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Britain’s Zara Phillips waves to the crowd after the British equestrian team won the silver medal in eventing on Day 4 of the London 2012 Olympics on Tuesday, July 31. As part of the British team, Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, becomes the first member of Britain’s royal family to take home an Olympic medal. Check out Day 3 of competition from Monday, July 30. The Games run through August 12. See all the action as it unfolds here.
China’s Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao compete in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform final. They won a gold for their performance.
Spain’s Liliana Fernandez celebrates with fans after her team’s beach volleyball preliminary match against Argentina. Spain won 2-0.
Byungchul Choi of South Korea celebrates winning during the quarterfinals of the men’s foil individual.
Jordyn Wieber of the United States competes on the vault in the artistic gymnastics women’s team final at North Greenwich Arena.
Jonas Hogh-Christensen of Denmark competes in the men’s sailing Finn Race at Weymouth Harbor.
India’s Devendro Singh Laishram, left, embraces Bayron Molina Figueroa of Honduras after stopping the Honduran in the first round of their light flyweight boxing match.
Australian and Kazakh athletes swim for the ball during a men’s water polo preliminary round at Water Polo Arena in London.
Canada’s Melissa Tancredi, right, heads the ball to score her team’s second goal against Sweden in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Italy’s Dragan Travica reacts after the Italians won their men’s volleyball match against Argentina.
Silvana Saldarriaga of Peru chalks her hands before the women’s 63-kilogram weightlifting final.
The Belgian team lines around the D for a penalty corner during their women’s field hockey match against China.
Journalists work from the stands during a women’s beach volleyball preliminary match between Spain and Argentina at Centre Court Stadium in London.
Massimo Giacoppo of Italy motivates his teammates before a water polo match against Greece.
Bryony Shaw represents Great Britain in the women’s sailing competition.
China’s Ning Ding plays a forehand during a women’s singles table tennis quarterfinal match on Tuesday.
American Travis Stevens adjusts his bandage as he competes Tuesday during the men’s under 81-kilogram judo semifinal match.
Italy’s Ennio Falco removes cartridges as he competes in the men’s skeet shooting qualification round Tuesday.
Britain’s Susan Egelstaff returns the shuttlecock during a women’s singles badminton match Tuesday.
The Olympic flame burns in the cauldron at Olympic Stadium on Tuesday, the fourth day of the Games.
American Phillip Dutton riding Mystery Whisper balks at a jump in the show jumping equestrian event Tuesday.
Japan and South African players shake hands before their women’s football first-round match Tuesday.
Brazil’s Talita Rocha dives for the ball during the women’s beach volleyball match against Germany on Tuesday.
Serge Ibaka of Spain dunks over Matt Nielsen of Australia during a men’s basketball preliminary round match Tuesday.
Canada’s Antoine Valois-Fortier, in white, gets taken down by Russia’s Ivan Nifontov during the men’s under 81-kilogram quarterfinal judo match on Tuesday.
Britain’s Mary King on Imperial Cavalier competes in the team show jumping phase of the equestrian eventing competition Tuesday at Greenwich Park.
Juan Jose Aramburu of Spain takes aim during the men’s skeet shooting qualification round Tuesday.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France screams out after losing a point during the men’s singles second-round tennis match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Li Xiaoxia of China talks with her coach during a table tennis women’s quarterfinals match Tuesday.
David Florence of Great Britain paddles through in the men’s canoe single slalom semifinal Tuesday.
South Africa’s Janine Van Wyk, left, and Mana Iwabuchi of Japan go after the ball during the women’s football first round match Tuesday at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
India’s Rahul Banerjee competes in the men’s individual elimination archery event at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
Australia’s Rhys Howden looks to take a shot during a men’s water polo preliminary round match against Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
Sweden’s Fredrik Petersen scores on Robert White of Great Britain during the men’s handball preliminary match between Britain and Sweden on Tuesday.
Natsumi Hoshi of Japan competes in the women’s 200-meter butterfly heat on Tuesday.
Artur Akhmatkhuzin of Russia celebrates after beating Richard Kruse of Great Britain during a preliminary men’s foil match Tuesday.
Fans wave Union Jack flags as Britain’s William Fox-Pitt, riding Lionheart, performs Tuesday in the show-jumping qualifying equestrian event at Greenwich Park.
Great Britain competes in the women’s eight rowing Tuesday in Windsor, England.
Azerbaijan’s Sardar Hasanov reacts after failing a lift in the men’s weightlifting 69-kilogram group B event Tuesday.
Britain’s Husayn Rosowsky prepares for men’s foil individual competition Tuesday.
Egypt’s Sara Mohamed Baraka, right, and Fatma Rashed rest after competing in the women’s rowing lightweight double sculls repechages event Tuesday.
Biao Chai of China in action during a men’s doubles badminton match against Denmark players Tuesday.
Germany’s Ole Bischof, in white, and Islam Bozbayev of Kazakhstan face off in the men’s under 81-kilogram judo contest Tuesday.
Talita Rocha and Maria Antonelli of Brazil react during the women’s beach volleyball preliminary match between Brazil and Germany on Tuesday.
Azmy Mehelba of Egypt competes in the men’s skeet qualification round Tuesday at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Kamilla Rytter Juhl, right, and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark celebrate after beating China’s Yunlei Zhao and Qing Tian in a women’s doubles badminton match Tuesday.
