Juegos Olímpicos: Resumen martes 31 de julio - Séptima jornada (FOTOS)

Día siete de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de Londres 2012. Éste se marcó con el comienzo de algunas grandes victorias para los EE.UU., quien supera a China en el número total de medallas. Sin embargo, China todavía tiene el plomo en oro.

Entre las acciones destacadas está el triunfo de Estados Unidos sobre Rusia y Rumania, al llevarse el oro en gimnasia, el primer premio en la gimnasia por primera vez desde 1996. El equipo, compuesto por Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Douglas Gabby, Kyla Ross y Maroney McKayla, obtuvo 183,596 en general, superando a 178,530 de Rusia y Rumanía 176,414.

La hazaña: Michael Phelps estuvo a punto de hacer otra vez la historia olímpica con su medalla número 18 de oro, pero Chad Le Clos de Sudáfrica le puso el alto y se llevó la medalla dorada en mariposa de 200 metros. Phelps ya había ganado la carrera en los dos últimos Juegos Olímpicos.

Lo bueno: México se bañó de plata por segundo día consecutivo al llevarse las clavadistas Paola Espinosa y Alejandra Orozco la medalla de plata en clavados sincronizados.

Lo lamentable: La salida del judoca estadounidense Travis Stevens, promesa de medalla para el país pero quien cayera en semifinales en la disciplina.

Lo feo: El COI salió en defensa de la sensación china de la natación, Ye Shiwen, después que la adolescente destrozó el récord mundial de los 400 metros combinados. El vocero del Comité Olímpico Internacional, Mark Adams, exhortó a los críticos a que "sean serios" y señaló que es "muy triste" que no se puedan festejar las grandes gestas deportivas.

Los acontecimientos del martes incluyen rondas de clasificación en tiro con arco, bádminton, baloncesto, voleibol de playa, boxeo, hockey sobre hierba, balonmano, remo, vela, fútbol, tenis de mesa, tenis, voleibol y waterpolo -, además de eventos de medallas en piragüismo, buceo, equitación, esgrima , gimnasia, judo, tiro, natación y halterofilia.

Medallero Olímpico Londres 2012

Posición	País	Medalla de Oro	Medalla de Plata	Medalla de Bronce	Total
1	China	9	5	3	17
2	Estados Unidos	5	7	5	17
3	Francia	3	1	3	7
4	Corea del Norte	3	0	1	4
5	Italia	2	4	2	8
6	Corea del Sur	2	2	2	6
7	Rusia	2	0	3	5
8	Kasajastán	2	0	0	2
9	Japón	1	4	6	11
10	Australia	1	2	1	4
11	Rumania	1	2	0	3
12	Hungría	1	1	1	3
12	Brasil	1	1	1	3
14	Holanda	1	1	0	2
15	Ucrania	1	0	2	3
16	Lituania	1	0	0	1
16	Georgia	1	0	0	1
16	Sudáfrica	1	0	0	1
19	Colombia	0	2	0	2
20	Gran Bretaña	0	1	2	3
21	Cuba	0	1	0	1
21	Polonia	0	1	0	1
21	Tailandia	0	1	0	1
21	China-Taipei	0	1	0	1
21	Alemania	0	1	0	1
21	México	0	1	0	1
27	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
27	Maldavia	0	0	1
27	Canadá	0	0	1	1
27	Azerbayán	0	0	1	1
27	Bélgica	0	0	1	1
27	Noruega	0	0	1	1
27	Serbia	0	0	1	1
27	Eslovaquia	0	0	1	1
27	Uzbequistán	0	0	1	1
27	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
27	India	0	0	1	1

Echa un vistazo a la galería de abajo para ver algunas de las mejores imágenes del cuarto día de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano 2012.

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• TRAVIS STEVENS INJURY

  Germany's Ole Bischof, right, controls United State's Travis Stevens during the men's 81-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

• WINNERS!!

  Judo winners.

• SILVER AZTEC

  Alejandra Orozco Loza, Paola Espinosa Sanchez

• GLORY FOR MEXICO

  Alejandra Orozco Loza, left, and Paola Espinosa Sanchez of Mexico pose with their silver medals after competing in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

• Perfect Form

  Chinese gymnast Sui Lu performs on the balance beam during the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

• Racers Start

  Swimmers start in the second semifinal of the men's 100-meter freestyle at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

• Clearing A Jump

  Australia's Christopher Burton and his horse HP Leilani, clear a jump in the equestrian eventing individual show jumping at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

• Eye On The Ball

  LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 31: Ning Ding of China plays a forehand during the Women's Singles Table Tennis quarter-final match against Ai Fukuhara of Japan on on Day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL on July 31, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

• Defending The Ball

  Peter Biros, right, of Hungary defends against Mladan Janovic of Montenegro during a preliminary men's water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

• Head In Hand

  South Korea's Shin A-lam reacts after a women's individual epee fencing semifinals match against Germany's Britta Heidemann at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

• Stroke, Stroke, Stroke

  Great Britain's, from left, Chris Bartley, Richard Chambers, Rob Williams and Peter Chambers stroke during a lightweight men's rowing four in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

• Take Aim And Fire

  China's Xing Yu shoots during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

• It's All The Wrist

  Malaysia's Khairul Anuar Mohamad shoots during an elimination round of the individual archery competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

