

Brianna Rollins of the U.S. celebrates winning the gold medal with silver medalist compatriot Nia Ali and bronze medallist Kristi Castlin in the 110m hurdles. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar reacts after winning silver in the high jump final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Inika McPherson of the U.S. rests as she prepares to compete in the high jump. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Caster Semenya of South Africa celebrates after winning the 800m final. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado


Karem Achach and Nuria Diosdado of Mexico compete in the synchronized swimming duets preliminary. REUTERS/Michael Dalder


Spiros Gianniotis of Greece kisses the camera after finishing the 10km marathon swim. REUTERS/Carlos Barria


Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar reacts after winning silver in the high jump final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Jennifer Oeser of Germany watches as athletes compete in 10,000m final. REUTERS/David Gray


Carli Lloyd of the U.S. is consoled by teammate Megan Rapinoe after the game. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino


Doaa Elghobashy of Egypt and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany compete int he preliminary beach volleyball event. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Giorgio Avola of Italy celebrates winning his foil match. REUTERS/Issei Kato


Mathlynn Sasser of Marshall Islands celebrates int he women's 58kg weightlifting competition. REUTERS/Yves Herman


The court is cleaned by personnel as matches were delayed due to rain at the Olympic Tennis Centre. REUTERS/Toby Melville


Michael Phelps of the U.S. celebrates as his 4 x 100m freestyle relay won the gold. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth


Image used for illustrative purposes. Gold medalist Jemima Sumgong of Kenya and silver medalist Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa of Bahrain celebrate after the women's marathon REUTERS/Dylan Martinez


Rafaela Silva of Brazil celebrates winning Brazil's first gold in the 57kg judo final. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


The Refugee Olympic Athletes' team arrives for the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after winning gold in the 4 x 100m medley relay bringing his career total to 23 golds. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler


Michael Phelps of the U.S. congratulates Joseph Schooling of Singapore after Schooling won the gold in the 100m butterfly. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler


Yu Mengyu of Singapore eyes the ball during table tennis play against Kim Song I of North Korea. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis


Kohei Uchimura of Japan falls as he competes on the horizontal bar. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez


Emilie Andeol of France reacts in the women's 78kg judo medal ceremony. REUTERS/Murad Sezer


USA's Katie Ledecky swims with a big lead on her way to winning the gold and setting a new world record in the 800m freestyle.
REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth


Kei Nishikori of Japan is reflected in a window as he serves against Albert Ramos of Spain. REUTERS/Toby Melville


Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal for the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler


Simone Biles of the U.S. during the women's team artistic gymnastics final. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj


Kristin Armstrong of the U.S. celebrates with her son after winning her third gold medal in women's cycling time trial.
REUTERS/Matthew Childs


Gold medal winner Wang Zhen of China (R) celebrates with silver medal winner and compatriot Cai Zelin after the 20km race walk . REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


The Maracana Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony is seen from the Mangueira favela slum. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes


Sailors compete under the Christ the Redeemer statue REUTERS/Brian Snyder


Serena Williams reacts during her match against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. The Olympic champion and world number one tumbled out of the Rio singles competition in the third round on Tuesday after a shock defeat to Svitolina.
REUTERS/Toby Melville


Performers take part in the Opening Ceremony. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Mo Farah of Britain celebrates winning the 5,000m. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez


Yuriy Cheban of Ukraine celebrates in the water after winning the gold medal in the men's 200m canoe. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci


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Shaunae Miller of Bahamas throws herself across the finish line to win the gold ahead of Allyson Felix of the U.S. in the women's 400m final. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch


(From L) Jhoanis Portilla of Cuba, Orlando Ortega of Spain and Deuce Carter of Jamaica compete in the men's 110m hurdles preliminary in the rain. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Germany's Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel celebrate bronze medal in the men's skiff 49er. REUTERS/Brian Snyder


A general view of the Olympic diving pool and the pool for the waterpolo and synchronized swimming. The water in the Olympic diving pool appeared to turn a bright green hue on Tuesday, causing puzzlement among divers and audiences as the women's 10 meter platform final progressed, contrasting sharply against the still-blue color of another pool beside it.
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Stina Blackstenius of Sweden and team mate Magdalena Ericsson (6) celebrate after defeating the U.S. in the women's soccer. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino


Miles Gerek Meinhardt the U.S. competes against Artur Akhmatkhuzin of Russia in the men's foil team semifinals. REUTERS/Issei Kato


Simone Biles of the U.S. competes on her way to gold in the vault during the women's individual all-around final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez


Kenya Yasuda of Japan is injured in men's water polo. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh


Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania competes in the 100m breaststroke. REUTERS/Michael Dalder


Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks at Andre De Grasse of Canada as they compete in the men's 100m semifinal. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Britain's Andy Murray reacts as a boy runs on to the court to ask him for an autograph, after he won his match against Juan Monaco of Argentina. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


A performer takes part in the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth


Simone Manuel of the U.S. (L) and Canada's Penny Oleksiak (R) touch the wall to tie for the gold medal in the 100m freestyle. Picture rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha F


Adam Peaty of United Kingdom celebrates after setting a new world record in the 100m breaststroke. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth


Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy celebrates winning the gold with compatriot Gabriele Detti who won the bronze in the 1,500m freestyle. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth


Britain's Kate Archibald, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell compete in the women's team pursuit cycling. REUTERS/Paul Hanna


The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests after the men's wrestling match against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan. REUTERS/Toru Hanai


Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Andre De Grasse of Canada compete in the 200m semifinals. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Lee Eun-Ju of South Korea (R) takes a selfie picture with Hong Un Jong of North Korea. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez


Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski


Silver medalist Renaud Lavillenie of France reacts during the medal ceremony for the pole vault. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes


Diana Taurasi of the U.S. hugs team mate Angel McCoughtry after winning the gold in basketball. REUTERS/Jim Young


Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes part in the flag handover ceremony. The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Yves Herman


Zheng Shuyin of China celebrates after defeating Maria Espinoza of Mexico. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra


Mariana Pajon of Colombia leads the BMX final. REUTERS/Paul Hanna


Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks at Andre De Grasse of Canada as they compete in the men's 100m semifinal. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach


Neymar of Brazil celebrates with goalkeeper Weverton after they won the penalty shootout and the gold medal against Germany. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger


Qiu Bo of China competes in the 10m platform. REUTERS/Michael Dalder


Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay react after being disqualified along with Trinidad and Tobago. TV pictures showed U.S. runner Trayvon Bromell stepping into Usain Bolt's lane in the run to the line. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson


Journalists surround a car carrying U.S. Olympic swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz as they leave a police station after being questioned in Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly


Kevin Durant of the U,S, reacts after dunk as Marko Simonovic of Serbia reacts. REUTERS/Jim Young


Wilhem Belocian of France reacts after being disqualified for a false start. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi


First placed Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates with supporters after the marathon. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha


Blanka Vlasic of Croatia competes in the high jump. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler


Sara Dosho of Japan celebrates with her coach after winning the gold medal in the wrestling final. REUTERS/Toru Hanai


Mohamed Flissi of Algeria competes during men's fly 52kg boxing. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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