A Year in Review : 2012 Explore the photos, videos and special reports that Reuters covered this past year 
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A Year in Review : 2012

Explore the photos, videos and special reports that Reuters covered this past year 

The most-compelling Reuters photographs of 2012
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The most-compelling Reuters photographs of 2012

Britain’s Mohammed Farah (L) celebrates with second-placed Galen Rupp of the U.S.after winning the men’s 10,000m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012. [REUTERS/Dylan Martinez]
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Britain’s Mohammed Farah (L) celebrates with second-placed Galen Rupp of the U.S.after winning the men’s 10,000m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012. [REUTERS/Dylan Martinez]

France’s Florent Manaudou celebrates winning gold in the men’s 50m freestyle final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 3, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville] FULL COVERAGE: The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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France’s Florent Manaudou celebrates winning gold in the men’s 50m freestyle final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 3, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville]

FULL COVERAGE: The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games

MEDAL ALERT: Michael Phelps wins gold medal in men’s 100m butterfly, his 21st Olympic medal of his career

TODAY IN LONDON: Full coverage of the Olympic games from Reuters

Maybe it’s because they’ve learned to live life that bit faster, maybe it’s because they’re doing it for someone they love; in the Olympic cycling time trial, being a mother is no obstacle to getting on the podium. The American winner, Kristin Armstrong, retired from competitive cycling in 2009 to have a baby. Few people doubted that she would get back on her bike, though some might have doubted she would get back to exactly where she left off, winning her second straight Olympic time trial gold on Wednesday at age 38. And Russia’s Olga Zabelinskaya, whose bronze was her second after Sunday’s road race, has two small boys at home of barely school age. How do they manage it? “My son has given me balance,” Armstrong said. “I can stop thinking about cycling.” READ ON: Motherhood and medals do mix in time trial
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Maybe it’s because they’ve learned to live life that bit faster, maybe it’s because they’re doing it for someone they love; in the Olympic cycling time trial, being a mother is no obstacle to getting on the podium.

The American winner, Kristin Armstrong, retired from competitive cycling in 2009 to have a baby.

Few people doubted that she would get back on her bike, though some might have doubted she would get back to exactly where she left off, winning her second straight Olympic time trial gold on Wednesday at age 38.

And Russia’s Olga Zabelinskaya, whose bronze was her second after Sunday’s road race, has two small boys at home of barely school age.

How do they manage it?

“My son has given me balance,” Armstrong said. “I can stop thinking about cycling.”

READ ON: Motherhood and medals do mix in time trial

Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, Dana Vollmer, Missy Franklin of the U.S. celebrate winning gold in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final with an Olympic record during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 1, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville]  FULL COVERAGE: London 2012 Summer Olympic Games 
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Shannon Vreeland, Allison Schmitt, Dana Vollmer, Missy Franklin of the U.S. celebrate winning gold in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay final with an Olympic record during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 1, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville] 

FULL COVERAGE: London 2012 Summer Olympic Games 

Nathan Adrian of the U.S. reacts after winning his men’s 100m freestyle semi-final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 31, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville] FULL COVERAGE: The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games
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Nathan Adrian of the U.S. reacts after winning his men’s 100m freestyle semi-final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 31, 2012. [REUTERS/Toby Melville]

FULL COVERAGE: The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games

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