Missy Franklin, left, and U.S. swimming teammate Elizabeth Beisel celebrate at the finish line of the women’s 200m backstroke. Franklin won the gold medal and set a new world record time of 2:04:06. Beisel finished third for the bronze medal. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle at the London Olympic Aquatic Centre. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Germany’s Phillipp Wende, left, and Karl Schulze celebrate after winning the gold medal for the men’s quadruple rowing sculls. (Chris Carlson / Associated Press)
Khalil Mahmoud K Abir Abdelrahman of Egypt fails to complete a lift during the women’s weightlifting final. (Rob Carr / Getty Images)
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Roger Federer of Switzerland survived a marathon semifinal that lasted almost five hours before defeating Juan Martin del Potro, 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 in men’s singles tennis action at Wimbledon. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Tennis player Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina suffers a cramp in his marathon match with Switerland’s Roger Federer. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Gold medalist Teddy Riner of France gets a kiss from a family member after winning the men’s judo final. (Orestis Panagiotou / EPA)
Nan Zhang, left, and Yunlei Zhao of China won the mixed doubles badminton gold medal match against Chen Xu and Jin Ma, also of China. (Michael Regan / Getty Images)
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Spectators wearing masks of British royalty have fun in the stands at the women’s soccer quarterfinal match between Great Britain and Canada. (Paul Ellis / AFP / Getty Images)
Athletes compete in a men’s 3000m steeplechase heat. (Adrian Dennis /AFP / Getty Images)
It was a beautiful day for the men’s individual archery gold medal match at Lord’s Cricket Ground. (Paul Gilham / Getty Images)
Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia competes in the men’s 50m rifle prone shooting qualifications at the Royal Artillery Barracks. (Lars Baron / Getty Images)
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Lyn Byl of Great Britain, in white, battles Isabel Guialo of Angola in a women’s handball preliminaries match. (Jeff Gross / Getty Images)
Aerial view of the Olympic beach volleyball venue. (Jeff J Mitchell / Associated Press)
Italy’s Aldo Montano, right, and Luigi Samele celebrate on the podium with their bronze medals in the men’s sabre team event. (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP / Getty Images)
Bubbles surround Emilie Heymans of Canada in the women’s 3m springboard diving preliminary round. (Al Bello /Getty Images)
