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Olympics Day 4 Results

Phelps, USA Gymnastics Have Special Day

As Michael Phelps proved, every medal counts during Day 4 of the Olympics. Here are the highlights:

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A Day for the Re... Phelps, USA Gymnastics Have Special Day

As Michael Phelps proved, every medal counts during Day 4 of the Olympics. Here are the highlights:

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Phelps Makes His... Wins 19th Career Olympic Medal

Michael Phelps won gold as the anchor in the 4x200m freestyle (Watch Replay), making him the most decorated Olympian of all time. The U.S. blew away the field in the 4x200 race.

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Phelps Nabs Silv... A Disappointing Silver

Before collecting his record 19th Olympic medal, Phelps earned a disappointing silver in the 200m butterfly. (Watch Replay) He blew an early lead and finished just behind Chad le Clos of South Africa after a poor final reach.

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U.S. Women’s Gym... Capture First Team Gold Since 1996

The U.S. women’s gymnastics squad easily defeated the competition (Watch Replay) to become just the second American team to win gold, putting the "Fab Five" in the same category as the '96 team.

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Jordyn Wieber Bo... Lifts Team USA

After failing to make the final of the individual competition, Jordyn Wieber helped the women's gymnastics team (Watch Replay) win gold. She helped her team outscore Russia by five points.

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McKayla Maroney ... Maroney Flawless in U.S. Victory

The performance of McKayla Maroney (Watch Replay) helped the U.S. women's gymnastics team score a total of 183.596 points, en route to team gold.

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Allison Schmitt ... Schmitt Wins 200m Freestyle

American Allison Schmitt swam an Olympic-record 1 minute, 53.61 seconds (Watch Replay) for the gold. It goes with her gold medal in the 200m freestyle.

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U.S. Soccer Defe... U.S. Wins Group B

Abby Wambach scored the only goal as the U.S. women’s soccer team defeated North Korea, 1-0. (Watch Replay)

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Williams Sisters... Tennis Duo Advances to Round 3

Venus and Serena Williams will continue their quest to medal after a doubles victory over Germany. (Watch Replay)

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Tsonga Wins Wimb... Longest Olympic Tennis Match

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Milos Raonic, 6-3, 3-6, 25-23, at Wimbledon. The grueling match, 3 hours, 57 minutes long, (Watch Replay) was the longest in Olympic history.

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Djokovic Denies ... Djokovic Takes Second Round Matchup

Serbia's Novak Djokovic made it to the third round of tennis competition (Watch Replay) after defeating United States' Andy Roddick, 6-2, 6-1

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Andy Murray Adva... Hometown Favorite Set for Round 3

Britain’s own Andy Murray advanced to the third round of play (Watch Replay) after a victory, 6-2, 6-4, over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.

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U.S. Water Polo ... U.S. Leads Group B

After a slow start the U.S. men's water polo team edged Romania (Watch Replay) by a score of 10-8.

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Great Britain, Z... Granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II Collects Medal

Phillips walked away from Olympic competition on Tuesday hoisting a silver medal (Watch Replay) as a member of Great Britain's equestrian team.

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U.S. Beach Volle... Victorious on the Sand

Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser barely escaped Spain (Watch Replay) in beach volleyball competition, 19-21, 21-16, 15-13.

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Ye Shiwen Wins A... 16-Year-Old Does It Again

China’s teen swimmer set an Olympic record of 2 minutes, 7.57 seconds in the 200m individual medley. (Watch Replay) This after earning a gold medal in the 400 individual medley.

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China Dominates ... China Wins Third Diving Gold

Divers Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao led China (Watch Replay) to its third gold medal in the sport.

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U.S. Basketball ... U.S. Rolls After Slow Start

USA men’s basketball team cruised to its second victory (Watch Replay) of group competition. Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Love each scored 16 as the U.S. won 110-63.

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