Unlike in the Greek legends, today’s Olympians are mere mortals, and they make mistakes.

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2. Germany's Matthias Steiner is injured while his weights fall during the men's 105kg Group A snatch weightlifting
competition at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 7, 2012.

3. Germany's Matthias Steiner is struck by his falling weight after he dropped it during the men's 105kg Group A
snatch weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 7, 2012.

4. Rattikan Gulnoi of Thailand falls while competing in the women's 58-kilogram weightlifting event on day 3 of the
London 2012 Olympic Games, July 30, 2012 in London

5. North Korea's Jong Sim Rim falls after failed attempt on the women's 69Kg Group A weightlifting competition at
the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012.

6. Egypt's Khalil K Abir Abdelrahman falls after failed attempt on the women's 75Kg group A weightlifting competition
at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012

7. Thailand's Rattikan Gulnoi falls after failed attempt on the women's 58Kg Group A weightlifting competition at the
London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012.

8. Morgan Uceny of the U.S. falls during the women's 1500m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the
Olympic Stadium August 10, 2012.

9. Morgan Uceny of the U.S. reacts after falling during the women's 1500m final during the London 2012 Olympic
Games at the Olympic Stadium August 10, 2012

10. Spain's Alvaro Rodriguez falls during the men's 1500m round 1 event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the
Olympic Stadium August 3, 2012.

11. Spain's Alvaro Rodriguez falls during the men's 1500m round 1 event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the
Olympic Stadium August 3, 2012.

12. China's Liu Xiang, second from left, falls as Hungary's Balazs Baji and Poland's Artur Noga react during a
men's 110-meter hurdles heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics,
London, Aug. 7, 2012.

13. China's Liu Xiang falls after he crashed into the first hurdle near Poland's Artur Noga (L) and Hungary's Balazs
Baji in their men's 110m hurdles round 1 heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August
7, 2012. Liu crashed out of the heats in the 110 metres hurdles in an echo of his injury-induced withdrawal from
the same stage of the Beijing Games four years ago.

14. 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.

15. Bulgaria's Vania Stambolova (R) crashes into a hurdle as Lithuania's Egle Staisiunaite (L) and T'Erea Brown of the
U.S. run in the women's 400m hurdles round 1 heat during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic
Stadium August 5, 2012.

16. Clarisse Cruz of Portugal, right, falls as she competes in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase round 1 heats
during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium, Aug. 4, 2012 in London.

17. Gabrielle Douglas of the U.S. falls during the women's gymnastics balance beam final in the North Greenwich
Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 7, 2012.

18. Gabrielle Douglas of the United States falls off the beam during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Beam final on
Day 11 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 7, 2012 in London, England

19. McKayla Maroney of United States fails to land her dismount in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault final on
Day 9 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 5, 2012 in London, England.

20. Russia's Kseniia Afanaseva falls during her floor exercise during the women's gymnastics team final in the North
Greenwich Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 31,

21. Romania's Larisa Andreea Iordache loses balance but does not fall as she competes in the balance beam during
the women's individual all-around gymnastics final in the North Greenwich Arena during the London

22. Ashleigh Brennan of Australia falls on her landing on the vault in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-
Around final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 2, 2012 in
London, England.

23. Hannah Whelan of Great Britain falls on her landing on the vault in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-
Around final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 2, 2012

24. Celine Wilde, right, of Germany dribbles past Caroline Nichols of the U.S. during the London 2012 Olympic
Games preliminary round women's field hockey match between Germany and the U.S. in London, July 29, 2012

25. Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa falls off his horse as he competes in the cross country phase of the eventing competition at
the 2012 London Olympics in London, July 30, 2012.

26. Australia's Clayton Fredericks lays near his horse Bendigo as he fell down while competing in the Eventing Cross
Country equestrian event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park, July 30, 2012.

