London 2012: The best images
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Fireworks explode after the Olympic cauldron was lit during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Britain's Nicola Adams reacts as she is declared the winner over China's Ren Cancan during their Women's Fly (51kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympic Games
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A combination picture shows close-ups of divers' faces during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Singapore's Feng Tianwei hits a return to South Korea's Kim Kyungah in their women's team bronze medal table tennis singles match at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Laura Trott kisses her gold medal during the victory ceremony for the track cycling women's omnium at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Gold medallists Rasmussen and Quist of Denmark celebrate next to silver medallists Purchase and Hunter of Britain after competing in the men's lightweight double sculls final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney
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Gold medallists Britain's Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins celebrate during awards ceremony for women's double sculls at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Gemma Gibbons celebrates defeating France's Audrey Tcheumeo in women's -78kg semi-final judo match at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's team members pose on their horses after receiving their silver medals in the Eventing Team Jumping equestrian event victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Ireland's Michael Conlan is declared the winner over France's Nordine Oubaali after their Men's Fly (52kg) quarter-final boxing match at the London Olympic Games
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Mexico's Isabel Delgado Plancarte and Nuria Diosdado Garcia spit water during their performace in the synchronised swimming duets free routine qualification round during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Spectators watch as Brazil's Emanuel serves against Poland's Prudel and Fijalek during their men's quarterfinals beach volleyball match at Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva clears the bar during the women's pole vault final at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Germany's Martina Strutz competes during the women's pole vault final at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Part of Allyson Felix's hair is seen on top of her national flag, the U.S. flag, as she celebrates winning gold in the women's 200m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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France's Kevin Mayer competes in the men's decathlon discus throw event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Sweden's Sofia Mattsson fights with Russia's Valeriia Zholobova on the Women's 55Kg Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Gold medallist Katie Taylor of Ireland carries her country's flag during the presentation ceremony for the Women's Light (60kg) boxing competition at the London Olympic Games
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Britain's Jade Jones celebrates as she wins against Taiwan's Li-Cheng Tseng in their women's -57kg semifinal taekwondo match at the London Olympic Games
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Japan's Saori Yoshida reacts after defeating Canada's Tonya Lynn Verbeek on the final of the Women's 55Kg Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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China's Liu Xiang kisses the last hurdle in his lane after his men's 110m hurdles round 1 heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke celebrate winning silver in the 49er sailing class at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Ashton Eaton of the U.S. wins in the men's decathlon 100m heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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China's Ruixue Jing fights with North Korea's Un Gyong Choe on the Women's 63Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova fights Claressa Shields of the U.S. during their Women's Middle (75kg) semi-final boxing match at the London Olympic Games
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The Union Flag and the rainbow stripes of a world champion cyclist are painted on the fingernails of Britain's Laura Trott ahead of her women's track cycling ominium 3km individual pursuit race at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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First placed Britain's Alistair Brownlee shakes hands with second placed Spain's Javier Gomez after the men's triathlon final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hyde Park
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Javelins are seen in front of the Olympic flame during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Tunisia's Hassine Ayari fights with Morocco's Choukri Atafi on the Men's 96Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Australia's Jackson shoots over China's Song in the women's quarterfinal basketball match at the Basketball Arena in London
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Britain's Chris Hoy celebrates after the track cycling men's keirin finals at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Russia's Ivan Ukhov reacts after winning the men's high jump final during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Germany's Robert Harting celebrates after winning the men's discus throw final at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Australia's Sally Pearson clears a hurdle ahead of Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells of the U.S. in the women's 100m hurdles final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Grenada's Kirani James reacts next to Belgium's Jonathan Borlee after winning the men's 400m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Russia's Alan Khugaev looks on bleeding during his combat at the Men's 84Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Jack Laugher fails a dive attempt after slipping off the board during the men's 3m springboard preliminary round at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Nicola Spirig of Switzerland wins the women's triathlon final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Hyde Park
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Indonesia's Jadi Setiadi prepares to lift on the 56Kg Group B weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Elsa Garcia Rodriguez Blancas of Mexico attends a gymnastics training session at the O2 Arena before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu fights with Canada's Haislan Veranes Garcia on the Men's 66Kg Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich kneels on the ground as he celebrates winning men's marathon at London 2012 Olympic Games
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The Bulgaria team compete in their group all-around gymnastics final match at the Wembley Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Hungary's Andras Parti reacts as he falls during the men's cross-country mountain bike event during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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South Korea's Hwang Woojin riding Shearwater Oscar falls during the riding event of the men's modern pentathlon during the London 2012 Olympics at Greenwich Park
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Japan's Koichiro Morioka is helped by officials after staggering across finish line in men's 50km race walk at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Bulgaria's Silviya Miteva competes using the ball in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Brazil's Lucas reacts as Mexico's players celebrate their victory over Brazil after their men's soccer final gold medal match at Wembley Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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South Korea's Hwang Woojin riding Shearwater Oscar falls during the riding event of the men's modern pentathlon during the London 2012 Olympics at Greenwich Park
