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U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach performs her floor routine during qualifying Sunday at the Summer Olympics. She will compete in the team finals Tuesday and all-around finals Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Alexandra Raisman (left) and Douglas will compete in the all-around finals Thursday in London. Teammate Jordyn Wieber was fourth but didn’t make the cut because of a limit of only two competitors from any one country. (Associated Press)

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Though homesick, gymnast Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach credits years of training in Iowa for paving her way to the London Olympic Games. (Associated Press)

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Douglas, who turned 16 in January, has been training for the Olympics with coach Liang Chow in West De Moines, Iowa, since October 2010. (Associated Press)

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Washington Redskins' Kory Lichtensteiger, left, checks his leg as he sits out an afternoon practice with an injury during NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Saturday, July 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker, left, congratulates starting pitcher Mat Latos who returns to the dugout after retiring the Colorado Rockies in the eighth inning of the Reds' 7-2 victory in a baseball game in Denver, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Latos earned his ninth victory of the season against three losses for his eight-inning effort. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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associated press Destinee Hooker notched 23 points as the U.S. women’s volleyball team defeated Brazil on Monday in a rematch of the 2008 Olympic final, won by the Brazilians. The U.S. improved to 2-0 in pool play under coach Hugh McCutcheon, who led the American men to gold four years ago.

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**FILE** Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower warms up during the team's NFL football training camp practice at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., on July 30, 2012. (Associated Press)

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USA’s Courtney Hurley faces France’s Laura Flessel-Colovic during a women’s individual epee fencing round-of-32 match at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Monday. NBC is averaging 35.8 million viewers in prime time over the three nights, up from the 30.6 million for the same period in Beijing. Many online complaints about NBC’s tape-delay strategy have flooded social media – but many of these complainers seem to be watching. (Associated Press)

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associated press photographs Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony (below, battling France’s Kevin Seraphin) are two of only three U.S. men’s basketball players to take part in three Olympic Games. After having minimal playing time for the 2004 squad that took bronze in Athens, they were leaders on the ’08 team that won gold in Beijing.