USA's Gabrielle Douglas celebrates the gold medal with teammates after winning the gold medal for Women's Team Final at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Gabrielle Douglas flies during her routine on the uneven bars.

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Jordyn Wieber of the U.S. competes on the floor in the women's team final.

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Alexandra Raisman of the U.S. shows intense concentration on the beam in the women's team final.

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Members of the U.S. women's gymnastics team, from left, Jordan Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman and Kyla Ross celebrate their gold medal in the team final.

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U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps on his way to earning a silver medal in the men's 200-meter butterfly.

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Michael Phelps holds his 18th Olympic medal, a gold he earned with teammates in the men's 4x200 freestyle relay.

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Russia's Ksenia Afanasyeva falls during a landing on her floor exercise in the women's team final in gymnastics.

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Vincent Hancock of the U.S. competes in the men's qualification for skeet shooting at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

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The hooves of Opgun Louvo, ridden by Sandra Auffarth of Germany, clear a jump during the equestrian eventing individual show jumping. Auffarth won the bronze medal in the event.

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Team USA guard Russell Westbrook climbs over the back and fouls Tunisia guard Marouan Laghnej during the first half in a men's Group A preliminary game.

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Team USA guard Russell Westbrook leaps past Tunisia defenders for a first-half basket.

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Antanas Kavaliauskas of Lithuania goes to the basket against Nigeria in the first half of their game at the London 2012 Olympics.

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North Korea's Choe Yong Sim, left, fights for the ball against United States' Abby Wambach during their group G women's soccer match at the London 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday.

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Gabrielle Douglas celebrates with U.S. teammates after winning the women's team final at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Travis Stevens of the U.S. celebrates after defeating No. 1 seed Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil to advance to the semifinals in the 81-kilogram judo competition.

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Divers gather at the 3-meter springboard to practice at the London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Center.

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Canadians Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito splash into the water as they complete their fourth jump on the way to a bronze medal in women's 10-meter synchronized diving.

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Russian gymnasts and team officials react as teammate Kseniia Afanasyeva falls while performing during the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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North Korea's Kum Sok Kim competes in the men's 69-kilogram group A weightlifting event at The Excel Centre in London.

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Chad le Clos of South Africa celebrates after winning the gold in the men's 200-meter butterfly final.

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Multiple-exposure photo of gymnast Kyla Ross performing on the balance beam.

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A red, white and blue-man group cheers on U.S. swimmers.

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British fans roar as countrywoman Nicola Wilson finishes her ride on Opposition Buzz in the show jumping phase of the equestrian eventing competition at the Greenwich Park stadium.

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A horse and rider splash through a water jump in the equestrian eventing competition.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, left, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry enjoy the show jumping phase of the eventing equestrian competition in which their cousin, Zara Phillips, helped Britain win a silver medal.

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Laker Pau Gasol, playing in the Olympics for his native Spain, scores a layup against Aron Baynes of Australia. Spain won the preliminary round game, 82-70.

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Slovenia's Urska Zolnir, white, competes with Israel's Alice Schlesinger during their women's 63-kilogram judo quarterfinal match.

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Enthusiastic Japanese fans pose before the women's soccer match between Japan and South Africa at Millennium Stadium. The match ended in a 0-0 tie.

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Italian skeet shooter Ennio Falco ejects spent shells from his gun in the men's qualification round.

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Laura Ludwig of Germany tosses a handful of sand into the air between points of a women's beach volleyball match against Brazil.

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Elsa Baquerizo of Spain celebrates with fans over a victory over Argentina in pool play in women's beach volleyball.

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Miles Chamley-Watson of the United States in action against Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt in men's individual foil fencing. Chamley-Watson lost the first-round match, 15-10.

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Venus Williams of the United States serves against Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada in women's tennis competition at Wimbledon. Williams rolled into the third round, 6-1, 6-3.

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Andy Murray of Britain celebrates his win over Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, 6-2, 6-4, in men's second round tennis comeptition.

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Norbert Madaras of Hungary takes a slap to the head from Nikola Janovic of Montenegro during a preliminary round match of the men's water polo competition.

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