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Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa crossed his arms above his head at the finish line of the Men's Marathon event as a protest against the Ethiopian government's crackdown on political dissent on August 21.

Runner fears for life after finish-line protest

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya takes gold in the men's marathon on the final day of the Rio Olympics.

Kenya clinches marathon double

Team USA players celebrate a play during the Women's gold medal match between the United States and Spain in Rio.

Joy of six for US basketball team

Mo Farah celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the men's 5000m final at Rio 2016.

Farah claims 'double-double'

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Lochte: 'I over-exaggerated story'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 03: Team Australia athletes for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games attend their welcome ceremony at the Athletes village on August 3, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Australians fined over wrong accreditation

U.S. gymnast Simone Biles won a record-tying four gold medals and one bronze as she dazzled the crowd with a mix of elegance and athleticism rarely seen in the sport.

Gymnastics star turns cliff-jumper?

BEIJING - AUGUST 24: Ryan Hall of the United States competes in the Men's Marathon held at the National Stadium during Day 16 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Next paths for elite athletes

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) reacts after he crossed the finish line to win the Men's 200m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, 2016. / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

'Boy of the soil' becomes immortal

The Paralympic flame burns while wheelchair runners in the 5000 meters roll past as competition continues on the second day of the 2012 London Paralympics. China leads initial gold medal count with 34 gold medals while Australia totals 19 and the U.S. a distant sixth with 11 medals. (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images)

Rio Paralympics facing cuts, closures

Germany's players, coaches and officials celebrate after their team's victory over Sweden after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women's football final.

Jubilant Germans win soccer gold

TOPSHOT - Hungary's Katinka Hosszu poses with her gold medal on the podium after she won the Women's 200m Individual Medley Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 9, 2016. / AFP / Odd Andersen (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Swim champ Hosszu's love story

Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses with the golf ball she used to make a hole-in-one in Rio.

'Perfect' hole-in-one for golf's No. 1

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Ruth Jebet of Bahrain poses with the gold medal for the Women's 3000m Steeplechase final on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Why gold medalist traded countries

** FILE ** In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, United States athletes Tommie Smith, top center, and John Carlos, top right, extend their gloved fists skyward during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200-meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Carlos and Smith raised their black-gloved fists on the medals stand as a symbol of protest 40 years ago at the Mexico City Olympics, creating an iconic image from the games. Australia's silver medalist Peter Norman is at left. (AP Photo/file)

Smith reflects on iconic salute

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu (2ndR) celebrates with silver medallist USA's Kathleen Baker (R) and equal bronze medallists Canada's Kylie Masse (2ndL) and Chinese's Fu Yuanhui on the podium after she won the Women's 100m Backstroke Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 2016. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Odd psychology of the bronze medal

United States' Simone Biles performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Rio 2016's winners and losers

Police: Swimmers were vandals

USA's Allyson Felix attempts to hand the baton to USA's English Gardner in the Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

US women get second relay chance

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 18: Ashton Eaton of the United States celebrates during the Men's Decathlon Pole Vault on Day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

All-action hero retains decathlon title

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 18: Qian Ren of China competes during the Women's 10m Platform , final diving at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on day 13 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

15-year-old wins diving gold for China

Japan's Hiroki Ogita competes in the Men's Pole Vault Qualifying Round during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016.

Vaulter uses unwanted 'fame' for good

The barbell rests on the collarbones of Gaelle Verlaine Nayo Ketchanke, of France, as she performs a clean and jerk in the women's 75kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

44 amazing images from Rio 2016

Japan's Kaori Icho celebrates on the podium after winning after winning in the women's 58kg freestyle wrestling event at the Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016, during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / Jack GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Nobody messes with Kaori Icho

Argentina's Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli celebrate after winning the Nacra 17 Mixed medal race at Marina da Gloria during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 16, 2016 / AFP / WILLIAM WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

He lost half a lung -- but won gold

Gold medallists Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark celebrate on the podium of the 470 Women medal race at Marina da Gloria during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 18, 2016. / AFP / WILLIAM WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Mills and Clark celebrate golden moment

Russia's Dariya Klishina prepares to compete in the Women's Long Jump Qualifying Round during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 16, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia's sole athletics entrant feeling 'alone'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Simone Biles of the United States looks on during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Biles shines a light on 'best-kept secret'

$RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Laura Trott of Great Britain celebrates after the Cycling Track Women's Omnium Elimination Race 3\6 on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)$

Cycling's golden couple makes history

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa reacts after winning the Men's 400 meter final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Record-breaker's mom was denied Olympic dream

Abbey D'Agostino of the US (R) hugs New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin after the women's 5000m heats.

'That girl is the Olympic spirit right there'

Jeffrey Julmis doesn't get enough height on his first jump and crashes straight into the first hurdle of the men's 110m hurdles semi-finals of the Rio Olympics.

