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London 2012 Closing Ceremony and More Great Photos From the Olympics

US gymnasts celebrate their gold medal and more great photos from the Olympics.

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A general view of the stadium and Olympic park during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Fireworks explode over the stadium during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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(L-R) Melanie Chisholm, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, Geri Haliwell and Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls perform during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Spice Girls' Geri Halliwell performs during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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The road to Rio during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Annie Lennox performs during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Musician Annie Lennox performs during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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The Olympic flame is seen during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Brian May of Queen performs alongside Jessie J during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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British singer Jessie J performs at the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Andy Bell, Liam Gallagher and Gem Archer of Beady Eye perform during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Choir singers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games

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British comedian Russell Brand (C) performs at the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Artists perform during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Britain's Kate Moss (4th L, front), Naomi Campbell (4th R), Lily Cole (L), Alessandra Ambrosio (C-rear), Jourdan Dunn (3rd R) Karen Elson (2nd L, rear), Georgia May Jagger (2nd R), David Gandy (R) and Stella Tennant (2nd L, front) participate inside the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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A performer waves the union flag during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games on Aug. 12, 2012.

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The athletes of the competing nations enter the stadium during the closing ceremony.

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Lee Thompson, saxophonist of the British group Madness, takes a page from Boris Johnson's book and plays while dangling from a wire.

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British singer-songwriter Emeli Sande.

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A performer walked on a wire.

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Neil Tennant, left, and Chris Lowe from The Pet Shop Boys.

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Performers at the closing ceremony, longing for the day when circus acrobatics is an Olympic event.

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Black, white and red all over.

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Homage to Rebekah Brooks?

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Suggs, second from left, and the band Madness.

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English actor Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill.

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LeBron James dunks during the Men's Basketball gold medal game between the United States and Spain on Aug. 12. 

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Takao Isokawa of Japan in action against Magomed Musaev of Kyrgyzstan in the Men's Freestyle Wrestling 96kg 1/8 final match on Aug. 12.

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Belarus performs during the Group All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics on Aug. 12.

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Russia performs with the ball during the Group All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics on Aug. 12.

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Ivan Cupic of Croatia shoots and scores ahead of Barna Putics of Hungary during the Men's Handball Bronze Medal Match on Aug. 12.

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Australia's Elizabeth Cambage jams her finger into the eye of Russia's Natalya Vodopyanova while defending a drive to the basket during a women's bronze medal basketball game on Aug. 11.

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Adam Marosi of Hungary celebrates after completing the course in the equestrian show jumping stage of the men's modern pentathlon on August 11.

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South Korea's Hwang Woojin loses control of his horse during the show jumping event of the modern pentathlon on August 11.

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Yeon Jae Son of Korea competes during the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final on August 11.

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Walkers race during the Women's 20km walk on August 11.

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Britain's James Tindall reacts after a men's hockey bronze medal match against Australia on Aug. 11.

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Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez, Sofia Toro Prieto Puga and Angela Pumariega Menendez of Spain compete on their way to finishing first to win the gold medal in the women's Elliott 6m sailing on August 11.

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Neta Rivkin of Isreal competes during the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final on August 11.

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Francois Coulombe-Fortier of Canada hugs Daba Modibo Keita of Mali following the quarterfinal on August 11.

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Cuba's Robelis Despaigne reacts after losing to Gabon's Anthony Obame in their quarterfinal round match in the men's taekwondo competition on Aug. 11.

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Ukraine's Alina Maksymenko performs her ball program during the individual all-around final of the rythmic gymnastics event on August 11.

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Britain's Samuel Weale looks up during the fencing section of the men's modern pentathlon on Aug. 11.

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Clemente Russo of Italy reacts after beating Teymur Mammadov of Azerbaijan during the men's heavy boxing bout on August 10.

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Stuart Bithell of Great Britain celebrates finishing second with team mate Luke Patience in the men's 470 sailing in Weymouth on August 10.

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Spain's Javier Garcia reaches from under the water as Tim Hutten of the U.S. attempts to control the ball during the men's water polo semifinal on August 10.

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Joanna Mitrosz of Poland competes during the rythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition on August 10.

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Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg of Mongolia arrives to face Denys Berinchyk of the Ukraine in the men's light welterweight boxing semi-finals on August 10.

