Gallery: Our Favorite Photos From the London Olympics
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Kai Qin of China competes in the men's 3m springboard diving preliminary on Day 10 of the London Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 6, 2012. *Photo: Clive Rose/Getty Images*
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Mohamed Farah of Great Britain celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia and Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa of Kenya in the men's 5,000m final on day 15 of the London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 11, 2012. *Photo: Michael Steele/Getty Images*
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Athletes rest at the finish line during the women's marathon on day 9 of the London Olympic Games on August 5, 2012. *Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images*
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A Rapier Missile Battery is deployed near residential housing at Blackheath on May 3, 2012 in London, England. The missiles were part of Operation Exercise Olympic Guardian, which took place in London to test security for the games. *Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images*
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Yun Chol Om of DPR Korea breaks the Olympic record in the men's 56kg group B clean and jerk weightlifting on day 2 of the London Olympic Games at ExCeL on July 29, 2012. *Photo: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images*
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Dan Lin of China celebrates after defeating Sho Sasaki of Japan in their men's singles badminton quarter final on day 6 of the London Olympic Games at Wembley Arena on August 2, 2012. *Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images*
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Gabrielle Douglas of the United States of America competes on the balance beam in the artistic gymnastics women's team final on Day 4 of the London Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on July 31, 2012. *Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images*
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Jiawei Li of Singapore competes against Hajung Seok of Korea during the women's team table tennis bronze medal match on Day 11 of the London Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 7, 2012. *Photo: Feng Li/Getty Images*
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A detail view of an athlete chalking the rings in the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final on day 5 of the London Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 1, 2012. *Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images*
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Kazuhito Tanaka of Japan competes on the horizontal bar in the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final on day 5 of the London Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 1, 2012. *Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images*
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Oscar Pistorius of South Africa competes in the men's 400m semifinal on day 9 of the London Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 5, 2012. *Photo: Michael Steele/Getty Images*
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Courtney Hurley of the United States celebrates defeating Anna Sivkova of Russia and winning the bronze medal match 31-30 during the women's epee team fencing finals on Day 8 of the London Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 4, 2012. *Photo: Hannah Johnston/Getty Images*
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This multiple-exposure image South Korea's Kim Junghwan (R) fencing against Romania's Tiberiu Dolniceanu during the men's sabre team final as part of the fencing event of the London Olympic Games on August 3, 2012 at the ExCel center. *Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/GettyImages*
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Kerri Walsh Jennings (L) and Misty May-Treanor of the United States celebrate winning the women's beach volleyball gold medal match against fellow Americans Jennifer Kessy and April Ross on day 12 of the London Olympic Games at the Horse Guard's Parade on August 8, 2012. *Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images*
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Julie Bresset of France celebrates winning the women's cross-country mountain bike race on day 15 of the London Olympic Games at Hadleigh Farm on August 11, 2012 in Hadleigh, England. *Photo: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images*
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Japanese fans enjoy the atmosphere during the women's football first round group F match between Japan and South Africa, on day 4 of the London Olympic Games at Millennium Stadium on July 31, 2012. *Photo: Francis Bompard/Getty Images*
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Japan's Chisa Kobayashi and Japan's Yukiko Inui compete in the duets free routine preliminary round during the synchronized swimming competition at the London Olympic Games on August 6, 2012. *Photo: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/GettyImages*
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Queen Elizabeth II watches the morning session of swimming at the Aquatics Centre during a tour of the Olympic Park on day 1 of the London Olympics Games on July 28, 2012. *Photo: Martin Rickett/WPA Pool/Getty Images*
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Prince Abdullah Al Saud of Saudi Arabia rides Davos in the third qualifier of individual jumping on day 10 of the London Olympic Games at Greenwich Park on August 6, 2012. *Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images*
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