Week in Sports Pictures: July 12 - 18, 2010
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Petal to the metal
Tour de France riders cycle past sunflowers. The 14th stage of the annual event, a 32.3-mile time trial between Revel and Ax-3-Domaines, France, was won by Christophe Riblon on Sunday, July 18, 2010.
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Blown away
Phil Mickelson battles with his umbrella during a blustery round at the British Open. Friday's second round at St. Andrews, Scotland, was plagued by poor weather. Mickelson finished 1-over par for the event and tied for 48th.
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Byrd dive
National League outfielder Marlon Byrd misses a single by American League's Derek Jeter during baseball's All-Star Game. The National League won the annual event for the first time since 1996, prevailing 3-1, on Tuesday, July 13 in Anaheim, Calif.
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Helping hand
Cuba's Jeinkler Aguirre Manso competes during the synchronized platform final at the FINA Diving Grand Prix. He was paired with Jose Antonio Guerra on July 18 in Madrid.
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Aachen ouch
Clayton Fredericks stops with his horse, Be my Guest, at an obstacle. Fredericks was competing during the DHL-Prize Eventing Cross Country competition on July 17, 2010 in Aachen, Germany.
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Breaking the waves
Athletes compete in the swim of the ninth Triathlon Challenge on July 18 near Hilpoltstein, Germany.
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Tangled up in blue
Guatemala's Andrea Menegazzo, right, fights with Venezuela's Maria Rojas during a Judo qualification round. Both were competing in the Central American & Caribbean Games on July 18 in Aguada, Puerto Rico.
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Serene setting
Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain waves to the crowd after the third round of the British Open. Jimenez finished tied for 27th.
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Boo bird
Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada loses the ball. Tejada was charged with an error on a ball hit by Toronto's Yunel Escobar as Toronto won the July 16 game in Baltimore, 4-2.
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Moto mess
Aleix Espargaro, left, loses control as he passes by crashed rider Randy de Puniet, right, on the ground. de Puniet sustained a fracture of the left tibia and fibula after he was hit during the Grand Prix of Germany in on July 18 Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
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More like mud
Members of the ground staff try to clear the Centre Court of water after a heavy downpour at the Mercedes Cup on July 17 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Duck and cover
Blue Jays batter Yunel Escobar ducks out of the way of a pitch from Baltimore pitcher Jason Berken. The bat, not the ball, ended up being caught by Orioles catcher Craig Tatum during their July 17 game in Baltimore.
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Sunset surf
Adriano De Souza surfs in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.
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Safe landing
Ariane Friedrich lands awkwardly on the mat during the women's high jump competition at the German athletics championships on July 17 in Braunschweig. She was unharmed.
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End of an era
Mary Byrne, of Saddlebrook, New Jersey, leaves flowers to mark the death of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner, who bought the Yankees in 1973, died of a heart attack on July 13 in Tampa, Fla., at the age of 80.
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