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Venezuela's Ricardo Antonio Roberty Moreno is injured during his match against Guinea-Bissau's Augusto Midana during a 55-kg men's freestyle wrestling competition on Aug. 10.

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France's Delphine Ledoux performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications on Aug. 10.

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A member of Australia's synchronised swimming team competes in the free routine final on August 10.

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A cyclist performs between races at the BMX track on August 10.

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Spain competes in the women's teams synchronised swimming free routine final at the Aquatics Centre on August 10.

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Ryota Murata of Japan sits in his corner between rounds against Abbos Atoev of Uzbekistan on August 10.

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Spain competes in the Women's Teams Synchronised Swimming Technical Routine at the Aquatics Centre on August 9.

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Warren Weir of Jamaica, Wallace Spearmon of the United States, Churandy Martina of Netherlands, Yohan Blake of Jamaica and Alex Quinonez of Ecuador to win gold in the Men's 200m Final at the Olympic Stadium on August 9.

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USA forward Abby Wambach (14) celebrates with goalkeeper Hope Solo, right, and defender Christie Rampone following a 2-1 victory over Japan in the Olympics women's soccer final at Wembley Stadium on August 9.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and official team GB ambassador Robin Cousins watch the Women's Teams Synchronised Swimming Technical Routine at the Aquatics Centre on August 9.

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Swimmers compete during the Women's Marathon 10km Swimming at Hyde Park on August 9.

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Katie Bell of the United States dives during the women's 10-meter platform semifinal on Aug. 9.

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Paola Espinosa Sanchez of Mexico dives during the women's 10-meter platform diving semifinal on Aug. 9.

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U.S. player Destinee Hooker attempts to block during the Women's semifinal volleyball match between South Korea and the US in the 2012 London Olympic Games Aug. 9.

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Ilya Shkurenev of Russia competes during the Men's Decathlon Discus Throw on Aug. 9.

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Colombia's Carlos Mario Oquendo Zabala, left, South Africa's Sifiso Nhlapo, center, and Latvia's Maris Strombergs, compete in a BMX cycling men's quarterfinal run on Aug. 9.

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Brittany Broben of Australia competes in the Women's 10m Platform Diving Semifinal on Aug. 9.

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Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia competes in the Individual All-Around Gymnastics Rhythmic on Aug. 9.

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Members of the team of Australia dive to start their routine during the women's team synchronized swimming technical routine on Aug. 9.

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Germany's Angela Maurer, front, and other athletes dive into the Serpentine at Hyde Park as they compete in the women's marathon swimming competition Aug. 9.

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Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates after winning gold in the Women's 200m Final Aug. 8.

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Veronika Shutkova of Belarus competes in the Women's Long Jump Final on Aug. 8.

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Latvia's Anastasija Grigorjeva (R) wrestles with Mongolia's Battsetseg Soronzonbold in their Women's 63kg Freestyle 1/8 final match on Aug. 8.

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Jennifer Dahlgren of Argentina looks on during the Women's Hammer Throw Qualifications on Aug. 8.

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Lithuania huddles before taking on Russia during the Men's Basketball quaterfinal game on Aug 8.

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 A rider from the Czech Republic in action during a Mountain Bike training session at Hadleigh Farm on Aug. 8.

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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, South Africa's Willem Coertzen competes in the long jump decathlon on Aug. 8.

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Russia's Kristina Kim gets kicked in the head by Thailand's Chanatip Sonkham during their match in women's 49-kg taekwondo competition on Aug. 8.

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Ashton Eaton of the United States competes in the Men's Decathlon Shot Put on Aug. 8.

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Brazil's Adriana Araujo reacts as she leaves the ring following a fight against Russia's Sofya Ochigava in a women's semifinal lightweight 60-kg boxing match on Aug. 8.

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Australia’s Damon Kelly competes in the men’s +105-kg weightlifting competition on Aug. 7.

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Deng Linlin of China shows off her skills on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics apparatus final at the London Olympics.

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The Italian team defends its goal against China during their semifinal water polo match on Aug. 7.

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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt cruises during his Aug. 7 heat of the men’s 200-meter event.

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Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze (in back) of Germany celebrate after winning the women’s kayak double 500-meter semifinal on Aug. 7. Poland's Karolina Naya and Beata Mikolajczyk are in the foreground.

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Great Britain’s Laura Trott is pumped after winning the gold medal in the women’s track cycling ominum event.

