Athletics

Photos: Tokyo Olympics 2020 – best of the action from Day 8 of the Games

Frederick Adjomani

Published

July 31, 2021

Delight and dismay on the track, Djokovic loses his cool and a bronze medal.

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Novak Djokovic smashes his racket in the bronze medal match against Pablo Carreno BustaImage Credit: AFP

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UAE’s Mohammed Al Hammadi with Oman’s Barakat Al Harthi after their 100m heatImage Credit: AFP

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Japan celebrate after defeating New Zealand 4-2 on penalties in their football quarter-final in Kashima,Image Credit: AP

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Malaysia take on Indonesia in the men’s doubles badminton bronze medal matchImage Credit: AFP

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Malaysia’s Soh Wooi Yik Aaron Chia were too much for Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra SetiawanImage Credit: AFP

Poland celebrate winning the mixed 4x400m relay finalImage Credit: AFP

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Japan’s Chika Aoki competes against Tunisia’s Yasmine Daghfous in the women’s team sabreImage Credit: AFP

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The Russian sabre team celebrate on podium in styleImage Credit: AFP

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Ireland’s Chloe Watkins strikes the ball as Great Britain’s Laura Unsworth takes evasive actionImage Credit: AFP

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China’s Chunyu Wang does not look too pleased after the women’s 800m semi-finalImage Credit: AFP

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Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku, Jamaica’s Yohan Blake and Australia’s Rohan Browning lead the way in their 100m heatImage Credit: AFP

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Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova takes a breather against Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in the women’s tennisImage Credit: AFP

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Brazil’s players celebrate their win over Egypt at Saitama StadiumImage Credit: AFP

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Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson is congratulated on her 800m winImage Credit: AFP

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Japan celebrate a point against Sourth Korea in their volleyball clashImage Credit: AFP

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Brazil’s Alexsandro Melo competes in the men’s long jump qualificationImage Credit: AFP

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China’s Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen in their men’s doubles badminton final match against Taiwan’s Wang Chi-lin and Lee YangImage Credit: AFP

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Norway’s Nora Moerk celebrates after scoring against the Netherlands in the handball tournamentImage Credit: AFP

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Venezuela’s Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sanchez competes in the men’s 96kg weightliftingImage Credit: AFP

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USA’s Zachary Lavine shots past Czech Republic’s Tomas Satoransky in the men’s basketballImage Credit: AFP

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Gold medallist Sweden’s Daniel Stahl celebrates after the men’s discus throw finalImage Credit: AFP
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Photos: Tokyo Olympics 2020 – best of the action from Day 8 of the Games