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Egypt's Khalil K Abir Abdelrahman falls after failed attempt on the women's 75Kg group A weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012.Dominic Ebenbichler

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France's Teddy Riner celebrates winning his men's +100kg gold medal judo match aginst Russia's Alexander Mikhaylin at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012.Darren Staples

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Russia's Evgeny Kovalev, Ivan Kovalev, Alexei Markov and Alexander Serov compete in the track cycling men's team pursuit first round heats at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012.Cathal McNaughton

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Iraq's Safaa Al-Jumaili falls after failed attempt on the on the men's 85Kg group B weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012.DOMINIC EBENBICHLER/Reuters

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New Zealand's Nathan Cohen, left, and Joseph Sullivan celebrate after winning the gold medal for the men's rowing double sculls in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics Thursday August 2, 2012.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail

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Athletes compete in the men's 400m hurdles heats as the Olympic flame burns during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 3, 2012.MAX ROSSI/Reuters

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South Korea's Woo Young Won celebrates during his men's sabre team quarterfinals fencing match against Germany's Nicolas Limbach at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 3, 2012.DAMIR SAGOLJ/Reuters

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Qatar's Noor Hussain Al-Malki sits on the track after suffering injury in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012.Martin Meissner/The Associated Press

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Britain's Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins (L) celebrate after winning the women's double sculls final A at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Eton Dorney August 3, 2012.JIM YOUNG/Reuters

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Britain's Christopher Sherrington (L) celebrates winning his men's +100kg elimination round of 32 judo match against Australia's Jake Andrewartha at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012.TORU HANAI/Reuters

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India's Joydeep Karmakar competes in the Men's 50m rifle prone shooting event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Royal Artillery Barracks August 3, 2012.SERGIO MORAES/Reuters

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A long shot of the women’s heptathlon 100m hurdles.PAWEL KOPCZYNSKI/Reuters

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Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva lands in the women's triple jump qualification. She barely missed the next round, finishing fourth in her group.MAX ROSSI/Reuters

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Canada's Christine Sinclair celebrates her goal against Britain during their quarterfinal women's soccer match.Hussein Malla

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Ukraine's Natallia Dobrynska makes an attempt in the high jump of the women's heptathlon.Mark Duncan/The Associated Press

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