The 2012 Summer Olympics come to their conclusion this weekend, and the 10,000 athletes from 200 national Olympic committees around the globe who have gathered in London for the 17-day event will soon be returning home. Collected here are some small glimpses of the final week of the games -- moments of triumph, exhaustion, dejection, celebration, and much more.
2012 London Olympics: The Final Week
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Germany's Ariane Friedrich, after a successful attempt during the women's high jump qualification at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012. #
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United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings celebrates with her boys Joey and Sundance after winning the women's gold medal beach volleyball match, on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. #
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Hamilton Sabot of France on the parallel bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Parallel Bars final on Day 11 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena, on August 7, 2012. #
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Pandelela Pamg of Malaysia celebrates after winning bronze in the Women's 10m Platform Diving Final at the Aquatics Center in London, on August 9, 2012. The 19-year-old diver will bring home Malaysia's first ever Olympic diving medal. #
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Paola Espinosa Sanchez of Mexico enters the pool during the women's 10-meter platform diving semifinal at the Aquatics Center in the Olympic Park, on August 9, 2012. #
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Germany's Robert Harting celebrates after winning the men's discus throw final at the Olympic Stadium, on August 7, 2012. Harting won gold ahead of Iran's Ehsan Hadadi who took silver and Estonia's Gerd Kanter who won bronze. #
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South Korea's Kim Bok-yung is stopped by Russia's Liudmila Bodnieva and Russia's Ekaterina Davydenko during their women's handball quarterfinal match, on August 7, 2012, in London. #
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USA's Nicholas Long (64), Switzerland's Roger Rinderknecht (13), Italy's Manuel de Vecchi (28), and Argentine's Ernesto Pizarro (322) crash during the men's BMX heats at the BMX venue in Olympic Park in London, on August 9, 2012. #
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Gold medalists Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page of Australia celebrate with silver medalists Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell of Great Britain in the water following the Men's 470 Sailing at the Weymouth & Portland Venue at Weymouth Harbour, on August 10, 2012. #
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Netherlands' Eva de Goede watches from behind post during a penalty corner at their women's semifinal hockey match against New Zealand at the Riverbank Arena, on August 8, 2012. #
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Germany's Matthias Steiner is injured while his weights fall during the men's +105kg Group A snatch weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue, on August 7, 2012. Steiner appears to have escaped serious injury, after being examined and x-rayed. #
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Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpah jumps in celebration after winning his men's -68kg bronze medal taekwondo match against Britain's Martin Stamper at the ExCeL arena, on August 9, 2012. #
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Saudi Arabia's Sarah Attar (right), the first female track and field Olympian to represent Saudi Arabia, starts her women's 800m round 1 heat at the Olympic Stadium August 8, 2012. Attar finished well behind the leaders, but expressed great satisfaction with her historic performance. #
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Venezuela's Ricardo Roberty Moreno, bloodied during his fight with Guinea-Bissau's Augusto Midana in the 74Kg on the Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue, on August 10, 2012. #
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South Korea's Kim Hyeon-woo, on the victory stand after defeating Hungary's Tamas Lorincz in their gold medal match in the 66-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition, on August 7, 2012, in London. #
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Australia's Rhys Howden (left) defends the goal as Australia's goal keeper Joel Dennerley looks on as they met Serbia in their Men's Quarterfinal water polo match, on August 8, 2012. #
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Brazil's Juliana celebrates with spectators after winning in their women's beach volleyball bronze medal match against China's Xue Chen and Zhang Xi at the Horse Guards Parade, on August 8, 2012. #
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Roseline Filion of Canada dives in the women's 10-meter platform diving semifinal at the Aquatics Center in London, on August 9, 2012. Filion finished tenth in the event. #
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Team USA's Hope Solo (left), Heather Mitts (2nd left) and their teammates celebrate with their gold medals after defeating Japan in the women's final soccer match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, on August 9, 2012. #
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The team from China competes in the synchronized swimming team free routine final at the Aquatics Center in the Olympic Park, on August 10, 2012. China took the silver medal in the event. #
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Australia's Sally Pearson (front left) crosses the finish line to win gold ahead of United States' Dawn Harper (front right) in the women's 100-meter hurdles final in the Olympic Stadium in London, on August 7, 2012. #
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Great Britain's Luke Campbell, right, and Japan's Shimizu Satoshi walk off together after their men's semifinal bantam weight 56-kg boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on August 10, 2012, in London. Campbell won the match with a score of 20-11. #
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