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For every up there was a down; for every yin, a yang. The U.S. women captured soccer gold. The U.S. women lost for the first time in Olympic softball and took home a silver. The U.S. men’s sprinters, led by LaShawn Merritt, swept the 400. But Darvis Patton couldn’t hand the baton to Tyson Gay (left) in the rain, and the U.S. men’s 4×100 relay team failed to advance to the final. Then the women’s 4×100 team did the same thing. You can almost hear Jim McKay …
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