Denmark’s Hans Ottar Lindberg lays down injured during the men’s handball preliminary group B match Germany vs. Denmark on August 18, 2008 in Beijing, as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Joe Klamar)
Volunteers assist Thomas Boeuwer of the Netherlands after he was injured in a 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men’s field hockey match against Great Britain in Beijing on August 13, 2008. Former champions the Netherlands joined Australia at the top of the pool with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Britain, Taeke Taekema scoring the winner seven minutes before the final whistle. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Aamir Qureshi)
Blood covers the mouth of Italy’s Robert Acquafresca after he was injured during their first round group D men’s football match against Cameroon at the Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium on August 13, 2008. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Hoang Dinh Nam)
Huang Dongjie of China grimaces after he was injured during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games preliminary group A women’s handball match against France in Beijing on August 17, 2008. China won 21-18. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Hoang Dinh Nam)
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Jonathan De Guzman, of the Netherlands, suffers from an injury as he receives treatment by a team staff member during their quarter-final match against Argentina. (LIU JIN, AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. athlete Terrence Trammell fails to jump the second hurdle because of a left hamstring injury during the first round of the men’s 110m hurdles. (FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP/Getty Images)
France’s Benjamin Darbelet is on the floor after an injury during the men’s 66-kg Greco-Roman wrestling final against Japan’s Masato Uchishiba. Darbelet took the silver. (Olivier Morin / AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo covers the ball after a collision with Canada’s Brittany Timko, who was worse for the wear. (Liu Jin / AFP/Getty Images)
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Janos Baranyai of Hungary grimaces from an injury after failing a lift in the men’s 77-kg group B weightlifting event. (Jung Yeon-je / AFP/Getty Images)
Officials talk to Raggna Bjorg Ingolfsdottir of Iceland after she sustained an injury while playing against Japan’s Eriko Hirose during a women’s badminton match. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP/Getty Images)