Olympics: Day 5 Dawn.com Published August 2, 2012 0 German gymnast Marcel Nyugen performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP This file photo taken on July 31, 2012 shows Yu Yang eyeing the shuttlecock as she plays with her partner Wang Xiaoli (not pictured) in their women's double badminton match against Kim Ha-Na and Jung Kyung-Eun of South Korea during the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. Yu, one of the star Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for throwing a match, has announced she is quitting the sport, saying her dreams had been ?heartlessly shattered?, she announced on her Weibo, or microblog, late on Augu USA's Lindsay Whalen (4) leaps between Turkey defenders Yasemin Begum Dalgalar (5) and Kuanitra Holingsvorth (12) as she tires to scored during a preliminary women's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Cuba's Erislandy Savon Cotilla, right, fights Great Britain's Anthony Joshua during their men's super heavyweight over 91-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Australia's Nat Cook dives for the ball during a beach volleyball match against Czech Republic's Marketa Slukova and Kristyna Kolocova at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. ? Photo by AP United States of America's Joshua Redmond blows down the barrel of his shotgun after shooting, during the pre-event training for the men's double trap event, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP South Korea's Han Song-yi, left, spikes the ball past Brazil's Fernanda Ferreira during a women's preliminary volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP A full moon rises from behind a cloud beyond a sign at Olympic Park at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. ? Photo by AP Kate Gynther of Australia shoots and scores a goal against Britain during their women's water polo preliminary round match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Brazil's Paula Pequeno attempts to set during the Women's preliminary pool B volleyball match between Brazil and South Korea in the 2012 London Olympic Games in London on August 1, 2012. ? Photo by AFP In a picture taken with an underwater camera Japan's Natsumi Hoshi, US swimmer Kathleen Hersey (C) and China's Jiao Liuyang compete in the women's 200m butterfly final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 1, 2012 in London. ? Photo by AFP Argentina's Santiago Montelli, front, and Pakistan's Ahmed Waseem vie for the ball during their men's hockey preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Germany's Marc Zwiebler reaches for the shuttle cock while playing against China's Chen Jin, unseen, at a men's singles badminton match of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Spanish gymnast Fabian Gonzalez performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Cuba's Ivan Cambar Rodriguez competes during the men's 77-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Join our Whatsapp channel - Photos by Agencies
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