Olympics: Day 3 Dawn.com Published July 31, 2012 0 China's Ye Shiwen celebrate winning gold in the women's 400m individual medley final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in this July 28, 2012. Ye said on Monday that her ?results come from hard work and training? and that she ?would never use any banned drugs?. All medal winners at the Olympics are drug tested, according to media reports. ? Photo by Reuters Germany's Oscar Deecke (7) sets his eyes to the ball as he fails to score against Belgium in their men's hockey preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. Germany won 2-1. ? Photo by AP Lenka Hajeckova of the Czech Republic reacts near the end of a loss to the United States during a beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Kerri Walsh of the United States digs out a shot during a beach volleyball match against the Czech Republic at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei plays against Finland's Ville Lang in a men's singles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Sweden's Kim Ekdahl du Rietz, foreground is tackled by Tunisia's Wael Jallouz, background, in their men's handball preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP U.S. gymnast Jacob Dalton performs on the rings during the Artistic Gymnastic men's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Colombia's Jeysson Monroy Varela, left, fights Iran's Ehsan Rouzbahani during a light heavyweight 81-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP British guard Natalie Stafford, right, vies for the ball with Canadian forward Natalie Achonwa during their women's preliminary round group B basketball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP New Zealand's Mike Dawson competes in the men's K-1 kayak slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Elsie Windes of the United States passes the ball to a teammate as they play Hungary during their women's water polo preliminary round match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP United States' Michael Phelps, center, competes in a men's 200-meter butterfly swimming semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Monday, July 30, 2012. ? Photo by AP General view during of the Beach Volleyball venue at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura performs on the pommel horse during the Artistic Gymnastic men's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. After judges spent about five minutes reviewing three-time world champion Uchimura on the pommel horse, his score was revised and Japan was awarded the silver medal with Britain getting bumped down to bronze. ? Photo by AP Adrian Crisan of Romania, competes against Timo Boll of Germany, during men's table tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. ? Photo by AP Join our Whatsapp channel - Photos by Agencies
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