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Olympics: day five

weightlifting
Janos Baranyai of Hungary cries out in pain after dropping the weights and twisting his arm in the 77kg competition Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty
gymnastics
Kyoko Oshima of Japan competes in the floor exercise during the team gymnastics final Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters
table tennis
Natalia Partyka of Poland serves to Tie Yana of Hong Kong China in the women's team table tennis event Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty
swimming
Michael Phelps (nearest) of the US takes to the water for his gold-medal winning performance in the 200m butterfly final in the Water Cube Photograph: Mark Terrill/AP
swimming celebrations
USA swimmers Ricky Berens, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps celebrate winning the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay final in a world record time of 6:58.56 Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPA
gym coach celebrates
The Chinese women's gymnastics coach, Gao Jian, is lifted up after his team's victory in the team event Photograph: Harry How/Getty
beach volleyball
Natalie Cook of Australia, left, talks to her teammate Tamsin Barnett during their women's preliminary round beach volleyball match against Brazil Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
baseball
Players from Taiwan and the Netherlands high-five one another at the end of the match which Taiwan won 5-0 Photograph: Frederic Brown/AFP
basketball
Brazil's Graziane Coelho, left, fights for the ball with Latvia's Ieva Kublina during their women preliminary round group A basketball match Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP
waterpolo
Patty Cardenas of the United States scores past goalkeeper Elena Gigli of Italy Photograph: Al Bello/Getty
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts with dismay during his men's singles third round tennis match againts Mikhail Youzhny of Russia Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
olympics: wrestling
Belarus Aleh Mikhalovich (blue) wrestles Bulgarian Yavor Yanakiev (red) in the 74kg bronze medal Greco-Roman Wrestling match Photograph: Kerim Okten /EPA
Olympics: men's Individual Time Trial cycling
A cyclist competes in the men's Individual Time Trial cycling event Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP
olympics: Cate Campbell of Australia competes during the women's 100m freestyle swimming heats
Cate Campbell of Australia competes during the women's 100m freestyle swimming heats Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit /AFP
olympics: Dancers perform during a half time break in the men's hockey match
Dancers perform during a half-time break in a men's hockey match Photograph: Nic Bothma /EPA
olympics: football australia v ivory coast
Mark Bridge of Australia is consoled by a team-mate after missing a chance against Ivory Coast during a Group A Men's football match. Ivory Coast won 1-0 Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP
olympics: serena williams breaks her raquet in the wome's tenis singles
Serena Williams walks with her broken tennis racket after she smashed it during her women's singles third-round match against Alize Cornet of France Photograph: Ruben Sprich /Reuters
olympics: women's handball
Hungary's Anita Gorbicz celebrates her penalty shot to beat Germany in the final seconds during their preliminary handball match. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP
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