British centre Azania Stewart scores during a group B basketball match against RussiaPhotograph: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesItaly's Erica Barbieri, in blue, tries to pin South Korea's Hwang Ye-Seul during their women's 70kg judo match Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty ImagesJapan's Takeshi Matsuda launches himself into the pool at the start of the men's 200m butterfly final Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images
South Korea's Choi Byung-chul, right, strikes at his Egyptian opponent Alaaeldin Abouelkassem during the men's foil semi-finalPhotograph: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesMicronesia's Manuel Minginfel drops his lift during the men's 62Kg group B weightlifting competitionPhotograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/ReutersA multiple exposure image of the German gymnast Fabian Hambüchen performing the floor exercises during qualificationPhotograph: Friso Gentsch/EPABojana Popovic of Montenegro passes the ball to her team-mate during a women's handball group A match against Angola Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty ImagesA long exposure capture players practicing ahead of the men's group A basketball match between Tunisia and USA Photograph: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance's Automne Pavia, in white, competes with Hungary's Hedvig Karakas during their women's 57kg judo match Photograph: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesJiang Tian Yi, left, of Hong Kong, takes on Zhang Jike, of China, during a men's table tennis quarter-finalPhotograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty ImagesUS swimmer Michael Phelps competes in the men's 200m individual medley heats Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesGold medalist Jong Sim Rim of North Korea, silver medalist Roxana Daniela Cocos of Romania and Maryna Shkermankova of Belarus wave during the medal ceremony for the women's 69kg weightlifting competition Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty ImagesJapan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna, right, play against Hong Kong's Tse Ying Suet and Poon Lok Yan during their group D match in women's doubles badminton competition Photograph: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty ImagesUS swimmer Nick Thoman competes in the men's 100m backstroke semi-finalPhotograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images
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