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The late evening sun casts a glow on Willem Coertzen of South Africa when he competes in the men’s decathlon discus throw on Thursday.  (Cameron Spencer / Getty Images)

Members of the U.S. women’s water polo team stand with their gold medals after defeating Spain in the final Thursday.  (Hannibal / EPA)

Ashton Eaton of the United States prepares to competes in the men’s decathlon shot put event. He went on to win a gold medal Thursday.  (Stu Forster / Getty Images)

Britain’s Jenna Randall and Olivia Federici compete in a duets free routine preliminary round during the synchronized swimming competition Thursday.  (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images)

Hungary’s Gabriella Szabo leads the kayak four 500m women in a canoe sprint heat.  (Nic Bothma / EPA)

A referee fires pistol to start a cycling race at the Velodrome.  (Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Images)

Germany’s Marcus Popp goes up for a shot against Tunisia during a men’s volleyball match.  (Chris O’Meara / Associated Press)

Sir Chris Hoy of Great Britain sets a world record in the men’s team sprint track cycling.  (Mike Hewitt / Getty Images)

Todd Rogers of the Untied States creates a momentary sand sculpture during a beach volleyball match against Italy.  (Dave Martin / Associated Press)

Britain’s Sean King is held by John Mann of the United States during a preliminary men’s water polo match.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

An athlete competes in a men’s 3000m steeplechase heat as viewed through a fisheye lens.  (Franck Fife / AFP / Getty Images)

Emily Parsons, 11, from Nottingham, England, shows her true colors as she watches the games on a large outdoor television screen in Olympic Park.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Sophie Van Gestel of the Netherlands digs out a ball during a beach volleyball match against Brazil.  (Dave Martin / Associated Press)

Marketa Slukova of Czech Republic serves during the women’s beach volleyball match against Brazil as the sun begins to set.  (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)

The Netherlands’ Naomi van Male slips on the pitch during the women’s hockey preliminary round match against China.  (Eranga Jayawardena / Associated Press)

Inna Deriglazova of Russia, left, and Arianna Errigo of Italy compete in the women’s foil team fencing gold medal match.  (Alex Livesey / Getty Images)

Dancers perform during halftime of the Great Britain men’s basketball game against Spain.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

Hao Wang of China and Chih-Yuan Chuang of Chinese Taipei compete in a men’s singles table tennis semifinal match.  (Feng Li / Getty Images)

Christina Loukas of the United States leaves a heart in her wake while competing in the women’s 3m springboard diving semifinals.  (Al Bello / Getty Images)

A gymnast takes a practice run on the vault before the start of the artistic gymnastics women’s team final.  (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)

Italy’s Valentina Vezzali shouts in triumph after winning the bronze medal in the women’s foil individual fencing competition.  (Jonathan Brady / EPA)

Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania emerges from the water after her women’s 100m breaststroke heat.  (Hannibal / EPA)

David Ferrer of Spain plays out of the shadows in his singles tennis match.  (Clive Brunskill / Getty Images)

Work crews prepare the floor for a men’s gymnastics event.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A bullet is launched during the women’s 25m pistol shooting qualifications.  (Lars Baron / Getty Images)

Denmark’s pivot Mette Sall puts stranglehold on Spain’s rightback Marta Mangue Gonzalez during the women’s handball preliminaries.  (Javier Soriano / AFP / Getty Images)

Six hands can’t seem to grab the basketball during a women’s preliminary basketball match between Australia and Brazil.  (Mark Ralston / AFP / GettyImages)

U.S. gymnast Danell Leyva chalks his hands before competing in the uneven bars.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Danell Leyva of the United States looks like six o’clock as he competes in the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics men’s individual all-around final.  (Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)

Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov of Ukraine launch themselves off their diving boards in a slow exposure during the men’s synchronized springboard competition.  (Al Bello / Getty Images)

Sa Jae-hyouk of South Korea screams in pain after being injured on a lift during men’s weightlifting.   (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Shotgun shells are ejected by Ennio Falco of Italy during the men’s skeet shooting.  (Marwan Naamani / AFP / Getty Images)

William Coleman of the United States rides Twizzel past spectators in the cross country phase of the eventing competition at the equestrian venue in Greenwich Park.  (Adrian Dennis / AFP / Getty Images)

Chatchai Butdee of Thailand is cooled off as he sits in his corner during his men’s flyweight boxing bout with Selcuk Eker of Turkey.  (Scott Heavey /Getty Images)

Marianne Vos of the Netherlands celebrates in a steady rain as she wins the women’s road cycling competition.  (Ian Langsdon / EPA)

Aleksandr Lipatov of Russia, shot with a slow shutter speed, competes in the canoe slalom competition.  (Diego Azubel / EPA)

Dana Vollmer of the United States spits out water before her 100-meter butterfly swimming semifinal race.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

Camaroon’s Sarah Hanffou concentrates during a first round table tennis match against France’s Yifang Xian.  (Sergei Grits / Associated Press)

Sailboats race on the shimmering water during the first star class race of the London Olympics.  (Clive Mason / Getty Images)

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

Aron Szilagyi, left, of Hungary and Nikolay Kovalev of Russia compete during their men’s sabre individual semifinal match.  (Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)

Heather Watson of Great Britain prepares to serve during Olympic tennis action at Wimbledon.  (Clive Brunskill / Getty Images)