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2012 London Olympics - Day 7
Phelps and Le Clos
Michael Phelps won the men's 100m butterfly at the Aquatics Centre on Friday, claiming the title for the third straight Games for the 17th gold medal of his Olympic career. South Arica's Chad le Clos and Russian Evgeny Korotyshkin shared silver, both clocking 51.44.
Last solo race for Phelps
In his last individual race as an Olympic swimmer, American Michael Phelps won his 21st medal and 17th gold of his career in the 100-meter butterfly.
Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin of America won the gold medal in the women's 200m backstroke in a new world record time.
Florent Manaudou
Frenchman Florent Manaudou charged to a shock Olympic gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle swimming final.
Tomasz Majewski
Poland's Tomasz Majewski became the first thrower in almost 60 years to retain the Olympic shot put title at the Olympic Stadium as he won the first athletics gold medal of the London 2012 Games.
Epic battle
Roger Federer fought through the longest three-set singles match in the Open era on Friday when he beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 19-17 to reach the Olympic final at Wimbledon.
Teddy Riner
Teddy Riner of France (white) and Sung-Min Kim of Korea compete in the Men's +100 kg Judo event.
Anastasia Pozdniakova
Anastasia Pozdniakova of Russia competes in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving Preliminary Round at the Aquatics Centre.
Svetlana Podobedova
Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova won the Olympic Games women's 75kg weightlifting gold medal with a total lift of 291kg.
Pursuit gold
Edward Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh of Great Britain compete in the men's Team Pursuit. Britain successfully defended their Olympic team pursuit crown in a new world record at the Velodrome.
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