Olympics 2012 Photos

London Olympics: The medal winners on Day 6

August 02, 2012 02:05

It was a day filled with controversies but amongst all that, the real headline-grabbers were the medal winners. Here is a look at some of them from the day.

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Britain's Bradley Wiggins approaches the finish like to win the gold medal after competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games men's individual time trial road cycling event in London. (All AFP Photos)
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Great Britain's Helen Glover (R) and Heather Stanning celebrate after competing in the women's pair final A to win the gold medal in the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London.
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Great Britain's Helen Glover (2-L) and Heather Stanning (4-L), Australia's Kate Hornsey (L) and Sarah Tait and New Zealand's Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown (R) pose with their gold, silver and bronze medals respectively, on the podium of the women's pair final A of the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London.
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China's Lu Xiaojun poses at the podium with his gold medal during the men's 77kg group A weightlifting event during the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Excel Centre in London.
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South Korea's Kim Ji Yeon celebrates with her coach her victory over Russia's Sofya Velikaya Ukraine's at the end of their Women's sabre gold medal bout as part of the fencing event of London 2012 Olympic games at the ExCel centre.
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France's Lucie Decosse poses with her gold medal after the podium ceremony of the women's -70kg judo contest match of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the ExCel arena in London.
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Japan's gymnast Kohei Uchimura celebrates on the podium with his gold medal after winning the men's individual all-around competition of the artistic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on August 1, 2012 at the 02 North Greenwich Arena in London. Japanese superstar Kohei Uchimura romped to the individual all-around gymnastics title to claim his first Olympic gold medal while Germany's Marcel Nguyen took the silver medal, with Danell Leyva of the United States winning the bronze.
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Hungary's Daniel Gyurta (C) poses on the podium with the gold medal flanked by silver medalist Britain's Michael Jamieson (L) and bronze medalist Japan's Ryo Tateishi (R) after the men's 200m breaststroke final swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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