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Gold medallist Kimberly Rhode of the US takes aim during the women's skeet competion at The Royal Artillery Barracks in London on July 29, 2012, at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Rhode scored a new Olympic Record of 99 points. Marwan Naamani,Afp/Getty Images
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Australian women's basketball player Liz Cambage poses with actors upon arrival at the Eurostar Terminal at London St. Pancras Station ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Tuesday July 24, 2012. (Photo by Mark Allan/AP Images for Eurostar) Mark Allan, Associated Press
By Deseret News

The olympic moment

Liz Cambage made the play of the day. The 6-foot-8 Australian dunked. FIBA couldn't confirm if she was the first woman to dunk in an Olympic game. But her teammates knew she had done something special in Australia's 70-66 victory over Russia.

Quotable

"Everything she does on and off the field, she leads this team."

U.S. women's soccer coach Pia Sundhage

on Abby Wambach, who has scored in all three games the Americans have played.

Local spotlight

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Former Utah Utes women's basketball players Kim Smith and Shona Thorburn helped lift the Canadian team to a 79-73 victory over Brazil on Friday and a spot in the Games' quarterfinal round.

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