As the 2016 Summer Games comes to a close, let’s relive some of the historical moments before we hang over the baton to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics.
Sakshi Malik celebrates after winning bronze against Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova.
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PV Sindhu created history, bags silver in women’s singles badminton.
Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini competes at Rio.
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French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffers a horrific injury during the vault.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks at Andre De Grasse of Canada as they compete in the men’s 100m semifinal. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
It’s lonely at the top, they said; American swimmer Katie Ledecky sweeps four golds and one silver at the Games.
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In a great show of sportsmanship, Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand helps America’s Abbey D’Agostino in the women’s 5,000 metre preliminary. Despite coming in last, both qualified for the next round.
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Simone Manuel becomes the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in swimming. She won the women’s 100 metre freestyle.
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Shane Tusup becomes an internet sensation after videos of him cheering his wife and three-time gold medallist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary, goes viral.
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Picture of Egypt’s Doaa Elghobashy and Germany’s Kira Walkenhorst goes viral on social media for the contrast in clothing during a beach volleyball match.
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Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas wins gold after flinging herself across the finish line. She denied America’s Allyson Felix the first place in the women’s 400m final.
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South African Chad le Clos turns to look at Michael Phelps during the 200-meter butterfly finals.
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Rio organisers dry a court at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
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Mo Ferah becomes the first British athlete to win three gold medals.
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Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui takes the world by storm by breaking the taboo and speaking about menstruation. She won bronze in the women’s 100 metre backstroke.
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Usain Bolt and Andre De Grasse exchange smiles while completing the 200 metre semifinals.
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Journalists at work during the swimming competition.
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