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25 Olympic hugs and kisses (30 images)

With the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London fast approaching we look back in this collection on 25 memorable olympic moments featuring champions embracing in victory.



USA's Shawn Johnson (L) watches Romania's Sandra Izbasa gets a kiss from her coach after her performance on the Women's Floor event in the Apparatus Finals at the National Indoor Gymnastics Stadium at the Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 17, 2008. Izbasa upset American's Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin. Johnson was in first place until Izbasa's performance. (UPI Photo/Pat Benic)
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USA's Misty May-Treanor (L) and Kerri Walsh hug each other after beating China's TIan Jia (L-rear) and Wang Jie in the women's Beach Volleyball final in the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing on August 21, 2008. Defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won the match 2-0, bagging their second Olympic beach volleyball gold. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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Team USA's Lebron James (R) hugs teammate Michael Redd at the end of the game, as they beat Spain, 118-107, to win the gold medal at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, August 24, 2008, at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. (UPI Photo/Mike Theiler)
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Russia's Natalia Korosteleva (top) hugs teammate Irina Khazova after the two won bronze during the Women's Cross-Country Team Sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics in Whistler, Canada on February 22, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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