
Is Miss O'Hara's photo still up on the billboard?
I wasn't sure how long the exhibition lasted?
Did you not buy a paper this morning, Rusty?
Isaac Makwala's sad story is plastered all over the back page and continued on page 58.
Yes, I agree with you, Elaine Thompson spoke openly about her sickness.
And as I said earlier ......
Why not one overall rule for all?

Hello, Elle!
I have not looked at my paper.
I have been trying to fix my computer.
I do not understand the "cloud" business, too.
But it works, whatever it is!
"Google Photos" is a great app.
I recommend it.
I am going to have a quick look at the puzzle before my tea!

I don't understand !

Did or did not Elaine Thompson report her being sick to the
medical centre before she ran?
Because if she did not report it then, but only mentioned it
afterwards, then it could explain why she did not have a ban.

Perhaps most the other athletes did not mention their being
ill before their event, precisely to avoid being stopped from
taking part.

The short answer there, Pigale, is that I personally do not know whether or not Ms Thompson reported to the Medical Centre!
But I'm not sure it's necessarily relevant?
The point I was attempting to make was that it was well known - to the Athletics' Officials and the public - that other athletes (besides Isaac Makwala) who were already competing, had previously been vomiting.
Whether or not anyone put in a report to the Medical Centre , this sickness was an accepted fact.

Hi, Rusty!
I don't understand "apps", either, though!
All this modern technology is too much for me to absorb!
And remember, too, that my mobile phone does nothing but ring and text?
I cannot download "apps".... or take photos.... or whatever else advanced technology advocates!
I am a dinosaur...and happy to be so!
I thought today's 15 x 15 was reasonable?
But couldn't parse 12d?
I will say no more at this stage in case I spoil your own offerings.
What are you having for tea?

Yes, I see - so perhaps Isaac Makwala would have been better
off not to mention anything? (I have read somewhere that
he presented himself voluntarily to the medical centre)

Unless they particularly wanted to exclude him, something
which has been suggested.....

Anyway, it all sounds a dirty mess to me!

Yes, Pigale , it sounds a "dirty mess" to me, too!

Hello, Elle!
Still a fine day here.
Apps can be downloaded to tablets and computers, too.
They are programmes invented by folk which can make life simpler or less hassle whilst using them.
Like "AdBlock" for instance.
I had a pork pie for my tea, and it was very nice!
12, Well the answer is "Leatherhead" which is a town in Surrey.
"Hide" is "leather", and it looks like "personal computer" is "head" according to our setter!
I can just about see it!
Now, I believe the sick runner from Botswana is getting to run an individual time trial for the 200 metres this evening, to see will he qualify.
And I hope you have no questions about it because that is all I know!

Hi, Rusty!
Your tea sounds very good!
We haven't had ours yet!
Thank you for the parsing for 12d.
I though it must be "Leatherhead" - with " leather " for "hide", but I couldn't see were "head" came from?
And I'm afraid that I still don't understand how "head" can mean "personal computer"?
What am I missing here?
Thanks for the update on Makwala!
I switched on the TV just in time to watch his time trial for the 200m Semi Final.
He did well!
This was a good move to attempt to remedy matters re his missing the previous 200m heats - but it doesn't alter the unfortunate fact that he missed the chance of a medal in the 400m .
It seems to be raining even heavier in East London, where the London Stadium is situated, than it is here!

Hello, Elle,
I imagine the setter thinks that we "think" etc with our head, and therefore it is a "personal computer".
That's my take on it, and I can just about see it.
No rain here.
A fine evening in fact!