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IMAGE: Simone Biles, inarguably the greatest gymnast of the 21st century, competes on the uneven bars at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Brackcides Khadambi of Kenya dives to return the ball against Team Brazil. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Marcus Mepstead of Great Britain, right, competes against Mohamed Hamza of Egypt in the Men's Foil fencing event. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Olympic swimming legend Katie Ledecky took silver in the women's 400m freestyle final. Photograph: Tom Pennington/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Australia's Matt Wearn competes in the men's Laser class event. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Luka Doncic of Slovenia goes up for a rebound against Luca Vildoza of Argentina. Photograph: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Sjef van den Berg of The Netherlands competes. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Joanna Lochowska of Team Poland competes in the women's 55 kg weightlifting competition. Photograph: Chris Graythen/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto in action. Photograph: Steph Chambers/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Mathieu van der Poel of The Netherlands suffers a fall during the men's Cross-country race. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Miguel Tudela of Peru in action during men's shortboard surfing event. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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IMAGE: Great Britain's Seonaid McIntosh shoots during the 10m Air Rifle women's event. Photograph: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images