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3rd Aug 2012 font: Reuters
News Image Dibaba, 26, swept to glory in 30 minutes, 20.75 seconds, helped by a phenomenal final 400 which left her rivals trailing in her wake.
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3rd Aug 2012 font: Yahoo!
News Image America's youngest Olympian is now America's youngest gold medalist in London.
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3rd Aug 2012 font: Reuters
News Image Swimmer Michael Phelps uses it to get into his zone, marathon runner Paula Radcliffe uses it to psyche herself up, and gymnast Louis Smith uses it to calm himself down.
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2nd Aug 2012 font: CNN
News Image The records kept tumbling for Michael Phelps Thursday as he beat arch-rival Ryan Lochte to win the men's 200m individual medley.
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30th Jul 2012 font: CNN
News Image "Let it be known from this day forth, the Olympic movement has seen the creation of the first 'rock 'n' roll' Games, and London 2012 will be remembered for all time as the venue of its birth."
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30th Jul 2012 font: BBC News
News Image We all know who's in the lead on the medal tables - but what would happen if you looked at them by population size, or GDP - or even compared to the number of athletes in each team?
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Overall Medal Count
Countries Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals Total
United StatesUnited States 44 29 29 102
ChinaChina 38 27 22 87
Great BritainGreat Britain 28 15 19 62
RussiaRussia 21 25 32 78
South KoreaSouth Korea 13 7 7 27
GermanyGermany 11 19 14 44
FranceFrance 10 11 12 33
ItalyItaly 8 7 8 23
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