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France's Ysaora Thibus (right) competed against Japan's Kanae Ikehata during their women's fencing competition.

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Brazil's Sarah Menezes celebrated after defeating Belgium's Charline van Snick (in blue) in women's judo.

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Aida Shanaeva of Russia, reacted against Gil Ok Jung of South Korea during women's fencing.

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Britain's Sam Oldham competed on the parallel bars during the men's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena.

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Italy goalkeeper Stefano Tempesti attempted a save during a training session at the Water Polo Arena.

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Ana Paula Rodrigues of Brazil (center) was blocked by Kristina Franic (left) and Andrea Seric of Croatia during their women's handball preliminary match.

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France's Aurelien Kahn tipped his hat after competing with his horse Cadiz in the equestrian eventing competition at Greenwich Park.

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Gwang-Hyeon Choi of the Republic of Korea flipped Felipe Kitadai of Brazil during the semifinal round of the men's 60kg judo competition.

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Diguan Pigot of Suriname, Amini Fonua of Tonga, and Mubarak Al Besher of United Arab Emirates competed in heat one of the men's 100m breaststroke.

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A gymnast performed during a presentation at the start of the first subdivision during the artistic gymnastic men's qualifying.

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Kristina Franic scored past Jelena Grubisic, both of Croatia, in the women's handball preliminaries.

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Great Britain's Joanna Parker hit a shot during a first round table tennis match against Brazil's Caroline Kumahara.

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Harinelina Rakotondramanana of Madagascar fell after failing to lift in the women's 48-kg weightlifting competition.

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Rowers competed in the men's quadruple sculls in Windsor, England.

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Natalia Sheppard of Great Britain prepared for her match against Corinne Maitrejean of France during women's fencing.

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Japan's Reiko Shiota served during a mixed doubles badminton match.

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Serena Williams of the United States returned to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in their women's singles tennis match.

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Romania's Alina Dumitru celebrated after defeating Japan's Tomoko Fukumi (in white) in their women's -48kg semi-final judo match.

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USA's Joseph Diaz Jr. (right) fought Ukraine's Pavlo Ishchenko during a men's bantam 56 kg preliminary boxing match.

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Women's 10m air rifle champion China's Yi Siling (center) raised her bouquet and medal in celebration as silver medallist Poland's Sylwia Bogacka (left) and bronze medallist China's Yu Dan left the podium.