London 2012 Olympic Games: Day 11

SI Staff | Aug 8, 2012

London 2012 Olympic Games: Day 11

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Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany lost his balance while trying to lift about 432 pounds and was hit in the neck by the barbell. He got up on his feet and waved to the crowd but later withdrew from the competition.

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Aly Raisman won the gold medal on the floor exercise Tuesday, increasing her medal haul at the London Games to three. Earlier in the day she won a bronze on balance beam after sucessfully appealing her score. Last week she won a gold with the U.S. in the team event.

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The USA women's basketball team overpowered Canada during the quarterfinals, winning 91-48.

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Sally Pearson of Australia (second from left) won the women's 100-meter hurdles in a world record time of 12.35 seconds, relegating Dawn Harper of the U.S. to second place.

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Marco Fabian of Mexico celebrates his team's 3-1 comeback victory over Yuki Osto and Japan in a semifinal soccer game. Mexico will play Brazil for the gold medal.

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Usain Bolt cruised to an easy win in his 200-meter preliminary race. The final is scheduled for Thursday.

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Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor of the United States dug out a victory over their Chinese counterparts to advance to the gold-medal match.

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Mel Rippon helped the U.S. women's water polo team dispatch Australia to reach the championship game.

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For the second straight Olympics Chinese star Liu Xiang, nursing a bad Achilles, didn't complete his opening heat, clobbering the first hurdle and tumbling to the track.

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Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren of Norway defends during the Norway-Brazil handball quarterfinals.

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China's Deng Linlin scored a 15.600 and won the gold medal on the balance beam.

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Gabby Douglas, Olympic gold medalist in individual all-around, performed on the balance beam but had a disappointing fall, eliminating her chances for another medal.

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Gold-medal hopefuls started the men's Keirin Round of 246 on the morning of Day 11.

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Angel McCoughtry finished with 11 points and five rebounds in as the U.S. crushed No. 4 seed Canada 91-48 in the quarterfinals.

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Candace Parker scored 12 points during USA's blowout match against Canada. The U.S. has now won 39 consecutive games in the Olympics.

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Japan's Kayoko Fukushi leads the pack during the women's 5,000-meter run preliminary.

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A row of hurdles awaits Olympians competing in the men's 110-meter hurdles preliminary races.

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The men's hurdling competition started on Day 11 with preliminary rounds in the 110-meters.

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The men's hurdling competition started on Day 11 with preliminary rounds in the 110-meters.

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Norway's women's handball team celebrates after defeating Brazil and advancing to the semifinals.

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Norway conquered Brazil 21-19 during the Women's Handball quarterfinals match.