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Photos Of Day 7 From The Olympics

By Becky Lettenberger
Published August 3, 2012 at 4:00 PM CDT
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Missy Franklin celebrates winning the women's 200m backstroke final with team mate Elizabeth Beisel on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Beisel placed third in the event. ()
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Michael Phelps competes in the men's 100m butterfly final. Phelps surged from behind to win the event.  ()
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Karl Schulze, Phillipp Wende, Lauritz Schoof and Tim Grohmann of Germany celebrate winning gold in the men's quadruple sculls final. ()
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Cuba's Idalys Ortiz (in white) tosses Japan's Mika Sugimoto during the women's 78kg judo contest match. Ortiz won the match. ()
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Sergei Martynov of Belarus competes in the men's 50m rifle prone shooting event. Martynov won the event. ()
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Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot in the third set against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the semifinal of men's singles tennis. Federer won the match, which took more than 4 hours to play. ()
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U.S. hurlders Angelo Taylor (second from right) competes in the men's 400m hurdles. He finished first in the heat. Today marks the first day of track and field events. ()

Photo highlights from today's Olympic action include the start of track and field, swimmer Missy Franklin, and Roger Federer's four-hour battle in the men's tennis semifinals.

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