Sports

London Olympics: Day 11

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Kai Qin of China competes in the Men’s 3m Springboard Diving Semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in London, England. Getty Images
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China’s Liu Xiang, second left, falls as Hungary’s Balazs Baji, Poland’s Artur Noga react during a men’s 110-meter hurdles heat during in the Olympic Stadium. AP Photo
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Japan’s Ai Fukuhara watches the ball during the 2012 London Olympic Games table tennis women’s team gold medal matches. AFP/Getty Images
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A combination of pictures shows Chinese athlete Liu Xiang as he falls while competing in the men’s 110m hurdles heats at the athletics event . AFP/Getty Images
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Tunisia’s Hassine Ayari (L) fights with Morocco’s Choukri Atafi on the Men’s 96Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue. REUTERS
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Japan’s Yusuke Tanaka competes in the men’s gymnastics parallel bars final in the North Greenwich Arena. REUTERS
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Hamada Mohamed of Egypt passes under the Olympic Flame while competing in the men’s 800m heats. EPA
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Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva fails to clear the bar in the women’s pole vault final at the Olympic Stadium. REUTERS
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Australia’s Anna Meares (in yellow) shakes hands with Britain’s Victoria Pendleton after their track cycling women’s sprint finals at the Velodrome. REUTERS
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U.S. Gabrielle Douglas falls as she competes in the women’s gymnastics balance beam final in the North Greenwich Arena. REUTERS
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Spain’s Marina Alabau holds her national flag as she celebrates winning the women’s RS-X sailing class. REUTERS
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Ukraine’s Daria Iushko and Kseniya Sydorenko perform in the synchronised swimming duets final. REUTERS
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Mexico’s Yahel Castillo Huerta performs a dive during the men’s 3m springboard semi-final. REUTERS
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Athletes dive as they begin to compete in the men’s triathlon final at Hyde Park. REUTERS
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Fabian Hambuchen of Germany competes in the vault during the men’s individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena. REUTERS
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China’s Deng Linlin competes in the women’s gymnastics balance beam final in the North Greenwich Arena. REUTERS
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Russia’s Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina perform in the synchronised swimming duets final at the Aquatics Centre. REUTERS
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Britain’s Stuart Hayes competes in the men’s triathlon final at Hyde Park. REUTERS
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Belarus’ Tsimafei Dzeinichenka (in blue) fights with Bulgaria’s Elis Guri on the Men’s 96Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue. REUTERS
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Britain’s Alistair Brownlee wins in the men’s triathlon final at Hyde Park. REUTERS
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Bahamas’s Shamar Sands falls after hitting a hurdle in the men’s 100-meter hurdles in the Olympic Stadium. AP
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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. AP Photo
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt takes first place ahead of Nigeria’s Noah Akwu (L) and Isiah Young of the U.S. in their men’s 200m round 1 heat at the Olympic Stadium. REUTERS
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Britain’s Phillips Idowu competes in the men’s triple jump qualification at the Olympic Stadium. REUTERS
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U.S. Danell Leyva competes in the men’s gymnastics horizontal bar final in the North Greenwich Arena. This picture was taken using multiple exposures. REUTERS