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Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici of Great Britain participate in the duets free routine final during the synchronized swimming competition at the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Hajung Seok of Korea takes on Singapore’s Jiawei Li in the Women’s Team Table Tennis bronze medal match on Aug. 7.

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Tsimafei Dzeinichenka of Belarus (top) gets the upper hand against Bulgaria’s Elis Guri during their match. The pair met in the quarterfinal round of the 96-kg Greco Roman Wrestling tournament.

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United States' Megan Rapinoe, right, celebrates with teammate Alex Morgan after Morgan's game-winning header to defeat Canada in the women's soccer semifinal match on Aug. 6.

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Jennifer Suhr of the United States competed in the Women's Pole Vault final on Aug. 6. Suhr took home the gold.

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North Korea's Jang Hyang Mi and Jong Yon Hui compete in the preliminary round of synchronized swimming on Aug. 6.

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Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland in the Men's Singles Tennis Gold Medal Match on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, England on August 5, 2012 .

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Ben Ainslie of Great Britain competes in the Men's Finn Sailing Medal Race on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Weymouth, England on August 5, 2012.

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A general view of Greenwich Park is seen during the 2nd Qualifier of Individual Equestrian Jumping on August 5, 2012 in London, England.

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Mary Killman and Mariya Koroleva of the United States compete in the Women's Duets Synchronised Swimming Technical Routine on Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, England on August 5, 2012.

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Serena Williams (R) and Venus Williams (L) of the United States celebrate after defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic in the Women's Doubles Tennis gold medal match on August 5, 2012 in London, England.

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Erwan Le Pechoux of France competes against Alexander Massialas of the United States during the Men's Foil Team Fencing quarterfinal in London on August 5, 2012.

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Carmelita Jeter of the United States celebrates winning the silver in the Women's 100m Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 4.

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Yang Sun of China celebrates after winning the Men's 1500m Freestyle Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 4. Sun recorded a World Record time for the event with a time of 14:31.02.

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Greg Rutherford of Great Britain (R) celebrates winning gold in the Men's Long Jump Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 4.

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Gabrielle Douglas of the United States won a gold medal in the individual all-around final on Aug. 2. See more photos from the London 2012 Olympics.

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Alexandra Raisman of the United States performed her floor exercise in the individual all-around gymnastics final on Aug. 2.

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Andrea Lenders of the Netherlands practiced her trampoline routine on Aug. 2.

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Dan Lin of China celebrated his victory in the men's singles badminton quarterfinal on Aug. 2.

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Australian cyclists competed in the men's team-pursuit track cycling qualifying round on Aug. 2.

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Nathan Adrian of the United States won gold in the men's 100m Freestyle on Aug. 1.

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Olga Kharlan of Ukraine celebrated her bronze-medal victory in the Sabre Individual Fencing match on Aug. 1.

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Fans at a third-round singles tennis match between Venus Williams and Angelique Kerber of Germany.

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Lauren Wenger of the United States competed against Spain in women's water polo on Aug 1.

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A women's basketball preliminary round match between Croatia and Czech Republic on Aug. 1.

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Khalid Eisa, goalkeeper for the United Arab Emirates, looks on hopelessly as Moussa Konate of Senegal scores during a first-round soccer match on August 1.

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Xiaojun Lu of China competes in the 77kg-class weightlifting competition on Aug 1.

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A sailing race on Aug. 1.

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Kristian Thomas of Great Britain during his floor exercise in the men's gymnastics individual all-around final on Aug. 1.

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From left to right, Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross of the United States celebrated their gold medal victory in the women's gymnastics team final on Tuesday.

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In this multiple-exposure photo, American gymnast Alexandra Raisman performed on the balance beam during the women's gymnastics team finals on Tuesday.

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A gymnast practiced before the women's team finals on Tuesday.

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Victoria Komova of Russia competed on the uneven bars during the gymnastics team finals on Tuesday.

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Mexico's Luz Mercedes Acosta Valdez prepared to compete in the women's weightlifting 63kg event on Tuesday.

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Kristian Ipsen and Troy Dumais of the United States practiced for the men's synchronized three-meter springboard competition on Tuesday.

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Anne Panter (back) of Great Britain challenged Hye Lyoung Han of Korea during their field hockey match on Tuesday.

