London Olympics | Day 10
Jennifer Suhr carries the American flag after winning the gold medal in pole vault. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Jennifer Suhr of the United States captures gold in women’s pole vaulting while the U.S. women’s soccer team scores a dramatic 4-3 win over Canada to reach the finals.
United States soccer team celebrates the dramatic winning goal against Canada. Abby Wambach, center right, carries Kelley O’Hara on her back. Alex Morgan, left with back to camera, scored the goal. The U.S. won 4-3 with 30 seconds left of injury time at the end of a second overtime period. (Jon Super / Associated Press)
Canadian soccer players, including goalkeeper Erin Mcleod, on the ground at bottom left, are in shock after the winning goal was scored by the United States’ Alex Morgan. (Jon Super / Associated Press)
Russia’s Yuliya Zaripova, far right, leads a throng of runners on her way to winning the gold medal in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Dominican Republic’s Felix Sanchez crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
South Africa’s Tarryn Bright, center, celebrates her goal in a women’s hockey preliminary match against the United States. The U.S. team was shut out, 7-0. (Bullit Marquez / Associated Press)
China’s Lijia Xu celebrates after winning laser radial women’s one-person dinghy medal race. (Oliver Hoslet / EPA)
United States’ Jacob Gibb, left, looks away as he and teammate Sean Rosenthal fall to Martins Plavins, center, and Janis Smedins of Latvia in the men’s beach volleyball quarterfinals. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Kobe Bryant works hard to shoot over Argentina defenders. The United States won 126-97 to remain undefeated. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
LoLo Jones of the United States prepares for the start of her heat in the women’s 100m hurdles. (Olivier Morin / AFP / Getty Images)
Kirani James of Grenada celebrates winning the men’s 400m final. (Diego Azubel / EPA)
Natalia Ischenko and Svetlana Romanshina of Russia compete in the women’s duet synchronized swimming preliminary round. They finished the round in first place. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
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U.S. middleweight boxer Claressa Shields savors a win over Sweden’s Anna Laurel in a quarterfinal women’s boxing match. (Robert Gauthier /Los Angeles Times)
Germany’s Timo Boll looks like a magician levitating a pingpong ball, but he is just serving in a men’s team table tennis semifinal match against China. The German team lost, 3-1. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)
Russia’s Evgeniia Kolodko screams after winning the bronze medal in the shot put. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Gergely Kiss of Hungary, left, complains to the referee about Layne Beaubien of the United States in a match won by Hungary, 11-6. (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)
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United States volleyball players, from left, Matthew Anderson, David Smith and David McKienzie jump for a block against Tunisia in a men’s preliminary volleyball match won by the Americans, 3-0. (Alberto Pizzoli AFP / Getty Images)
Keitani Graham of Micronesia is thrown by Charles Edward Betts of the United States in the Greco Roman wrestling competition. Betts eventually lost in the round of 16 and was eliminated from medal contention. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press)
Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum rides Bella Donna during the equestrian jumping competition. (Jochen Luebke / EPA)
Troy Dumais from the United States competes in the men’s three-meter springboard diving preliminaries at the Aquatics Centre. (Michael Sohn / Associated Press)