London Olympics | Jubilation

Michal Lasko, right, of Italy celebrates a point in the third set against the United States during the men’s volleyball quarterfinals.  (Elsa / Getty Images)

Ivan Ukhov of Russia raises his fists in victory after winning gold in the men’s high jump.   (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

Rohullah Nikpah of Afghanistan and his coach celebrate Nikpah’s defeat of Great Britain’s Martin Stamper in the men’s 68kg taekwondo bronze medal match.  (Scott Heavey / Getty Images)

Jonas Reckermann, rear, and Julius Brink of Germany explode with excitement after they won match point against Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego of Brazil in the men’s beach volleyball gold medal match.  (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

Without even letting go of her opponent, Maider Unda Gonzalez de Audicana of Spain starts celebrating her victory over Burmaa Ochirbat of Mongolia in the women’s freestyle 72kg wrestling competition.  (Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)

Jade Jones of Great Britain celebrates her defeat of Yuzhuo Hou of China in the women’s 57kg taekwondo gold medal final.  (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)

Ireland’s Cian O’Connor, riding Blue Loyd 12, celebrates his bronze medal in the individual show jumping final.  (John MacDougall / AFP / Getty Images)

Lu Xiaojun of China celebrates winning gold in the men’s 77kg weightlifting competition.  (Srdjan Suki / EPA)

Norway’s gold medalist Eirik Veras Larsen reacts after winning the kayak single (K1) 1000m men sprint final.  (Robert Ghement / EPA)

Courtnay Pilypaitis (7) and Kim Smith (8) of Canada celebrate with teammates after defeating Brazil in the women’s basketball preliminary round match.  (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)

Valentina Vezzali of Italy celebrates as she wins gold during her contest with Larisa Korobeynikova of Russia in the women’s foil team fencing gold medal match against Russia.  (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)

Gold medalists Eric Murray, front, and Hamish Bond of New Zealand celebrate after the men’s pair final during the rowing competition.  (Robert Ghement / EPA)

South Korea’s Ki Bo-bae celebrates with her coach after her gold medal win over Mexico’s Aida Roman during the individual archery competition.  (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

Carla Rebecchi of Argentina celebrates scoring in a women’s hockey preliminary match against New Zealand.  (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)

Sir Chris Hoy of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal in the men’s keirin track cycling final.  (Bryn Lennon / Getty Images)

France’s Clement Lefert celebrates during the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final swimming event.  (Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Images)

Great Britain’s Jessica Ennis, who received the gold medal, celebrates winning the 800 meters portion of the heptathlon.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Norway’s Ida Alstad celebrates her team’s victory over Sweden at the end of the women’s handball match. Norway won 24-21.  (Javier Soriano / AFP / Getty Images)

Rosalba Forciniti of Italy celebrates winning the bronze medal against Marie Muller of Luxemburg.  (Ian Walton / Getty Images)

Chuang Chih-Yuan of Taiwan celebrates his victory over Andrej Gacina of Croatia in singles table tennis.  (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

Chad le Clos of South Africa is very happy about winning the gold medal in the men’s 200m butterfly swimming final.  (Al Bello / Getty Images)

Kim Un-Guk of North Korea celebrates after winning gold in weightlifting.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Denmark’s Christinna Pedersen, left, and Kamilla Rytter Juhl celebrate their victory over China in a women’s doubles badminton match.  (Julian Finney / Getty Images)

Peter Modos of Hungary celebrates winning his Greco Roman wrestling bronze-medal bout against Haakan Erik Nyblom of Denmark.  (Scott Heavey / Getty Images)

Nick Thoman of the United States celebrates after winning silver in the men’s 100m backstroke swimming final.  (Hannibal / EPA)

Aldo Montano and Luigi Samele of Italy celebrate after winning the bronze medal by defeating Russia in the men’s sabre team fencing competition.  (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)

Nathan Adrian of the United States celebrates after winning the finals of the men’s 100m freestyle swimming race.  (Adam Pretty / Getty Images)

The United States women’s gymnastic squad celebrates winning gold in the women’s team event.   (Ben Stansall / AFP / Getty Images)

United States’ Sanya Richards-Ross celebrates after winning the women’s 400m final.  (Olivier Morin / AFP / Getty Images)

Great Britain’s Zara Phillips, riding High Kingdom, reacts after completing her round during the individual eventing in the equestrian competition. She went on to take silver.  (Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images)