Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Images from Olympic competition on Tuesday including gymnastics, diving, beach volleyball, track and field, and boxing.
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
China's Zhang Xi, left, goes for a dig as teammate Xue Chen watches during a loss to the United States during a women's semi-final beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
The USA's Lolo Jones walks through the media area inside Olympic Stadium following her fourth place finish in the women's 100m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Chuck Myers/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
The USA's Kellie Wells celebrates her bronze medal in the women's 100m hurdles at Olympic Stadium, during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Chuck Myers/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
USA's Gabby Douglas slips off the balance beam at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
USA's Alexandra Raisman during her bronze medal-winning effort in the beam apparatus finals at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Iran's Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei competes against Cuba's Yunior Estrada Falcon (in blue) during their match in 96-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
United States' Foluke Akinradewo, right, tries to block a spike from Dominican Republic's Prisilla Altagracia Rivera Brens during a women's quarterfinal volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 1500-meters final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Moana Delle of Germany sails during the RS:X medal race at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
US April Ross dives for a ball during the semifinal women's beach volleyball match against Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Alexandra Raisman of the United States wins the bronze medal in the beam apparatus finals at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Brian Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
US April Ross, left, and Jennifer Kessy, right, celebrate after defeating Brazil in their semifinal women's beach volleyball match against Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Gabby Douglas performs on the balance beams but places 7th in the finals after falling at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Brian Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Gabby Douglas performs on the balance beams but places 7th in the finals after falling at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Brian Peterson/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Alexis Vastine of France, left, and Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine, fight in a welterweight 69-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Ilya Zakharov of Russia dives during the men's 3-meter springboard diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Zakharov won the gold medal in the event. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
South Korea's Kim Hyeon-woo celebrates after defeating Hungary's Tamas Lorincz in their gold medal match in 66-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Alexandra Raisman of the United States won the bronze medal in the beam apparatus finals at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
United States' Erik Kynard clears the bar in the men's high jump final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
The United States Jennifer Kessy, left, and April Ross celebrate after beating top seeded Brazil during a women's semifinal beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
United States' Erik Kynard walks on the track during the men's high jump final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
He Chong of China dives during the men's 3-meter springboard diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. He took the bronze medal in the event. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Russia's Anna Nazarova competes in the women's long jump qualification round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Goalkeeper Robyn Nicholls of Britain tries to stop a shot by Evgeniya Ivanova of Russia during a women's semifinal fifth to eighth place water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Roser Tarrago Aymerich, right, of Spain defends against Dora Czigany of Hungary during a women's semifinal water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
British players celebrate the goal made by teammate Ashley Jackson during a men's hockey preliminary match against Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States digs out a ball during a women's semi-final beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Jonathan Horton of the United States competes in the men's parallel bar apparatus finals at North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Tuesday, August 7, 2012. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
US Misty May-Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate after defeating China in their semifinal women's beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Australia's Sally Pearson, front left, crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of United States' Dawn Harper, right, in the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Matthias Steiner of Germany gets hit by the weights while failing to make a successful lift in the men's over 105-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Romania's gymnast Larisa Andreea Iordache performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Germany's Robert Harting celebrates winning gold in the men's discus throw final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Gold medalist Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria celebrates with silver medalist USA's Leonel Manzano after the men's 1500-meter during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Russian gymnast Victoria Komova performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Russian gymnast Kseniia Afanaseva performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
USA's Dawn Harper celebrates her silver medal win in the women's 100-meter hurdles during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Romania's gymnast Catalina Ponor performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman performs during the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
United States' Jason Richardson clears a hurdle in a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
U.S. gymnast Danell Leyva performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman displays her gold medal during the podium ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic highlights, Aug. 7
Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States leaps in the air after beating China in two sets during a women's semi-final beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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