Day 3: The best photos of the Olympics
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Day 3: The best photos of the Olympics

Updated 2158 GMT (0558 HKT) August 14, 2012
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Chatchai Butdee of Thailand sits in his corner during his men's fly boxing bout with Selcuk Eker of Turkey on Monday, July 30, on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Check out Day 2 of competition from Sunday, July 29. The Games run through August 12. See all the action as it unfolds here. Getty Images
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps' mother, Debbie, cheers as her son competes in the men's 200-meter backstroke final. AFP/Getty Images
A picture taken with an underwater camera of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps as he competes in the men's 200-meter butterfly semifinal swimming event. AFP/Getty Images
Spectators watch the action on Monday at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon. Getty Images
British gymnast Kristian Thomas competes at the horizontal bar during the men's team final of the artistic gymnastics event . AFP/Getty Images
Vittoria Panizzon of Italy, riding Borough Pennyz, makes a splash in the water in the eventing cross country equestrian event. Getty Images
Germany's Britta Heidemann (left) kisses Ukraine's Yana Shemyakina after losing their women's epee gold medal bout as part of the fencing event. AFP/Getty Images
Tamsin Hinchley of Australia dives for a shot during the women's beach volleyball preliminary match between Australia and Austria. Getty Images
Chatchai Butdee of Thailand celebrates his victory over Selcuk Eker of Turkey during their men's fly boxing match. Getty Images
British and Argentinian team players line up at the start of the preliminary round men's field hockey match. AFP/Getty Images
Brazilian players celebrate their victory over Montenegro at the end of the women's preliminaries handball match. AFP/Getty Images
Suzana Lazovic of Montenegro shoots and scores during the women's handball preliminaries. Getty Images
Ashley Jackson of Great Britain lays on the floor after missing a shot during the men's field hockey match between Great Britain and Argentina on Monday. Getty Images
Salomo Ntuve of Sweden (left) in action with Ilyas Suleimenov of Kazakhstan during their men's fly boxing match. Getty Images
Lithuania's Ruta Meilutyte stands emotional on the podium to receive the the gold medal after winning the women's 100-meter breaststroke swimming event. AFP/Getty Images
No. 4 Krista Phillips and No. 8 Kim Smith of Canada celebrate with teammates after defeating Great Britain in the women's basketball preliminary round match. Getty Images
Britain's Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy round the mark in the star sailing class. AFP/Getty Images
Yujie Sun (left) of China competes against A Lam Shin (right) of Korea during the bronze medal bout in the women's epee individual fencing. Getty Images
Austria's Dinko Jukic competes in the men's 200-meter butterfly semifinal swimming event. AFP/Getty Images
Yukiko Ebata of Japan celebrates winning a point in the women's volleyball preliminary match between Italy and Japan. Getty Images
Britain's goalkeeper Rosie Morris, right, attempts to catch a ball hit by Russia during the water polo preliminary match. AFP/Getty Images
Ryosuke Irie of Japan celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the final of the men's 100-meter backstroke. Getty Images
Michael Phelps of the United States competes in the second semifinal heat of the men's 200-meter butterfly. Getty Images
Britain's Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy round the mark in the star sailing class. AFP/Getty Images
Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan serves next to her partner Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan during the women's doubles tennis match against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova of Russia. Getty Images
Ryan Lochte of the United States competes in the men's 20- meter freestyle final. Getty Images
Algeria's Zohra Bensalem (right) and Sehryne Hennaoui attempt to set during the women's preliminary volleyball match between Britain and Algeria. AFP/Getty Images
A detailed view of hands and the ball in the women's volleyball preliminary match between Great Britain and Algeria. Getty Images
Gauthier Klauss and Matthieu Peche of France compete in the men's canoe double slalom heats. Getty Images
Un Guk Kim of North Korea celebrates his world record while competing in the men's 62-kilogram division weightlifting competition. Getty Images
Jamaica's Samantha Albert, riding Carraig Dubh, competes in the cross country phase of the eventing competition. AFP/Getty Images
Missy Franklin of the United States wipes a tear as she reacts during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter backstroke. Getty Images
Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands rounds a mark in the laser radial sailing class AFP/Getty Images
Yujie Sun of China celebrates after defeating A Lam Shin of South Korea to win the bronze medal bout in the women's epee individual fencing competition. Getty Images
Andy Roddick donned star-spangled shoes for the tennis competition. Getty Images
U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton competes on the rings during the men's team final of the artistic gymnastics event. AFP/Getty Images
