Battle of the sexes: U.S. men vs. U.S. women
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Olympics Day 1 - Archery
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Team USA celebrates with the bronze meda
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Olympics Day 4 - Gymnastics - Artistic
Cameron Spencer - 4/8
Olympics Day 6 - Rowing
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Olympics Day 8 - Shooting
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Olympics Day 9 - Tennis
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Olympics Day 13 - Volleyball
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Olympics Day 5 - Water Polo
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This is the first Olympic Games in which the U.S. sent more women than men (269 compared with 261), and that move paid off: U.S. women won 58 medals in London to the men’s 45 (plus one medal in tennis mixed doubles). Here’s our sport-by-sport analysis of who won the gender war. --By Pauline Vu, Yahoo! Sports