Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses with his gold medal at the men's 200m victory ceremony during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 9, 2012. [More photos]

China's Liu Xiang sits on the track after suffering an injury in his men's 110m hurdles round 1 heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 7, 2012.[More photos]

Gold medallist China's Lin Dan gives a salute at the victory ceremony for the men's singles badminton event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena, Aug 5, 2012. More photos

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron watch the women's -78kg final judo match between Kayla Harrison of the US and Britain's Gemma Gibbons. More photos

Gold medalists China's Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei pose for media during the victory ceremony for the badminton mixed doubles event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena, Aug 3, 2012. More photos

Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams, of the US, confer during their women's doubles tennis match against Germany's Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club, July 31, 2012. More photos

Michael Phelps of the US smiles with his gold medal during the men's 200m individual medley victory ceremony during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Center, Aug 2, 2012. More Photos

"My fans and audience may be even more disappointed than I am," Wang said when asked by foreign reporters at the post-match news conference if he was unhappy about having to settle for a silver again. Full story

Team Germany poses with their gold medals after winning the men's eight Final A at Eton Dorney during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012.More photos

China's players react after match point during their women's Group B volleyball match against the US at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012. More photo

US team members hold their gold medals after winning the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final at the Aquatics Center, July 31, 2012. More photos

China's Lei Sheng celebrates defeating Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem during their men's individual foil gold medal fencing match at the ExCel venue, July 31, 2012. More photos

France's Yannick Agnel bites his gold medal after winning the men's 200m freestyle final, July 30, 2012. More photos

Micronesia's Manuel Minginfel drops weights on the men's 62Kg Group B weightlifting competition, July 30, 2012. More photos

Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo poses with her gold medal of the women's 53Kg weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, July 29, 2012. More photos

Kobe Bryant and teammate Lebron James of the US sit on the bench during the game against France during their men's Group A basketball match, July 29, 2012. More photos

China's Yi Siling poses with her gold medal at the victory ceremony after winning the women's 10m air rifle final competition in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, July 28, 2012. More photos

India's Soumyajit Ghosh prepares to serve against Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi during their men's singles first round table tennis match at the ExCel venue, July 28, 2012. More photos