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IMAGE: Joe Kovacs of Team United States competes in the Shot Put Final.
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
IMAGE: Svetlana Radzivil of Team Uzbekistan competes in the High Jump Qualification.
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
IMAGE: Maicel Uibo of Team Estonia hurls the Discus during the Decathlon.
Photograph: Roger Sedres/Gallo Images/Getty Images
IMAGE: 100 metres Gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs (ITA) of Team Italy, centre, races the 4 x 100m Relay heats.
Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
IMAGE: Cristian Napoles of Team Cuba competes in the Triple Jump Final.
Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
IMAGE: Pedro Pablo Pichardo of Team Portugal in action in the Triple Jump Final.
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
IMAGE: Erica Bougard of the Team United States hurls the Javelin in the Heptathlon.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
IMAGE: Kevin Mayer of Team France in action in the Decathlon.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
IMAGE: Yaoqing Fang of Team China competes in the Triple Jump Final.
Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
IMAGE: The 20km Walk.
Photograph: Feline Lim/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