Gold medalists Zhe Feng, Weiyang Guo, Yibing Chen, Chenglong Zhang and Kai Zou of China celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony in the artistic gymnastics men's team final. Getty Images
U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton competes on the rings during the men's team final of the artistic gymnastics event. AFP/Getty Images
Fabian Hambuchen of Germany competes on the horizontal bar in the artistic gymnastics men's team final Getty Images
South Korea's A Lam Shin sits on the fencing field at the end of her women's epee semifinal bout against Germany's Britta Heidemann. The distraught South Korean eventually had to be escorted away. AFP/Getty Images
Danell Leyva of the United States reacts in the artistic gymnastics men's team final. Getty Images
U.S. players line up before their women's water polo preliminary match against Hungary. Getty Images
U.S. swimmer Matthew Grevers, left, celebrates winning the gold with silver medalist, U.S. swimmer Nick Thoman, at the finish of the men's 100-meter backstroke final. AFP/Getty Images
Atsushi Negishi of Japan, riding Pretty Darling, negotiates an obstacle in the eventing cross country equestrian competition. Getty Images
American Venus Williams incorporated her team colors into her hairstyle during her women's singles tennis second round match against Sara Errani of Italy. Getty Images
Yibing Chen of China reacts after completing the pommel horse in the artistic gymnastics men's team final. Getty Images
Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa falls off his horse as he competes in the cross country competition on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Kristian Thomas of Great Britain competes on the horizontal bar in the artistic gymnastics men's team final on Monday. Getty Images
A female diver practices at the aquatics center on Monday. Getty Images
Automne Pavia of France celebrates her bronze medal B over Hedvig Karakas of Hungary during the women's judo on Monday. Getty Images
Atop Twizzel, William Coleman of the U.S. rides past spectators as he competes in the cross country equestrian event on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Ding Ning of China serves to Jiang Huajun of Hong Kong during a table tennis women's single round match on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
A Brazilian player celebrates winning a point in the women's volleyball preliminary match between the United States and Brazil on Monday. Getty Images
Croatia's Petar Cupac and Pavle Kostov sail through the fleet in the 49er sailing class on Monday in Weymouth. AFP/Getty Images
Rosie Morris of Great Britain fails to stop a Russian goal during a women's water polo preliminary match on Monday. Getty Images
Germany's Ralf Buchheim blows in the barrel of his rifle as he competes in the men's skeet qualification on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitry Larionov of Russia compete during the men's canoe double slalom heats on Monday. Getty Images
The beach volleyball center court is reflected in the sunglasses of a spectator on Monday. Getty Images
Ning Ding of China eyes the ball during her women's singles table tennis fourth-round match against Huajun Jiang of Hong Kong on Monday. Getty Images
Tom Daley, center, of Great Britain watches from the pool deck during the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving Monday. Getty Images
Competitors take off at the start of the race in the 49er sailing class competition in Weymouth on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Peter Waterfield of Great Britain comes up for air after diving in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving on Monday. Getty Images
Maialen Chourraut of Spain competes in the women's canoe slalom heats on Monday. Getty Images
Russia's Mansur Isaev, in white, peers out from under Japan's Riki Nakaya during the men's 73-kilogram judo contest Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang of China soar in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving on Monday. Getty Images
Great Britain supporters cheer as they watch diver Tom Daley on large screens erected in the city center of Plymouth, England on Monday. Getty Images
Spain's head coach Miguel Oca Gaia, center, talks to his players during their women's water polo match against China on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Ivan Garcia Navarro and German Sanchez Sanchez of Mexico plummet into the water in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving competition Monday. Getty Images
Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, duke of Cambridge, watch the cross-country equestrian competition Monday. William's cousin Zara Philips, daughter of Princess Anne, rode for Great Britain in the event. Getty Images
Elise Chabbey of Switzerland takes part in the women's kayak single slalom heat on Monday at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London. Getty Images
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus serves during the women's singles tennis match against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania on Monday. Getty Images
Rehan Butt of Pakistan celebrates his goal against Spain during the men's field hockey match Monday. Getty Images
German Sanchez Sanchez and Ivan Garcia Navarro of Mexico compete in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving event Monday. Getty Images
