Olympics - Day 12!
South Africa's Natalie du Toit (centre) prepares to compete in the women's 10 km marathon swim at Shunyi as the first amputee to take part in the Olympics
British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten lead for most of the race, which took place in the rowing lake, but Russia's Larisa Ilchenko outsprints them both to win gold
Todd Rogers of the US dives to return the ball during his country's semi-final win over Georgia in the beach volleyball
Suemeyye Guelec of Germany (blue) fights 49kg rival Dalia Contreras Rivero of Venezuela (red) in a preliminary round of the taekwondo
Great Britain's world champion Shanaze Reade competes in the women's BMX and goes through to the semi-finals despite crashing in her first race
The unpredictable nature of the sport is emphasised by more spills as it makes an exciting debut at the Olympics
Crystl Bustos of the US women's softball team hits a three-run homer to defeat Japan 4-1 and secure her team a chance at the gold medal
Italy's Alberto Angelini prepares to shoot during the water polo quarter-final against Canada
Bertrand Gille of France shoots against Russia's goalkeeper Oleg Grams during their handball quarter-final
Bryony Shaw ups Britain's sailing medal tally to five with a bronze in the RS:X windsurfing behind China's Yin Jian, who took gold ahead of Italy's Alessandra Sensini
Russian synchronised swimming duo Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova successfully defend their duet title after a perfect free routine, set to the Peer Gynt Suite