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This picture taken with a fisheye lens shows France's Benjamin Compaore participating in the men's triple jump qualifying round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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This picture taken with a fisheye lens shows France's Benjamin Compaore participating in the men's triple jump qualifying round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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  • This picture taken with a fisheye lens shows France's Benjamin Compaore participating in the men's triple jump qualifying round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
  • Chinese gymnast Zhang Chenglong performs on the parallel bars performs on the parallel bars during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • A tattoo of the Olympic Rings and the letters USA are partly visible as U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton stretches his muscles during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
  • Russia's Ivan Ukhov reacts to his gold medal win in the men's high jump during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
  • U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas loses her balance and hangs onto the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
  • Kami Craig of the United States celebrates after scoring a goal in overtime against Australia during their women's semifinal water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
  • Germany's Peter Kretschmer, foreground, and Kurt Kuschela paddle on their way to winning a men's canoe double 1000m heat in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
  • Russian gymnast Kseniia Afanaseva performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
  • Jamaica's Usain Bolt competes in a men's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • Australia's Sally Pearson crosses the finish line for a gold medal win in the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
  • A young supporter of Britain takes pictures outside the handball venue 'Copperbox' after the women's handball quarterfinal match between Norway and Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
  • Frederic Fokejou Tefot of Cameroon competes in the men's +105-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
  • Qin Kai from China competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
  • Athletes pass the Olympic flame during a women's 5000-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
  • United States' Maurice Mitchell reacts after competing in a men's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
  • Olivia Collins reads a book as she waits for the race of the men's triathlon to pass by at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
  • U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman waits as results are being reassessed during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. Raisman won the balance beam bronze after questioning her score when she initially finished fourth. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
  • Juan Manuel Mundoz Diaz of Spain rides his horse Fuego in the equestrian dressage team competition, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
  • Chris Colwill from the US competes during the men's 3-meter springboard diving semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
  • Australia's Sally Pearson, left, crosses the finish line to win the gold in the women's 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
  • Britain's Laura Trott adjusts her helmet during the track cycling events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
  • Matthias Steiner of Germany gets hit by the weights while failing to make a successful lift in the men's over 105-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
  • Ethiopia's Meseret Defar, left, embraces compatriot Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba after competing in a women's 5000-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
  • France's Myriam Soumare starts with Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova in the women's 200-meter semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
  • United States' Misty May-Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrate after defeating China in their semifinal women's beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
  • In this combination of three photos, China's Liu Xiang, second left, falls during a men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Competing with Liu are from left to right: Poland's Artur Noga, Hungary's Balazs Baji, and Barbados' Shane Brathwaite. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
  • Mexico's Javier Cortes (7) celebrates his goal with teammates Raul Jimenez, left, Jorge Enriquez and Darvin Chavez during their men's soccer semifinal match against Japan at Wembley Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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