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    Best photos of the London Olympics

    A look at some of the most memorable photos from the London 2012 Olympics. -- By Carla Thorpe, Yahoo! Sports

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    1. Moon makes 6th Olympic ring
    2. 2012 Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony
    3. McKayla Maroney
    4. Gabrielle Douglas
    5. Michael Phelps
    6. Olympics Day 15 - Diving
    7. Liu Xiang
    8. Olympics Day 13 - Athletics
    9. South Korea's Hyeonwoo Kim bites his gold medal at the podium of Men's 66Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games
    10. United States
    12. South Korea's Shin reacts after being defeated by Germany's Heidemann during their women's epee individual semifinal fencing competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games
    13. Robert Harting
    14. Olympics Day 8 - Swimming
    15. Olympics Day 9 - Athletics
    16. U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman performs during the artistic gymnastics women
    17. Olympics Day 5 - Fencing
    18. United States
    19. Jamaica
    20. Olympics Day 6 - Badminton
    21. Olympics Day 14 - Athletics
    22. Britain's Murray celebrates after defeating Switzerland's Federer in the men's singles tennis gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games
    23. Olympics Day 9 - Cycling - Track
    24. Olympics Day 14 - Athletics
    25. Thomas Daley
    26. Olympics Day 5 - Table Tennis
    27. Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
    28. Opening Ceremony
    29. Usain Bolt of Jamaica runs on his way to winning his 100m heat round 1 during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium
    30. Gold-medalist Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda finishes the men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
    31. Olympics Day 10 - Women's Football S/F - Match 24 - Canada v USA
    32. Olympics Day 9 - Athletics
    33. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
    34. A performer playing the role of Britain
    35. Usain Bolt
    36. Oscar Pistorius
    37. Michael Phelps

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    106 comments

    • Lebe
      Lebe  •  Bloomville, Ohio  •  10 hours ago
      that is a cool picture :) wonder how long the photographer stood there waiting for the perfect picture lol
      • Jon
        Jon 1 hour 38 minutes ago
        He was there three nights until the moon was in the correct position. It is the most clever picture and definitely one of the best.
      • Darion
        Darion 1 hour 55 minutes ago
        It's perfectly centered. What a flawless shot.
      • Hajar
        Hajar 8 hours ago
        I see the picture very nice But we have best nature in kurdistane Iraq
    • LockNLoad
      LockNLoad  •  8 hours ago
      The moon pic - not just a great Olympics picture one of the best pics period....
      • coffeelover
        coffeelover 21 minutes ago
        Agree LNL, Reutors, photographer, will probably receive award end of year for it. Where were other 5,000 world media photog's?
    • RODOLFOF
      RODOLFOF  •  9 hours ago
      so what does the 6 rings represent? it surely can't be Jordan's six championship rings.
      • coffeelover
        coffeelover 11 minutes ago
        @ roland, you type like a foreigner, not an American from MD. Not only are you wrong about, well, everything, you spell incorrectly, punctuate incorrectly, so you must be foreigner using a translate software program.
      • yujyjty
        yujyjty 7 hours ago
        Roland, I hate to break this down to you! First, your knowledge of history is greatly flawed, not to mention your grammar. Second, it's "Geography", and your knowledge there is equally so, but doubly flawed. Third, be it what it may, the Olympic colors do not represent continents, you idiot. Last but not least, continents do not "appears". They are either formed or re-organized by the 'incoherent geniuses' at the UN.
      • Roland
        Roland 8 hours ago
        It is from the past, history, may be before most of you were born, In geographie there was 5 continents so the IOC decided Blue for Europe, Black for Africa, Red for America, Yellow for Asia and Green for Oceania. Since then other continents have appears (?) but the IOC has kept the 5 rings. Why changing? What would it mean?
    • Chris
      Chris  •  Greensboro, North Carolina  •  8 hours ago
      Yo, jihadist of the world, did you enjoy watching 206 nations gather together, its youth compete and party together in London for 3 weeks and not being able to pull off ANY of your threats?? We really missed you not being there. Maybe your coward youth can try again next time....thanks London and the freedom loving humans of our planet, great job. God Bless America.
    • Innep
      Innep  •  8 hours ago
      I'm loving this picture!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Happy days
      Happy days  •  9 hours ago
      The photos are lovely
    • coffeelover
      coffeelover  •  East Windsor, Connecticut  •  25 minutes ago
      Surely these 37 pics are not the best of the games as the headline stated (don't call me Shirley). The red full moon caught as a perfect 6th ring could be the best imho. So good I downloaded it for a background!
    • Dallylawnman
      Dallylawnman  •  Tucker, Georgia  •  7 hours ago
      The best pictures are in my mind. I will not have to see or hear of this crap for some time thank goodness !
    • Texas.Rancher
      Texas.Rancher  •  8 hours ago
      Nice Pic .. however you can tell the pic was taken from an angle to get the moon in the right location .. as you can see the sides of the rings .. which is taken straight on the rings you wouldnt be able to see that
      • Dejan
        Dejan 54 minutes ago
        think I know! The Muslims are everywhere. Oh, WHY did I use the caps!?!? Shoot.
      • Texas.Rancher
        Texas.Rancher 6 hours ago
        It is awesome .. just saying how they got it.
      • pepsiwoman44
        pepsiwoman44 6 hours ago
        thats an awesome picture!!!!!!
    • Cyndi
      Cyndi  •  Fort Pierce, Florida  •  16 hours ago
      WOW!!!! Ok, now this is an AWESOME shot!!!!! Excellent work " Luke MacGregor"!! Good eye!!
    • KEN
      KEN  •  Detroit, Michigan  •  6 hours ago
      this is way to cool love it
    • reality bites
      reality bites  •  Lake Worth, Florida  •  7 hours ago
      the rings are a wonderful symbol of connection across all earthly boundaries and now we can add other worldly. how beautiful
    • RICK
      RICK  •  8 hours ago
      u could move around for an hr. an get that pic .
    • I cant believe it
      I cant believe it  •  8 hours ago
      x
    • f23ghost
      f23ghost  •  8 hours ago
      ok thats super cool i want a high rez for a wallpaper
    • Ken
      Ken  •  8 hours ago
      The Moon is a Fabulous Picture! Work of Art!
    • Lorak
      Lorak  •  9 hours ago
      Good patience and timing for this photo. No photoshop on this but maybe a little luck.
      • John
        John 7 hours ago
        It was not. There's not one pixel out of place. The distortions that exist are either naturally occurring or caused by compression algorithms on the digital file. There's no evidence of cloning, smudging, cut and paste, masking, etc. Besides this photo comes from a large group of photographs of basically the same shot, just at different times and angles producing various other effects.
      • Robert W
        Robert W 8 hours ago
        It was photoshop'd.
    • Sonja
      Sonja  •  8 hours ago
      Rich, Well said and I agree wholeheartdly
    • nunya biz
      nunya biz  •  8 hours ago
      some cool pics, but where are the best ones? "the one of the womens beach vollyball from thier back side"
    • wildskin1
      wildskin1  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  9 hours ago
      The moon isn't spaced apart like the other rings...
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    London Reporter

    Overall Medal Count

    Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
    1 United States 46 29 29 104
    2 China 38 27 23 88
    3 Russia 24 26 32 82
    4 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
    5 Germany 11 19 14 44
    6 Japan 7 14 17 38
    7 Australia 7 16 12 35
    8 France 11 11 12 34
    Full Medal Count »

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