Olympic Results 2012: Most Impressive Medal Performances from Day 11
There may not have been any world records broken on Tuesday, but just like the first 10 days, the Olympics were once again full of I-can't-believe-he-or-she-just-did-that performances.
Day 11 was full of photo-finishes, clutch performances and major upsets.
Ho-hum, just another day in London.
Let's take a look at the best medal performances from Tuesday's action-packed, um, action.
Note: For a complete look at all results from Tuesday, click here.
Ivan Ukhov, Russia, High Jump
Would you consider jumping over Yao Ming impressive? If so, then Ukhov's gold-medal qualifies as so in ridiculous fashion.
The 26-year-old Russian, who took home a meager fifth-place finish at the World Championships in Daegu, came within inches of setting a new Olympic record with his jump of 2.38 meters, which equates to over 7'9".
What's more impressive about almost jumping eight feet is that silver medalist Erik Kynard of the USA wasn't even close. Kynard cleared 2.33 meters, which is a full two inches less than Ukhov's leap.
Ilya Zakharov, Russia, 3m Springboard
So, yeah, Russia had a pretty good day.
The 21-year-old Zakharov, who already had a silver medal under his belt, added to that total on Tuesday with a surprising gold medal win.
Surprising because, well, China was supposed to win every diving event.
He Chong, who won gold in this event in Beijing and in the last two World Championships, was stunningly defeated by Zakharov, as was Qin Kai, who has also won multiple medals in the event.
Additionally, with a score of 555.90, Zakharov didn't just pull off the huge upset; he pulled it off easily.
Aly Raisman, United States, Floor Exercise
Raisman was the clear gold-medal favorite for the floor coming into Tuesday. She did, after all, put up the best score during qualifying, the best score during the team competition and the second best score during the all-around finals.
That doesn't make what she did for gold any less special.
Raisman blew all of her previous scores out of the water, as she achieved the highest difficulty and execution scores with no penalties on her way to a ridiculous 15.600.
It will go down as arguably one of the best routines of these Games.
Sally Pearson, Australia, 100m Hurdles
Australia's Sally Pearson set a new Olympic Record with gold-medal winning time of 12.35 second. It's a good thing, too, because she needed every fraction of a second she could get.
That's because her dual with Dawn Harper was easily the most exciting of the day, as Harper came in second with a time of 12.37, making for a true photo finish.
Pearson, like Raisman, was the favorite coming in, but for her to hold off three ridiculously fast Americans (Kellie Wells took bronze, Lolo Jones finished fourth), with the best time ever recorded in the Olympics, is something you should marvel at.
