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Olympic Upsets

South Africa's Chad le Clos, left, reacts as he wins gold to beat the United States' Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter butterfly swimming final. (Full Story)

Le Clos beat Phelps with a desperate late lunge.

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U.S. Men KO'd on... By the time Errol Spence fell to Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy, it was all over - for the first time, the U.S. men's boxing team is coming home with no medals to show off. (Full Story)

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No Handball Repe... Having won just their second silver medal in history during the 2008 games, Iceland's men's handball team was hoping for a repeat in London. They game close, but suffered an overtime loss to Hungary after missing an easy penalty shot in the final 12 seconds. To make matters worse, the jubilant Hungarian team rubbed in the win with a funny little dance. Watch the Game

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No Solo Medals f... Jordyn Wieber was expected to be the star of the U.S. women's gymnastics team and a top medal earner. Instead, a disappointing finish sees her leaving London without any individual medals.

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Gabby Douglas Sl... Many thought Gabby Douglas would snag a third gold medal in London during the women's gymnastics floor finals. An uncharacteristic slip on the balance beam upset those hopes.

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Pearson Steals G... Dawn Harper came to London defending a gold title for the U.S. in the women's 100-meter hurdles, but Australia's Sally Pearson provided an upset. Her 12.35 second finish set an Olympic record and edged Harper by a 200th of a second. America's Lolo Jones failed to medal with fourth-place finish. (Full Story)

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Mustafina Upsets... Aliya Mustafina upset the favorites by taking the gold medal on the asymmetric bars in the gymnastics apparatus finals at the London Olympics on Monday after all-around champion Gabby Douglas fluffed her routine. (Full Story)

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Women's Boxing: ... Top-seeded British middleweight Savannah Marshall was upset by Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova in women's boxing on Monday, Aug. 6. (Full Story)

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Murrary Gets Rev... One month after the anguish of losing to Roger Federer at Wimbledon, it was elation in the Olympics for U.K.'s Andy Murray. Murray beat Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 for the men's singles title and gold medal on Sunday, Aug. 5. (Full Story)

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Beach Volleyball... Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, gold medalists in the men's beach volleyball in Beijing, were knocked out of the London Olympics by a low-ranked Italian pair on Friday, Aug. 3, in the biggest upset of the tournament so far. (Full Story)

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Badminton: Wang ... Top seed Wang Yihan deflated a nation of over a billion people when she thrashed India's strong title hope Saina Nehwal to set up an all-China final in the women's badminton singles on Friday, Aug. 3.

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South Africa Row... Triumphant rower Sizwe Ndlovu led the South African lightweight men's four to victory Thursday, Aug. 2, after sprinting through the field in the final 300 meters of a dramatic race to win gold ahead of the two favorites for the title, Britain and Denmark. (Full Story)

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U.S. Archery Fav... United States' Brady Ellison, regarded as the world's top archer coming into the games, was beat out by Australia's Taylor Worth (above) during an elimination round of the individual archery competition. (Watch Recap)

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Adrian Takes Out... United States' Nathan Adrian reacts after winning gold in the men's 100-meter freestyle swimming final. He shocked Australian favorite James "the Missile" Magnussen.

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U.S. Hits Judo G... Kayla Harrison gave the U.S. its first-ever judo gold medal in Olympic history, taking the 78-kilogram title Thursday at the London Games.

Harrison defeated Britain's Gemma Gibbons in a final she dominated from the start, getting a stronger grip on Gibbons and managing to throw her twice.

Her medal is the U.S.' second in judo this week: Teammate Marti Malloy won a bronze in the women's 57-kilogram division. (Full Story)

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Ogogo Shocks Gol... Britain's Anthony Ogogo caused the first big boxing shock of the London Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 2, upsetting the favorite for middleweight gold, Evhen Khytrov, in front of a crowd that included Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip. (Full Story)

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Phelps Loses by ... South Africa's Chad le Clos, left, reacts as he wins gold to beat the United States' Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter butterfly swimming final. (Full Story)

Le Clos beat Phelps with a desperate late lunge.

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U.S. Drops Argen... The United States' Michelle Vittese leaps high as she battles for control of the ball against Argentina's Josefina Sruoga during their women's hockey preliminary match.

The United States landed a surprise by beating Argentina 1-0 with a late goal. (Full Story)

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Women's Soccer: ... Great Britain's players celebrate their surprise victory against Brazil following their preliminary round Group E group women's soccer match at Wembley Stadium. Great Britain won the match 1-0.

"The atmosphere was electric, we got off to a great start and had to concentrate to finish the job against a very good Brazil side," Britain's coach Hope Powell said after her team's third straight win put them top of Group E. (Full Story)

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Wieber Denied It was all tears after reigning world champion Jordyn Wieber failed to make the Olympic all-around finals with a fourth-place finish. (Full Story)

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Agnel Beats Loch... The U.S. was beat by France in the 4x100 freestyle final after Ryan Lochte fell to Yannick Agnel in the final few strokes. (Full Story)

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Franklin Overtak... Australian favorite Emily Seebohm took silver after American Missy Franklin surprised her with a win in the 100-meter backstroke. (Full Story)

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French Women Stu... The French women's basketball team produced a stunning overtime upset of three-time silver medalists Australia in a wildly entertaining game in the Olympic tournament.

The 74-70 victory for France marked the first Olympic defeat for Australia against a team other than the United States since 1996 and gave the winners a 2-0 record in preliminary play while dropping the losers to 1-1.

"It was a big, big victory because it was against a big team like Australia," French captain Celine Dumerc told reporters. "It was not a target for us at the beginning of the tournament but we played with desire and energy to get the win." (Full Story)

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Honduras Shocks ... Spain's bid to add the Olympic title to their World and European crowns ended in acrimony after a shock 1-0 defeat by Honduras left them unable to reach the knockout stage. (Full Story)

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