Athletes run near Big Ben during the men's marathon at the London Olympics.

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Athletes run past the Queen Victoria Monument in London during the Olympic men's marathon.

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Athletes run fill a street during the running of the men's marathon at the London Olympics.

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Spain's Pau Gasol defends a shot by Team USA's Kobe Bryant during the first half of the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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Spain's Pau Gasol and Team USA's LeBron James try to get control of the ball during the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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Spain's Marc Gasol struggles to control the ball as Team USA defenders LeBron James and Tyson Chandler reach for it during the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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Team USA's LeBron James swoops in for a thunderous dunk against Spain at the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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Team USA celebrates at midcourt after beating Spain to win the gold medal at the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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USA's Russell Westbrook, left, and Kevin Durant celebrate their team's gold medal win over Spain at the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday.

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USA's LeBron James celebrates after his team won the gold medal over Spain at the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday.

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Team USA salutes the flag as it is raised during the medal ceremony at the London Olympics men's basketball final.

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Luis Scola of Argentina, in white, goes up for a rebound against Victor Khryapa of Russia during the men's basketball bronze medal game at the London Olympics.

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Russian players celebrate after winning the bronze medal game in men's basketball at the London Olympics.

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Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania, top, competes against Shino Yamanaka of Japan during the fencing competition in the women's modern pentathlon at the London Olympics.

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Britain's Mhairi Spence, left, competes against Brazil's Yane Marques during the fencing portion of the women's modern pentathlon at the London Olympics.

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Italy's Cristian Savani, left, spikes the ball past Bulgaria's Viktor Yosifov during the men's volleyball bronze medal match at the London Olympics.

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Jake Varner of the United States, right, in action against George Gogshelidze of Georgia during a men's 96-kilogram freestyle wrestling semifinal match at the London Olympics.

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Takao Isokawa of Japan in action against Magomed Musaev of Kyrgyzstan in the men's 96-kilogram freestyle wrestling final at the London Olympics.

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Ramazan Sahin of Turkey competes against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan, in blue, during their 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling match at the London Olympics.

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Albert Espanol Lifante of Spain looks to pass in the men's water polo match for fifth-sixth place between Spain and Hungary at the London Olympics.

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Goalkeeper Max Weinhold of Germany makes a save during the men's field hockey gold medal match at the London Olympics.

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German players celebrate winning the gold medal as Dutch team members look dejected after the men's field hockey final at the London Olympics.

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Denis Buntic of Croatia, center, in action against Ferenc Ilyes, left, and Timuzsin Schuch of Hungary during the men's handball bronze medal match.

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Hungary's pivot, Szabolcs Zubai, left, attempts a shot against Croatia's goalkeeper, Mirko Alilovic, during the men's bronze medal handball match at the London Olympics.

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Ivan Cupic of Croatia celebrates after scoring against Hungary in the men's handball bronze medal match at the London Olympics.

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