Sports

London Olympics: Day 5

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Britain’s Helen Glover,(L) and Heather Stanning celebrate Great Britain’s first gold medal at London 2012 after winning the Women’s Pairs at Eton Dorney. AP Photo
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South Korea’s Choi Hyeonju aims during the women’s archery individual round of 16 eliminations at the Lord’s Cricket Ground. REUTERS
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Ireland’s John Joe Nevin (R) fights against Kazakhstan’s Knat Abutalipov in their Men’s Bantam (56kg) Round of 16 boxing match. REUTERS
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Spain’s Samuel Hernanz competes in the men’s kayak (K1) semifinals at Lee Valley White Water Centre. REUTERS
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Mexico’s Yahel Castillo and Julian Sanchez (top) perform their second dive during the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final at the Aquatics Centre. REUTERS
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Russia’s Ilya Zakharov (L) and Evgeny Kuznetsov dip their silver medals in the diving pool during the men’s synchronised 3m springboard victory ceremony at the Aquatics Centre. REUTERS
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Norway’s Heidi Loke (L) and Amanda Kurtovic challenges South Korea’s Sim Haein in their women’s handball Preliminaries Group B match at the Copper Box venue. REUTERS
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(L to R) Australia’s Anna Flanagan, Fiona Boyce and Jodie Schulz celebrate their victory over Germany after their women’s Group B hockey match at the Riverbank Arena. REUTERS
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Team Canada toss a team mate into the water to celebrate their second place in the men’s eight Final A to win silver during the victory ceremony at Eton Dorney. REUTERS
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USA’s Michael Phelps looks up after his men’s 200m individual medley heat at the Aquatics Centre. REUTERS
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Britain’s Emma Pooley competes in the women’s cycling individual time trial. REUTERS
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China’s Xu Linyin serves against Russia’s Konstantin Semenov and Sergey Prokopyev during their men’s preliminary round beach volleyball match at Horse Guards Parade. REUTERS
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Photographers react as Algeria’s Safia Boukhima crashes into the boards as she chases after the ball during their women’s Group A volleyball match against Russia at Earls Court. REUTERS
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Hungary’s Rita Dravucz controls the ball during their women’s preliminary round Group A water polo match against China at the at the Water Polo Arena. REUTERS
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North Korea’s Jong Sim Rim competes on the women’s 69Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue. REUTERS
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South Korea’s Ye-Sul Hwang slaps her cheeks before fighting against Switzerland’s Juliane Robra in their women’s -70kg elimination round. REUTERS
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Italy’s Elisa Casanova rests during their women’s preliminary round Group B water polo match against Russia at the Water Polo Arena. REUTERS
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Juliana Silva of Brazil in action during the preliminary round match against Hana Klapalova/Lenka Hajeckova of Czech Republic. EPA