Images: Getting ready to chase the Olympics gold

  [caption id=“attachment_393657” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] India’s badminton hopes are being led by Saina Nehwal. Saurabh Das/AP[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_393658” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Venus Williams lets her hair do the talking at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Stefan Wermuth/ Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_393660” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Now, this is tough. Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima of Portugal attends a gymnastics training session at the O2 Arena. Brian Snyder/Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_393661” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Blood, sweat and hard work. For Japan’s Nozomi Nakano it comes down to this. Max Rossi/Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_393663” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Speechless or maybe boneless. Huang Qiushuang of China attends a gymnastics training session at the North Greenwich Arena. Reuters[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_393665” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Talk to the hand: The hand of Daiane dos Santos of Brazil is seen during a gymnastics training session at the O2 Arena. Reuters[/caption]