Olympic highlights: Aug. 8
China's Wu Jingyu (blue) battles Croatia's Ana Zaninovic during their women's taekwondo semifinal bout in the under 108-pound category at the ExCel centre in London.
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Tamas Kasas of Hungary reacts after scoring a goal against Italy during a men's quarterfinal water polo match.
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Joel Dennerley of Australia makes a save with his body in the men's water polo quarterfinal match between Australia and Serbia.
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Aries Merritt of the United States and Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados lead the pack in the men's 110-meter hurdles semifinals at Olympic Stadium.
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Andrew Turner of Britain and Selim Nurudeen of Nigeria compete in the men's 110-meter hurdles semifinal.
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Woroud Sawalha of Palestine competes in the women's 800-meter round 1 heats at Olympic Stadium.
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Senegal's Isabelle Sambou (in blue) tussles with Tunisia's Maroi Mezien on the repechage of the women's 105-pound Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue.
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Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling of the United States celebrates after her win against Irini Merleni of Ukraine in the 105-pound women's freestyle wrestling bronze medal match.
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Claressa Shields of the United States battles Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova (not shown) during their women's 165-pound semifinal boxing match.
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France's Joris Daudet and other competitors warm up along the track before the men's BMX seeding run.
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Aneta Hladikova of the Czech Republic competes in the women's BMX seeding run.
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Spain's Marc Gasol reacts to making a basket against France during their men's quarterfinal basketball match at the North Greenwich Arena.
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Netherland's players celebrate their win against New Zealand after their women's semifinal hockey match.
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Sweden's coach Staffan Olsson reacts during the men's quarterfinal handball match against Denmark.
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Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia sail to win the gold medal during the 49er men’s sailing race.
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New Zealand's Peter Burling, right, and Blair Tuke celebrate winning silver in the 49er sailing class.
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Ashton Eaton of the United States competes in the men's decathlon high jump.
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva fails to clear the bar in the women's pole vault final.
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Prince Abdullah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on Davos competes in the individual show jumping final.
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Steve Guerdat of Switzerland riding Nino des Buissonnets celebrates his gold medal after winning the equestrian individual jumping final.
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China's Zhang Jike and teammate Wang Hao compete against South Korea's Ryu Seungmin and teammate Oh Sangeun in their men's team gold medal table tennis doubles match. a
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Denmark's pivot Michael Knudsen shoots during the men's quarterfinal handball match against Sweden.
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Players of the Netherlands team celebrate after Ellen Hoog scored the winning penalty in the shootout after extra
time during the women's hockey semifinal match against New Zealand.
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Clarissa Kyoko Mei Ling Chun of the United States, right, faced off against Iwona Nina Matkowska of Poland during their 105-pound women's freestyle wrestling match.
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Players from China and South Korea posed together after China won the gold medal match 3-0 in men's team table tennis.
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Spain's Victor Tomas Gonzalez is dejected after losing in the men's handball quarterfinals match against France.
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Italy's Luigi Mastrangelo, right, Andrea Bari, center, and Ivan Zaytsev celebrate during a men's quarterfinal volleyball match against the United States.
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A combination picture shows close-ups of divers' faces. Athletes shown are, top row, left to right, China's Qin Kai, China's Qin Kai, Mexico's Yahel Castillo Huerta . Middle row, left to right, Ukraine's Illya Kvasha, Mexico's Yahel Castillo Huerta, China's Qin Kai. Bottom row, left to right, Germany's Patrick Hausding, Mexico's Yahel Castillo Huerta, China's He Chong. Pictures taken on various dates since the start of the games.
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A general view during the individual jumping equestrian competition.
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Emanuel Silva and Fernando Pimenta, right, of Portugal celebrate winning silver after the men's kayak double 1,000-meter canoe sprint finals.
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Denmark's Allan Norregaard and Peter Lang compete in the 49er sailing class during the medal race.
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Clayton Stanley, top left, of the United States spikes the ball against Italy's Cristian Savani, Alessandro Fei, center, and Michal Lasko, right, during their men's quarterfinal volleyball match.
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Spain's players react after their team lost to France their men's handball quarterfinal match.
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Andrey Kirilenko of Russia goes up for a shot against Rimantas Kaukenas of Lithuania during the men's basketball quaterfinal game.
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Joanna Fiodorow of Poland competes in the women's hammer throw qualifications.
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Russia's Nadezda Torlopova celebrates with a trainer after she was declared the winner over China's Li Jinzi after their women's 165-pound semifinal boxing match.
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