Highlights and winners from Day 4 (July 31st) of the London 2012 Olympic Games:
- The US women's gymnastic team (pictured above), consisting of Gabrielle Douglas, Jordyn Weiber, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney, won gold in the women's team all-around event, the first time the US has won that event since 1996 (the year of the 'magnificent seven'). The margin of victory - over 4 points - was also surprising. This victory likely came as a consolation for Weiber, who surprisingly did not qualify for the individual all-around event.
- After picking up a silver medal in men's 200m butterfly, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time by winning gold in the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay, along with his teammates. The Olympic medal was the 19th of his career. At this point, with Lochte having blown leads in an earlier relay and an individual event, leading to silver in the former and no medal in the latter, and Phelps hitting his historic mark, talk of Lochte supplanting Phelps on the ads and magazine covers had largely died down.
The United States' women's soccer team, already having locked up their group and qualification to the elimination rounds, cruised to a 1-0 win against North Korea in their final group stage game.
- Today was the fourth consecutive day in which the host Great Britain Olympic team won zero gold medals, leading to some consternation among their fans.
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