• Awaiting An Appeal

  South Korea's Shin A-lam waits for an appeal to an officials' decision after a women's individual epee fencing semifinals match against Germany's Britta Heidemann at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

• Point To Bulgaria

  Bulgaria's Teodor Todorov (14) scores a point over Poland's Marcin Mozdzonek (18) during a men's volleyball preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

• Eyes To The Sky

  United Arab Emirates' Saeed Almaktoum shoots during the second day of qualifiers for the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

• Row, Row, Row

  Germany's Marie-Louise Draeger strokes during a women's rowing single sculls quarterfinal in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

• Winning Behavior

  Argentina's Emmanuel Lucenti reacts after defeating France's Alain Schmitt during the men's 81-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

• Fencing Advance

  Radu Daraban of Romania, left, and Valerio Aspromonte of Italy compete during his men's individual foil fencing match against Mohamed Samandi of Tunisia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

• Making The Jump

  Tiana Coudray of the USA and her horse Ringwood Magister compete in the show-jumping phase of the equestrian eventing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Greenwich Park in London. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

• Slam Dunk

  Spain's Serge Ibaka slams a dunk over Australia's Mark Worthington during a men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Winning Reaction

  Poland's Pawel Zagumny (5) reacts after a point against Bulgaria during a men's volleyball preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

• Judo Injury

  Avtandil Tchrikishvili of Georgia gets his face taped after getting injured by Travis Stevens of the United States during the men's 81-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

• Missing The Shot

  Russia's Victor Khryapa, left, and China's Chen Jianghua contend for possession during a men's preliminary basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)

• Georgia Tackels U.S.

  Travis Stevens of the United States competes with Avtandil Tchrikishvili of Georgia, top, during the men's 81-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

• Taking The Shot

  China's Sun Yue drives to the basket against Russia's Andrey Kirilenko during a men's preliminary basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool)

• Doubles Celebration

  Rytter Juhl, foreground, and Christinna Pedersen, center, celebrate after beating China's Zhao Yunlei, right, and Tian Qing, at a women's doubles badminton match of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

• Powered Hands

  Great Britain's Gareth Evans reacts following a lift during the men's 69-kg, group B, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

• Perfect Layup

  Spain's Pau Gasol lays up a shot as he breaks past Australia's Aron Baynes at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Battling For Possession

  Japan's Yukari Yamamoto, right, and The Netherlands Naomi van As battle for ball possession during the women's preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. The Netherlands won 3-2. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

• Airtime

  South Korea's Lee Yong-dae, left, and Ha Jung-eun play against Jwala Gutta and Diju V, of India, in a mixed doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

• Underwater

  China's Jiao Liuyang, center, competes in a women's 200-meter butterfly swimming heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

• Singapore Serving Japan

  Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan competes against Yuegu Wang of Singapore (serving) during the women's singles table tennis competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

• Digging For The Ball

  Jefferson Bellaguarda of Switzerland digs out a shot during a beach volleyball match against Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

• Composed Face

  Christine Girard of Canada competes during the women's 63-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

• Screams Of Victory

  Sideris Tasiadis of Germany reacts after winning the silver medal in the final of the C-1 men's canoe slalom at Lee Valley Whitewater Center, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Waltham Cross near London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

• Leaning Into It

  Great Britain's Bryony Shaw competes during the rs:x women race at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

• Must Be Heavy

  Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan competes during the women's 63-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

• Strained Face

  Luz Mercedes Acosta Valdez of Mexico competes during the women's 63-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

• Hands To The Sky

  Christine Girard of Canada reacts while competing in the women's 63-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

• On The Return

  Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns to Andy Roddick of the United States at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

• Fist Pump

  Iran's Mehdi Toloutibandpi reacts after defeating Spain's Jonathan Alonso Flete in a light welterweight 64-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

• Victory Pose

  Iran's Mehdi Toloutibandpi reacts after defeating Spain's Jonathan Alonso Flete in a light welterweight 64-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London.. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

• Taking A Bow

  Japanese players cheer spectators at the end of the women's group F soccer match between Japan and South Africa, at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff, Wales, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

• Pointed Toes

  Mexico's Paola Espinosa Sanchez, front, and Alejandra Orozco Loza compete during the Women's Synchronized 10 Meter Platform Diving final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

• Point!

  Italy's Michal Lasko (7) reacts after a point against Argentina during a men's volleyball preliminary match at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

• Good Match

  Novak Djokovic of Serbia, right, embraces Andy Roddick of the United States at the net after defeating him at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

• Firm Congrats

  Michal Martikan of Slovakia, right, congratulates Tony Estanguet of France, left, for winning the men's C-1 canoe slalom final at the Lee Valley White Water Center at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Waltham Cross, near London. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

• Catching The Wind

  Israel's Zofia Noceti Klepacka competes during the rs:x women race at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Weymouth and Portland, England. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

• Germany Gets The Gold

  Germany's Michael Jung, left, receives a medal from Princess Anne, right, after Germany won the gold in the team equestrian eventing competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Greenwich Park in London. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

• French Pride

  Tony Estanguet of France celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the C-1 men's canoe slalom at Lee Valley Whitewater Center, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Waltham Cross near London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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