London — Carmelita Jeter carries the U.S. flag after winning the silver medal in the 100 meters.

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London — Gold medal winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, right, gets a hug from teammate and bronze medal winner Veronica Campbell-Brown after the 100 meters.

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London — Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce defeats U.S. sprinters Tianna Madison, left, and Allyson Felix to win the 100 meter.

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London — Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, left, defeats U.S. sprinter Carmelita Jeter, right, and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare to win the 100 meters.

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London — U.S. runner Galen Rupp reacts after winning the silver medal in the 10,000 meters.

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London — Great Britain's Mohamed Farah reacts after capturing the 10,000 meters. At right is second-place finisher Galen Rupp of the U.S.

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London — Great Britain's Mohamed Farah kisses the ground after winning the gold medal in the 10,000 meters.

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London — Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele is the last runner to put away his belongings before the start of the 10,000 meters.

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London — Great Britain's Jessica Ennis celebrates the gold medal in the heptathlon after winning the 800 meters.

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London — Estonia's Grit Sadeiko falls to the track after the final leg of the 800 meters.

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London — DeeDee Trotter of the U.S. takes off from the starting block in the semifinals of the 400 meters.

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London — Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is all smiles after winning the 100 meters.

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London — U.S. sprinters Tianna Madison, Carmelita Jeter and Allyson Felix look at the replay of the 100 meters.

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London — Great Britain's Mohamed Farah, right, and Galen Rupp of the U.S. celebrate the gold and silver, respectively.

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London — The heat from the Olympic cauldron almost obscures a women's heptathlon competitor.

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London — Nathan Adrian, left, and Michael Phelps high five as they celebrate with teammates Matthew Grevers and Brendan Hansen after winning the men's 4x100 medley relay.

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London — Michael Phelps reaches into the pool to congratulate teammate Nathan Adrian, who swam the last leg of the men's 4x100 medley relay to win the gold medal. Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen also swam in the relay.

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London — Michael Phelps shows off a special award he received from FINA for becoming the most decorated Olympian in history.

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London — U.S. swimmers Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni, and Missy Franklin cheer as teammate Allison Schmitt finishes the race to win the women's 4x100 medley relay.

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London — U.S. swimmers Dana Vollmer, Rebecca Soni, Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt embrace after they win the women's 4x100 medley relay.

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London — China's Sun Yang celebrates winning the men's 1,500m freestyle.

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Team USA guard Kobe Bryant is fouled hard by Lithuania defender Jonas Valanciunas in the second half of a men's basketball prelim at the London 2012 Olympics Basketball Arena.

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Team USA's LeBron James is challenged by Lithuania defender Jonas Valanciunas in the second half of a men's basketball prelim at the London 2012 Olympics Basketball Arena.

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Team USA's Russell Westbrook attempts a reverse layup in the first half against Lithuania in a men's basketball prelim at the London 2012 Olympics Basketball Arena.

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Kobe Bryant takes a break on the bench during Team USA's narrow victory over Lithuania.

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A basketball acrobat falls to a mat under the basket during halftime of the men's basketball prelim between the USA and Lithuania at the London 2012 Olympics Basketball Arena.

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Jamie and Alison Zaslav of New York wrap themselves in the flag for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the U.S.-Lithuania basketball game.

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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius takes off from the starting blocks in the first round of the 400-meter race at the 2012 London Olympics.

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South Africa's Oscar Pistorius sprints toward the finish line in the first round of the men's 400-meter race.

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Ryan Bailey of the U.S., right, and Ben Youssef Meite of Ivory Coast compete in the 100-meter qualifying round.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures before the start of his 100-meter heat.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, wins his heat in the 100-meter qualifying round.

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LaShawn Merritt of the United States walks off the field after injuring his hamstring during the first round of the men's 400 meters.

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From left, Ethiopia's Etenesh Diro, Britain's Barbara Parker, Spain's Diana Martin and Russia's Gulnara Galkina jump during their heat of the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

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Portugal's Clarisse Cruz falls during the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase heats.

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Russia's Tatyana Chernova jumps in the heptathlon.

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An athlete competing in the women's heptathlon in shown in a heat wave from the Olympic cauldron at the 2012 London Olympics.

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This handout photograph released by Omega, the official timekeeper of the London 2012 Olympic games, shows the finish of the women's triathlon race for The 2012 London Olympic Games in London.

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Gold medalist Jamie Lynn Gray competes in the 50-meter rifle 3 positions women's final at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London.

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Yihan Wang of China competes during her women's singles badminton gold medal match against Xuerui Li of China.

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Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova in the women's singles gold medal match at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon.

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Great Britain's Katherine Copeland cries during the award ceremony for the lightweight women's rowing double sculls after winning the gold medal in Eton Dorney, near Windsor.

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China's Li Xuerui celebrates after beating Wang Yihan, also from China, in the women's singles gold medal badminton match.

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The start of the women's triathlon at Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Saturday.

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Ducks swim across the leading swimmers in the women's triathlon.

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Mexico's Hector Herrera celebrates with Darvin Chavez, left, and Jorge Enriquez after he scored a goal in extra time during the men's football quarter final match between Mexico and Senegal.

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