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Aug. 9, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Join us for a live chat at 8 a.m. PDT on Thursday with Times sports editor Mike James in Los Angeles, along with Deputy sports editor and Olympic coordinator John Cherwa and sportswriter Lisa Dillman in London.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;After 12 days of events, some interesting things have happened.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p class=”runtimeTopic”&amp;gt;Today, &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT00015970”&amp;gt;Usain Bolt&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; runs for his second gold medal in London, this one in the 200 meters. The U.S. women’s basketball team plays Australia in the semifinals and two U.S. teams play for a gold medal, the women’s soccer team plays Japan and the women’s water polo team plays Spain.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Times has a team of 21 reporters, editors, photographers and videographers in London and other venues and will bring you coverage through the closing ceremony on Aug. 12.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-london-olympics-what-to-watch-for-thursday-20120809,0,4708242.story”&amp;gt;London Olympics: What to watch for on Thursday&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-us-australia-mens-basketball-recap-20120808,0,5024882.story”&amp;gt;U.S. routs Australia in men’s basketball quarterfinals&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-london-olympics-kerri-walsh-jennings-misty-maytreanor-win-third-gold-20120808,0,5080629.story”&amp;gt;Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor win third gold&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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