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Denmark's Jonas Hogh-Christensen competed in the Finn sailing class event on Tuesday.

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Romania's Corina Caprioriu after winning against the United States' Marti Malloy during the women's -57kg judo contest semi-final match on July 30.

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China's Xi Zhang serves during the Women's Beach Volleyball Preliminary match against Switzerland on July 30.

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A Belgian track cyclist practices on July 30.

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Hong Kong's Jiang Tianyi during the table tennis men's singles round match against Russia's Alexey Smirnov on July 30.

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Spain's Jose Ballbe falls during the preliminary round men's field hockey match between Spain and Pakistan on July 30.

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Courtney Hurley of the United States during the Women's Epee Individual Fencing on July 30, 2012.

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Australia's Sam Griffiths rides Happy Times during the Cross Country phase of the Eventing competition on July 30.

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China's Jin Ma and Chen Xu during their Mixed Doubles Badminton match against Thailand's Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam on July 30.

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Rowers practice at Eton Dorney on July 30.

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Japan's Kazuya Kaneda during the men's 200m butterfly heats on July 30.

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From Left: Stephanie Rice of Australia, Shiwen Ye of China and Hannah Miley of Great Britain during Heat 5 of the Women's 200m Individual Medley on July 30.

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Spain's David Ferrer plays a forehand during the Men's Singles Tennis match against Canada's Vasek Pospisil on July 29.

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Japan's Asuka Teramoto on the beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's qualification on July 29.

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Romania's Diana Maria Chelaru on the uneven bars during the women's qualification of the artistic gymnastics event on July 29.

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Team USA's Gabrielle Douglas on the vault during the women's artistic gymnastics qualifiers on July 29.

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Italy's Andrea Bari during the men's volleyball match between Italy and Poland on July 29.

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Turkey's Fatih Keles (left) during the first round Lightweight match against Algeria's Abdelkader Chadi (right) during their first round Lightweight on July 29.

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Heat 1 of the Women's Eight at Eton Dorney on July 29.

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Rosalba Forciniti of Italy after winning the bronze in Judo against Marie Muller of Luxembourg on July 29.

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China's Jingbiao Wu while competing in the Men's 56kg Weightlifting on July 29.

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Australia's Belinda Hocking during the second semifinal heat of the Women's 100m Backstroke on July 29.

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Italy's Tania Cagnotto (below) and Francesca Dallape during the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard final on July 29.

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The peloton crosses the finish line after the women's cycling road race on July 29.

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Empty seats at the dressage event on July 29.

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Nadine Jarosch of Germany competes on the beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team qualification on July 29.

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From Left: Clement Lefert, Fabien Gilot and Amaury Leveaux of France after winning the gold in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Realty on July 29.

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Tunisia's Sarra Besbes (left) during the Women's Epee Individual Fencing round of 32 on July 30, 2012.

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Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic after losing the men's singles badminton match to Spain's Pablo Abian on July 29.

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Team USA's Carli Lloyd (right) celebrates with teammates Megan Rapinoe (center) and Alex Morgan during the Women's Soccer first round match between the U.S. and Colombia on July 28.

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Croatia's Andrea Penezic during the Women's Handball preliminaries Group A - Match 3 between Croatia and Brazil on July 28.

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Germany's Sebastian Krimmer on the horizontal bar in the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team qualification on July 28, 2012.

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Michael Phelps after the Men's 400m Individual Medley on July 28.

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Serena Williams after beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their Women's Singles Tennis match on July 28.

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Germany's Tobias Englmaier (in white) and Armenia's Hovhannes Davtyan compete in the Men's-60 kg Judo on July 28.

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Valentina Vezzali after winning the Women's Foil Individual Fencing Quaterfinal match against Ines Boubakri of Tunisia on July 28.

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The Netherlands, United States, Australia and Canada during the Men's Pair Heat 2 on July 28.

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Emily Seebohm, Libby Trickett, Brittany Elmslie and Yolane Kukla after finishing first in Heat 2 of the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay on July 28.

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Beatriz Piron of the Dominican Republic competes in the Women's 48kg Group A weightlifting on July 28.

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Men's Singles Table Tennis on July 28.

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Fireworks from Tower Bridge during the opening ceremony on July 27.

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A performance during the opening ceremony on July 27.

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Chris Hoy of the Great Britain Olympic cycling team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony on July 27.

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