See what has caught our eye on day 12 and if you've spotted a quirky quip or a notable news nugget you can get in touch using the form below.
Some days you wish you could just start again. Cuban polevaulter Lazaro Borges may have had high hopes but fell to Earth with a bump when his pole broke in two places as he took a vault on Wednesday morning.
He was thankfully unhurt but failed to qualify for Friday's final.
"Oh wee" [oh dear] as the Dutch would say. The Daily Express and Mirror printed a photograph of the gold medal winning British dressage team of Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer, to commemorate their momentous Olympic win.
Only one problem - the picture was actually of the Netherlands bronze medallists Anky Van Grunsven, Edward Gal and Adelinde Cornelissen.
Cue a flurry on Twitter with Daily Express soon trending.
It seems the root cause may be a mislabelled agency picture which was distributed to journalists.
The images were removed for later editions.
Red, or should that be orange, faces all round.
No, it's not another national mix-up, British decathlete Daniel Awde really has been a running body double for Captain America, performing in scenes for actor Chris Evans in last year's film The First Avenger.
Athletics Weekly editor Jason Henderson tweeted: "Superhero performance to win 100m too," as Awde crossed the line on Wednesday morning.
Unfortunately later in the morning he had to pull out after aggravating a knee injury.
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Australia's sports minister is set to don a Team GB shirt and take to the water after resigning herself to losing a wager with her UK counterpart about who would win more gold medals.
Kate Lundy said she had "cheerfully conceded" defeat and would row a length at Eton Dorney next month.
Had Australia won more golds, Hugh Robertson would have had to dribble a hockey ball in central London.
The UK has won 22 gold medals so far compared with Australia's four.
Like a baby in a pram, it seems that Sir Chris Hoy needed soothing motion to help him sleep after his record sixth gold medal win.
He told BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans: "I fell asleep in the taxi on the way home… and as soon as I put my head down I couldn't sleep… I'm shattered but the adrenaline carries you through."
GB sprint kayaker Rachel Cawthorn has revealed the secret of her success: she does pilates headstands before she competes.
"It switches on my core and prepares me to go out," she says.
The 23-year-old won her heat in the K1 500m and then came second in her semi-final, raising the prospect of a medal for Team GB on Thursday.
Cawthorn was in fifth at the half-way stage of her semi-final but with the home support behind her managed to paddle up the field and qualify automatically.
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