Hungary’s Peter Biros, right, challenges Montenegro’s Vladimir Gojkovic during the men’s water polo preliminary match Tuesday.
Spanish center Serge Ibaka fights for possession during a men’s preliminary round basketball match against Australia on Tuesday.
Britain’s Zara Phillips rides High Kingdom in the show jumping phase of the eventing competition Tuesday.
Kosuke Kitajima of Japan competes in a men’s 200-meter breaststroke heat Tuesday.
Members of the South African women’s field hockey team protest to the referee during a match against New Zealand on Tuesday.
Spanish center Serge Ibaka, right, makes a grab during Tuesday’s game against Australia.
Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa, in red, faces off against Wang Yuegu of Singapore during a women’s singles table-tennis match Tuesday.
Argentina’s Emmanuel Lucenti celebrates after beating France’s Alain Schmitt in the men’s under 81-kilogram judo contest match Tuesday.
China’s Wang Zhizhi, left, tries to block Sergey Monya of Russia from scoring during the men’s preliminary round basketball match on Tuesday.
Turkmenistan’s Gulnar Hayytbaeva, in blue, fights with Azerbaijan’s Ramila Yusubova during the women’s under 63-kilogram judo match Tuesday.
Jefferson Bellaguarda of Switzerland dives for a shot during the men’s beach volleyball preliminary match between Brazil and Switzerland on Tuesday.
France’s Alain Schmitt, in white, competes with the Netherlands’ Guillaume Elmont during the men’s under 81-kilogram judo contest match Tuesday.
Ahmed Husam of the Maldives competes in the men’s 100-meter freestyle heat Tuesday.
Teams from the Ukraine, Germany, the United States, China, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic compete Tuesday in the women’s rowing double sculls in Windsor.
Brazil’s Cesar Cielo dives in for the men’s 100-meter freestyle heat Tuesday.
Chinese forward Zhou Peng, right, guards Russian forward Andrei Kirilenko during the men’s preliminary round basketball game Tuesday.
From left, Ahmed Husam of the Maldives, Mamadou Soumare of Mali and Beni Bertrand Binobagira of Burundi compete in the men’s 100-meter freestyle heat Tuesday.
Tunisia’s Mehdi Ben Cheikh, left, sets the ball during the men’s preliminary volleyball match between Serbia and Tunisia on Tuesday.
Kim Lammers of the Netherlands attempts to score during the women’s field hockey match between the Netherlands and Japan on Tuesday.
Iceland’s Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson jumps to shoot during the men’s preliminary handball match against Tunisia on Tuesday.
Travis Stevens, in white, of the United States tries to take down Slovenia’s Aljaz Sedej during the men’s under 81-kilogram judo contest match Tuesday.
Yong Dae Lee of South Korea takes aim during a mixed doubles badminton match Tuesday.
Canada’s Brent Hayden takes the start of the men’s 100-meter freestyle heat Tuesday.
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(CNN) — Michael Phelps was dejected despite making Olympics history Tuesday.
Phelps led his signature race, the 200-meter butterfly. from the start until the last few meters, appearing to be ready to become the first man to win an individual event in three consecutive Olympics.
But just as Phelps glided into the finish, South African Chad le Clos, a 20-year-old whose idol was swimming in the lane right next to him, cranked one last big stroke to edge his hero Phelps at the wall.
It reminded swimming commentators of Phelps’ 100-meter butterfly win at the Beijing Games when he took a quick final stroke as Serbian Milorad Cavic stretched for the wall. This time it was Phelps who was caught reaching.
After the race, the shocked Phelps put his face in his hands.
Still, with a silver medal Phelps tied Larisa Latynina wih 18 total medals, the all-time best mark for an Olympian.
And there was still the 4×200-meter relay later, where Phelps was expected to break the medals record with the dominant American team.
Phelps has now won 14 golds, two silvers and two bronze medals in four Olympics.
Michael Phelps: “I consider myself normal”
In gymnastics, the “Fab Five” United States squad lived up to its billing, routing the field for the women’s team title. Gabby Douglas led the U.S. to a 183.596 score, while Russia finished second with 178.503. Jordyn Wieber was a key part of the victory also, placing third in the vault and fourth on the floor.
History had already been made once at the Olympics on Tuesday when Queen Elizabeth’s equestrian granddaughter Zara Phillips put her name in the record books earlier in the day by becoming the first member of the British royal family to win an Olympic medal. She claimed a silver as part of the British eventing team. Her mother, Princess Anne, a 1976 Olympic equestrian, draped the medal around her neck.
Another British Olympian, Tom Daley, was in the news for a less happy reason as police arrested a 17-year-old accused of abusing the teen diver in comments on Twitter.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Chinese teen phenom Ye Shiwen is favored to win the 200-meter individual medley, three days after she broke a world record winning the 400-meter individual medley. Ye’s final 50-meter freestyle of that race was faster than that of American Ryan Lochte, who won gold in the men’s 400-meter individual medley.
‘Incredible’ Ye smashes record
Another teen sensation, 17-year-old Missy Franklin of the United States, will take on world-record holder Federica Pellegrini of Italy in the 200-meter freestyle race.
POWERHOUSE TEAMS FACE OFF IN VOLLEYBALL, WATER POLO
In two matchups of world powers, Brazil and Russia will battle in a preliminary men’s volleyball game. Earlier world No. 2 Croatia edged No. 1 Spain 8-7 in a preliminary round of men’s water polo.
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