27. Germany's Hannes Baumann and Tobias Schadewaldt attempt to right their skiff in the 49er sailing class at the
London 2012 Olympic Games, July 31, 2012

28. Croatia's Tina Mihelic falls from her dinghy in the Laser Radial sailing class at the London 2012 Olympic Games,
in Weymouth, England, Aug. 3, 2012.

29. France's Joris Daudet (L on the ground) and Nicholas Long of the U.S. (64) fall during the men's BMX quarter-final
run at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the BMX Track in the Olympic Park August 9, 2012.

30. Taiwan's Hsiao Mei Yu (58), South Korea's Na Ah-reum (54), Brazil's Fernanda da Silva Souza (40) and
Venezuela's Danielys Garcia (47) try to recover from a crash during the women's cycling road race final at the
London 2012 Olympic Games July 29, 2012.

31. Japanese gymnast Kazuhito Tanaka slips while performing on the horizontal bar during the Artistic Gymnastics
men's qualification at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London

32. Sam Oldham of Britain falls from the horizontal bar during the men's gymnastics team final in the North Greenwich
Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012.

33. German gymnast Plilipp Boy slips off the horizontal bar during the Artistic Gymnastics men's qualification at the
2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London.

34. Tunisia's Hamza Nagga, right, falls in front of a photographer during the men's preliminary pool B volleyball match
against Russia at the 2012 London Olympic Games in London, Aug. 2, 2012.

35. Brazil's Wallace de Souza crashes into the barrier during their men's Group B volleyball match against Tunisia at
the London 2012 Olympic Games at Earls Court July 29, 2012.

36. Poland's Zbigniew Bartman (R) crashes into a ball boy as he chases the ball during their men's Group A volleyball
match against Bulgaria at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Earls Court July 31, 2012.

37. Photographers react as Algeria's Safia Boukhima crashes into the boards as she chases after the ball during their
women's Group A volleyball match against Russia at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012.

38. Poland's Lukasz Zygadlo falls while chasing the ball during their men's quarterfinal volleyball match against
Russia at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 8, 2012.

39. Brazil's Sheilla Castro falls during a play against South Korea during their women's Group B volleyball
match at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012.

40. Germany's Markus Steuerwald falls during a play during their men's Group B volleyball match against the U.S. at
the London 2012 Olympic Games at Earls Court July 31, 2012.

41. Russia's Taras Khtey (R) falls to the ground after failing to save a point as Brazil's Bruno Rezende (L) and Leandro
Vissoto Neves look on during their men's Group B volleyball match against Brazil at the London 2012 Olympic
Games at Earls Court July 31, 2012.

42. Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying falls on the court during her women's singles round of 16 badminton match against China's
Li Xuerui during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena August 1, 2012.

43. Japan's Sayaka Sato falls on the court during her women's singles round of 16 badminton match against
Denmark's Tine Baun during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena August 1, 2012.

44. Spain's Pablo Amat (L) and Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan fall during their men's Group A hockey match at the
London 2012 Olympic Games at the Riverbank Arena

45. Brazilian center Clarissa Santos falls during the women's preliminary round group B basketball
match against Australia at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 1, 2012 in London

46. Tunisia's Kamel Alouini (C) falls to the ground after colliding with Iceland's Sverre Jakobsson (L) and Asgeir Orn
Hallgrimsson in their men's handball Preliminaries Group A match at the Copper Box venue during the London
2012

47. Brazil's Neymar(L) reacts to falling with Belarus' Igor Kuzmenok during their men's Group C football match at the
London 2012 Olympic Games at Old Trafford in Manchester

48. New Zealand's Chris Wood falls on the pitch during their men's Group C match against Belarus at the London
2012 Olympic Games in Coventry July 26, 2012

49. Micah Richards of Great Britain goes for the ball wiith Sungryong Jung of Korea and Dongwon Ji of Korea during
the Men's Football Quarter Final match between Great Britain and Korea, on Day 8 of the London

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