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Oh no! An Olympic wrestler from the 2012 London Olympics has been stripped of his medal!

Soslan Tigiev, a freestyle wrestler from Uzbekistan, has been stripped of the bronze medal he won in the 74-kilogram class.

He was stripped of his medal after tests for doping came back positive.

Tags: bronze, dope, doping, drugs, london, medal, olympic, sad, soslan tigiev, summer games, wrestler

Some new confusing statistics were recently released that showed the 2012 London Olympics didn't actually bring in a huge number of tourists.

That's kinda surprising.

The Office for National Statistics said that 3 million people came to Britain during August… 5% fewer than last year!

Tags: business, games, income, london 2012, money, olympics, prices, summer games, tourism, tourists

David Beckham has long been a household name in the UK and for a while here in America.

But ever since his involvement in the London 2012 Olympic Games, he is expected to bank a whole bunch of money!

Tags: ad, david beckham, films, london 2012, money, olympics, opening ceremony, soccer, summer games

Sadly, the London 2012 Summer Olympics are over!

Boo!

But somehow, they're still breaking records!

Not sports records but ratings records.

Tags: america, american, game, games, host, london, million, nbc, night, olympic, olympics, ratings, record, sport, sports, summer, summer games, super bowl, target, us, watch

Wow.

It's over, it's all finally over.

We're so sad to see the 2012 London Summer Olympics come to an end but we're so glad for all that happened during them.

Mainly all the golds we won!!

The final medal counts are in and the USA stands the victor!

We have a total of 104 medals! 46 gold, 29 silver and 29 bronze!

China took second place with 88 total; 38 gold, 27 silver and 23 bronze.

Host country, Great Britain came in third with less overall medals (65) than 4th place Russia (82) but more golds with 29 to their 24.

So, who won all those golds to get Team USA the top slot at the 2012 London Summer Games??

CLICK HERE to find out!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: britain, china, country, game, gold, host, london, olympic, olympics, russia, sad, summer, summer games, team, usa

Chris Hemsworth, hunky actor, and his model wife, Elsa Pataky, were spotted at the London Summer Games

Tags: actor, couple, cute, game, games, london, love, match, model, olympic, olympics, spain, spotted, strong, summer, summer games, watch, water, wife

Whoa!

That's crazy!

That must've been scary and probably pretty painful.

Cuban pole vaulter, Lazaro Borges, was halfway into his vault, flinging himself upwards, when his pole suddenly snapped into three pieces!

He's lucky he still landed on the mat!

Check out the video (above) to see a crazy pole vaulting fail at the London Summer Games!

Tags: break, crazy, cuba, fail, games, lazaro borges, london 2012, olympics, oops, pole, pole vaulter, scary, snap, sport, summer games, vault