Janos Baranyai of Hungary cries out in pain after dropping the weights and twisting his arm in the 77kg competitionPhotograph: Phil Walter/GettyKyoko Oshima of Japan competes in the floor exercise during the team gymnastics finalPhotograph: Mike Blake/ReutersNatalia Partyka of Poland serves to Tie Yana of Hong Kong China in the women's team table tennis eventPhotograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty
Michael Phelps (nearest) of the US takes to the water for his gold-medal winning performance in the 200m butterfly final in the Water CubePhotograph: Mark Terrill/APUSA 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 6:58.56Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/EPAThe Chinese women's gymnastics coach, Gao Jian, is lifted up after his team's victory in the team eventPhotograph: Harry How/GettyNatalie Cook of Australia, left, talks to her teammate Tamsin Barnett during their women's preliminary round beach volleyball match against Brazil Photograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersPlayers from Taiwan and the Netherlands high-five one another at the end of the match which Taiwan won 5-0Photograph: Frederic Brown/AFPBrazil's Graziane Coelho, left, fights for the ball with Latvia's Ieva Kublina during their women preliminary round group A basketball matchPhotograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFPPatty Cardenas of the United States scores past goalkeeper Elena Gigli of ItalyPhotograph: Al Bello/GettyNovak Djokovic of Serbia reacts with dismay during his men's singles third round tennis match againts Mikhail Youzhny of RussiaPhotograph: Toby Melville/ReutersBelarus Aleh Mikhalovich (blue) wrestles Bulgarian Yavor Yanakiev (red) in the 74kg bronze medal Greco-Roman Wrestling match Photograph: Kerim Okten /EPAA cyclist competes in the men's Individual Time Trial cycling event Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFPCate Campbell of Australia competes during the women's 100m freestyle swimming heats Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit /AFPDancers perform during a half-time break in a men's hockey match Photograph: Nic Bothma /EPAMark 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/APSerena 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 /ReutersHungary'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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