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Spain's Javier Garcia Gadea (R) shoots as Montenegro's Vjekoslav Paskovic (L) defends during their Men's Quarterfinal water polo match during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 8, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio MoraesAn...
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displayComments:true!LONDON — Rhythmic gymnastics is to Russia’s female Olympians what beach volleyball is to the United States’: The sport that seems to mint one gold medal after another.had no illusion of finishing on the medal podium in her Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games. What she hoped to achieve, as the first American rhythmic gymnast to qualify for the Olympics since 2004, was to stage...
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Britain's Nicola Adams (left) reacts as she is declared the winner over China's Ren Cancan during their Women's Fly (51kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic. (Reuters Photo)won the first ever women's Olympic flyweight final with a 16-7 win over China's world championAfter losing May's world championships flyweight final to Ren, Adams controlled the Olympic gold-medal bout from the first...
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United States' Megan Rapinoe celebrates her goal during a semifinal women's soccer match between the United States and Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.Photo: Ben Curtis/ APUnited States' Megan Rapinoe, left, heads for the ball against Canada's Sophie Schmidt, right, during their semifinal women's soccer match between the USA and Canada...
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a water polo match to a training session for women's soccer event, here are day 12's best pictures....
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The United State's Missy May Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate with their Gold Medals following a win over April Ross and Jennifer Kessy, also of the United States, in the women's Gold Medal beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in London.Photo: Petr David Josek/ APwere opponents in the gold medal game in London. There's a good chance they could...
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Abby Wambach, center-left, is congratulated by her team after scoring on a penalty during the semifinal women's soccer match between the USA and Canada in the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.Photo: Ben Curtis/ APThe U.S. women's soccer team still feels the sting from that shootout loss to Japan in the World Cup last July.On Thursday night, they get...
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Silver medallists April Ross, (left), of the U.S. and team mate Jennifer Kessy, gold medallists Misty May-Treanor of the U.S. and team mate Kerri Walsh Jennings, (third from right), and bronze medallists Brazil's Larissa and Juliana, (right), pose with their medals at the women's beach volleyball victory ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games on Aug 8, 2012. -- PHOTO:...
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Aug. 8, 2012: United States' Allyson Felix leads teammate Sanya Richards-Ross and Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown to win the women's 200-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.Denied twice on the world's biggest stage, Felix won the Olympic gold medal she's been yearning for, taking the 200 meters Wednesday night to fill the last, and biggest,...
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Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia sail prior to the 49er Men's skiff race at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England.Photo: Francois Mori/ APwiped her eyes, U.S. Sailing officials on both sides of the Atlantic had blunt assessments and promised an extensive review of their program after the Americans failed to win a medal for the first time...
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this Tuesday, July 31, 2012, file photo, U.S. gymnasts,from left, Jordyn Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross raise their hands on the podium during the medal ceremony during the Artistic Gymnastic women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. With the gymnastics competition over, the U.S. women's gymnastics team is beginning...
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Angeles Dodgers catcher Matt Treanor smiles in the dugout before a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Treanor's wife, Misty May-Treanor, and her teammate Kerri Walsh Jennings, won the gold medal in Olympic women's beach volleyball earlier Wednesday.Photo: Reed Saxon/ APcatcher, watched his famous wife win her third straight beach v...
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Matthias Steiner of Germany gets hit by the weights while failing to make a successful lift in the men's over 105-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London.Photo: Mike Groll/ APBritish track and field athlete Jessica Ennis holds up her heptathlon gold medal while greeting fans at the BT London Live concert at Hyde Park in central London during...
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United States' Megan Rapinoe, right, celebrates with teammate Alex Morgan after scoring against Canada during their semIfinal women's soccer match at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England.Photo: Jon Super/ APNBC's play-by-play announcer for Olympic women's soccer doesn't want to think about what would have happened had he blown the call...
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displayComments:true!Kobe Bryant wakes from slump, helps U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team rout AustraliaKobe Bryant and Kevin Durant show their excitement during the U.S. Olympic men's basketball quarterfinal against Australia in London on Wednesday. Bryant scored 20 points, 18 of which came on 3-pointers.LONDON — All’s fine with Kobe Bryant, and the gold medal hopes of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball...
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Brazil's Juliana Silva reacts during the women's bronze medal beach volleyball match against China at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in London.Photo: Petr David Josek/ APLONDON (AP) — Brazil's Juliana and Larissa won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball on Wednesday night, rallying from a first-set loss to beat China 11-21, 21-19, 15-12.Brazil is the top-seeded team in the...
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