London Olympics | Day Three

John Orozco suffers a bad landing in the vaulting competition. The U.S. team finished in fifth place.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

U.S. swimmers Matt Grevers, left, and Nick Thoman celebrate after they finished one-two in the men’s 100m backstroke final. Grevers set an Olympic record of 52.16.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin smiles after winning the gold medal in the women’s 100m backstroke final.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Yanquan Zhang, left, and Yuan Cao of China earn a gold medal in the men’s 10m synchronized diving competition.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

United States’ Lindsay Whalen and Angola’s Catarina Camufal battle during a preliminary game of women’s basketball.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Kim Un Guk of North Korea celebrates a gold medal lift.  (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)

A. Lam Shin of South Korea cries after losing to Britta Heidemann of Germany in the women’s epee individual fencing semifinals.  (Hannah Johnston / Getty Images)

Mariusz Prudel, left, and Grzegorz Fijalek of Poland celebrate an upset victory over the United States in a men’s beach volleyball preliminary match.  (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)

A beach volleyball fan from Brazil attends match at the 2012 London Olympics.  (Dave Martin / Associated Press)

Damien Hopper of Australia looks back at the staggered Marcus Browne of United States. Hopper won their light heavyweight boxing match.  (Scott Heavey / Getty Images)

United States’ Destinee Hooker rests her highly decorated hands during a timeout in a women’s preliminary volleyball match against Brazil.  (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)

Kristina Franic of Croatia is tackled by Nair Almeida of Angola during a women’s handball match.  (Jeff Gross / Getty Images)

Automne Pavia of France celebrates her judo bronze medal victory over Hedvig Karakas of Hungary.  (Julian Finney / Getty Images)