Yujun Sun of China looks to make a pass during the women's water polo preliminary match between Spain and China on Monday. Getty Images
Romania's Corina Caprioriu, in blue, celebrates after defeating Marti Malloy of the United States during the women's 57-kilogram judo contest semi-final match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Britain's leftback Ewa Palies, center, fights for possession during the women's preliminaries Group A handball match against Russia on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Seiya Kishikawa of Japan celebrates his victory over Panagiotis Gionis of Greece during the men's singles table tennis match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Britain's James Charles Huckle takes a shot during the men's 10-meter air rifle men final on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang of China compete in the men's synchronized 10-meter platform diving contest Monday. Getty Images
David Schroeder and Frank Henze of Germany compete in the men's canoe double heats Monday. Getty Images
Germany's Britta Heidemann, right, takes on China's Li Na during the women's epee bout Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Italy's Rossella Fiamingo, left, faces off against Japan's Nakano Nozomi during the women's epee fencing match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
The South Korea men's field hockey team celebrates after scoring a goal against New Zealand during a preliminary match Monday. Getty Images
Simon Orchard of Australia fights for the ball against Thorton McDade of South Africa during the men's field hockey match Monday. Getty Images
Lee Yong-Dae of South Korea reaches for a shot during the mixed doubles badminton match against Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark on Monday. Getty Images
Italy's Giulia Quintavalle, in white, competes with Australia's Carli Renzi during the women's 57-kilogram judo contest Monday. AFP/Getty Images
South Korea's Kim Yeon-Koung spikes the ball as Serbia's Jovana Brakocevic attempts a block during the women's volleyball match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Australia's Chris Burton, riding HP Leilani, competes in the cross-country phase of the equestrian eventing competition in Greenwich Park, London, on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Rowers compete at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London, on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Sarra Besbes of Tunisia, left, tries for a point against Xiaojuan Luo of China during their women's epee fencing round Monday. Getty Images
Chen Xue of China dives for a shot during a women's beach volleyball preliminary match against Switzerland on Monday, July 30. Getty Images
Manuel Minginfel of the Federated States of Micronesia competes in the Men's 62-kilogram weightlifting competition Monday. Getty Images
Chi Yip Cheung, left, of Hong Kong faces off with Nicholas Delpopolo of the United States in the 73-kilogram judo contest Monday. Getty Images
The women's volleyball match between China and Turkey draws cheers on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Shiwen Ye of China competes in heat 5 of the women's 200-meter individual medley on Monday. Getty Images
Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka hits a return during his men's singles badminton match on Monday. Getty Images
China's Zhu Qinan, center, competes in the men's 10-meter air rifle qualifying round at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Allison Schmitt of the United States competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle heat Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Im Dong-Hyun of South Korea competes during the men's archery individual elimination event on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Jun Mizutani of Japan returns the ball during the men's singles table tennis third-round match against Elsayed Lashin of Egypt on Monday. Getty Images
Members of the South Korean women's handball team celebrate after a goal during the preliminary match against Denmark on Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Austin Playfoot lights the cauldron after it was moved into position, ready for the events in Olympic Stadium, on Monday, July 30, in London. Getty Images
Michael Phelps of the United States competes in heat 5 of the men's 200-meter butterfly on Monday. Getty Images
Korea's Jan-Di Kim, in white, takes on Mongolia's Sumiya Dorjsuren during the women's 57-kilogram judo contest on Monday. See day four of the competition from Tuesday, July 31. AFP/Getty Images
South Korea's Yung Sung Hoon dribbles past New Zealand defenders during the preliminary round men's field hockey match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
China's No. 1 seed Wang Yihan serves to Michele Li of Canada during the women's singles badminton match against Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Angola's Isabel Fernandes, right, vies with Croatia's rightback Sonja Basic during the women's handball preliminaries match Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Hong Kong's Chi Yip Cheung competes with Nicholas Delpopolo of the United States during the men's 73-kilogram judo contest Monday. AFP/Getty Images
Midori Yajima of Japan competes in the men's 10-meter air rifle qualification on Day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Monday. Getty Images