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Hooker of the U.S. celebrates a point against Brazil during their women's gold medal volleyball match at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Mo Farah reacts as he wins the men's 5000m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after he won gold in the men's 4x100m relay final at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Tom Daley is thrown into the pool by the British diving team after he won the bronze medal in the men's 10m platform final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Jamaica's Bolt celebrates with Britain's Farah on the podium after each receiving gold medals, Bolt for men's 4x100m relay and Farah for men's 5000m at the victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Spain's team perform in the synchronised swimming teams free routine final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Carmelita Jeter of the U.S. celebrates after the U.S. won the women's 4x100m relay final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Britain's Muhammad Lutalo looks back at the Union flag he is carrying as he celebrates winning his men's -80kg bronze medal taekwondo match against Armenia's Arman Yeremyan at the London Olympic Games at the ExCeL venue
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Kenya's David Lekuta Rudisha reacts after he won gold in the men's 800m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 200m final ahead of compatriot Yohan Blake during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates her victory over Canada's Tonya Lynn Verbeek on the final of the Women's 55Kg Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Tajikistan's Mavzuna Chorieva curtsies after winning her quarterfinal Women's Light (60kg) boxing match against China's Dong Cheng at the London Olympic Games
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Mexico's Alberto Michan rides Rosalia La Silla during the equestrian individual jumping third qualifier in Greenwich Park at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Italy's Lapi and Perrupato perform in the synchronised swimming duets technical routine qualification round during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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McKayla Maroney of the U.S. celebrates with her silver medal in the women's vault victory ceremony in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Serena Williams and her sister Venus, of the U.S., stand on the podium with their gold medals during the presentation ceremony for the women's doubles tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Christina Loukas of the U.S. puts a wet towel over her head after a dive during the women's 3m springboard final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 100m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Britain's Murray celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Federer in the men's singles tennis gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Fencing team of the U.S. celebrate their victory at the end of the women's eppe team bronze medal fencing competition against Russia at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Jessica Ennis celebrates winning her women's heptathlon 800m heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Michael Phelps of the U.S. smiles with his gold medal during the men's 4x100m medley relay victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce runs to win women's 100m final at London 2012 Olympic Games
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Flames leap from the cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Louis Smith of Great Britain cries during the men's gymnastics qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Kohei Uchimura of Japan dismounts after competing in the rings at the men's gymnastics qualification in London
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The Olympic rings are seen during a pyrotechnics display at the pre-show before the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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A performer playing the role of Britain's Queen Elizabeth parachutes from a helicopter during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Venus Williams of the U.S. takes part in a training session at the All England Lawn Tennis Club before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Palmer of New Zealand trains at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park in Stratford in east London
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Britain's Copeland and Hosking celebrate winning women's lightweight double sculls final of the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney
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Ukraine's Valentyna Horpynych Zhudina lies on the track as other athletes recover after their women's 3000m steeplechase round 1 heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Greece's Chatzitheodorou looks on for a shot during their men's preliminary round Group A water polo match against Spain at London 2012 Olympic Games at Water Polo Arena
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China's Wang Yihan returns a shot to compatriot Li Xuerui during their women's singles badminton gold medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena
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Guam's Ricardo Blas Jr. looks up after winning his men's 100kg elimination round of 32 judo match against Guinea's Facinet Keita at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Team USA celebrate winning the gold medal at the victory ceremony after the women's eight finals rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney
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China's Zhang Jike celebrates after defeating China's Wang Hao in their men's singles gold medal table tennis match at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Gabrielle Douglas of the U.S. competes in the balance beam during the women's individual all-around gymnastics final in London
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Britain's Prince William, his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry cheer for the British team as they watch the track cycling event at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Yana Dementieva , Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Nataliya Dovgodko, and Kateryna Tarasenko of Ukraine celebrate after winning the women's quadruple sculls Final A at Eton Dorney during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke sail before the fifth race of the men's 49er sailing class at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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A combination picture shows the table tennis players watching the ball during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Danell Leyva of the U.S. is seen between events during the men's individual all-around gymnastics final in London
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Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte of the U.S. react after their men's 200m individual medley semi-final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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Japan's Moe Kaifuchi competes in the women's kayak (K1) heats at Lee Valley White Water Centre during the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain's Tom Daley wraps a towel around his eyes in between dives in the men's synchronised 10m platform final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre
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North Korea's Un Guk Kim reacts after successful lift on the men's 62Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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Britain and Argentina players line up before their men's Group A hockey match at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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China's Lin Dan lies on the ground as he is congratulated by his coaches after winning his men's singles badminton gold medal match against Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena
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A flaming phoenix flies above the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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Fireworks explode during the Rio 2016 segment of the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
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