Haitian hurdler crashes but gets up again

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas dives over the finish line to win the gold medal in the Women's 400m Final on Day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

Dramatic finish in women's 400m final

Jamaica's Usain Bolt (C) jokes with Canada's Andre De Grasse (L) after they crossed the finish line in the Men's 200m Semifinal during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016. / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Bolt on course for 'Triple-Triple'

China's Fu Yuanhui poses with her bronze medal on the podium of the Women's 100m Backstroke during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 2016. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese swimmer smashes taboo

TOPSHOT - Russia's Yulia Efimova cries after she placed second in the Women's 100m Breaststroke Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 8, 2016. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian swimmer: America has changed me

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men's 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Greatest photo of the Olympics?

Ans Botha is coach of South Africaís 400-meter gold medalist and new world record holder Wayde van Niekerk.

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Great grandma coaches new star

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 23: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates with mother Jennifer Bolt after winning gold in the Men's 100 metres final during day two of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 23, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Usain Bolt's mom: 'I hope he'll marry'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14:Roman Vlasov of Russia is tended to during the Men's 75 kg Greco-Roman Wrestling contest against Bozo Starcevic of Croatia on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 2 on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Unconscious wrestler wins gold

Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures in the Men's 100m Semifinal during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. / AFP / FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

Bolt: 'I can sign off as immortal'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Evgeny Tishchenko of Russia fights Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan for the gold medal in the mens heavyweight 91kg during the Boxing at Riocentro on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Russian booed after winning gold

South Korea's Park Sanghoon is stretchered off after crashing during the Men's Omnium Points race track cycling event at the Velodrome during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 15, 2016. / AFP / Eric FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)

Cyclist apologizes for injuring rival

EUGENE, OR - MAY 29: Darya Klishina of Russia warms up before the long jump during Day 1 of the IAAF Diamond League Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field on May 29, 2015 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Russian's Rio ban overturned

Silver medallist China's He Zi (R), reacts she receives a marriage proposal from Chinese diver Qin Kai during the podium ceremony of the Women's diving 3m Springboard Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. / AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Diver's surprise wedding proposal

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Andy Murray of Great Britain reacts during the men's singles gold medal match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Tearful Murray wins epic tennis final

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Justin Rose of Great Britain celebrates winning in the final round of men's golf on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Golf Course on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Final-hole decider for golf's gold

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa reacts after winning the Men's 400 meter final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

400m world record smashed

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: Ryan Lochte of the United States attends a press conference in the Main Press Center on Day 7 of the Rio Olympics on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matt Hazlett/Getty Images)

US swimmers robbed at gunpoint

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: Michael Phelps of the United States swims for joint silver in the Men's 100m Butterfly Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Phelps; 'Immortality' regained

Monica Puig of Puerto Rico reacts after defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany.

Shock tennis gold for Puerto Rico

Nigeria's line up team poses for photos before a group B match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Colombia and Nigeria in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Nigeria team 'not going on strike'

Britain's Bradley Wiggins (L) kisses his wife Catherine Wiggins after winning gold in the men's Team Pursuit finals track cycling event at the Velodrome during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 12, 2016. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Cycling's knight now a legend

From right to left, United States' Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Kathleen Baker and Simone Manuel display their gold medals for the women's 4 x 100-meter medley relay final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

1,000 US golds ... and counting

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Simone Biles of the United States competes in the Women's Vault Final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Teen sensation Biles vaults to gold

Henrik Stenson of Sweden tees off on the 16th hole during the third round at the Rio Olympics.

Olympic golfer takes on reptile

Sweden's goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl celebrates after defeating USA in their Rio 2016 Olympic Games quarter-final women's football match at the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia, on August 12, 2016. / AFP / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)

US star calls Swedes 'cowards'

Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal of Spain confer during the Men's Doubles Gold medal match against Horia Tecau and Florin Mergea of Romania on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

'Unforgettable' gold for Nadal

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Xinyi Chen of China competes in heat four of the Women's 100m Butterfly on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Chinese swimmer fails drug test

Gymnasts Lee Eun-Ju, of South Korea, left, takes a selfie picture with Hong Un Jong of North Korea on August 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Viral moments defining Rio 2016

Robel Habte of Ethiopia competes in the Men's 100m Freestyle heat on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 9, 2016

Swimmer dubbed 'Robel the whale'

Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana celebrates winning the women's 10,000m final.

Ethiopian smashes 10,000m record

Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill clears a hurdle in a final of the women's 100m hurdles at the IAAF Diamond League Anniversary Games athletics meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London on July 22, 2016. / AFP / Adrian DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Ennis-Hill shocked by Russian doping

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Adelinde Cornelissen of Netherlands riding Parzival competes druing the Dressage Individual Grand Prix event on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Equestrian Centre on August 10, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Dutch rider quits after horse falls ill

US gymnast Simone Biles reacts after seeing her score in the uneven bars event of the women's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016. / AFP / Ben STANSALL (Photo credit should read BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)

Biles beats all the hype

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Michael Phelps of the United States celebrates winning the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Phelps makes yet more history

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 08: Volunteer Marjorie Enya (R) and rugby player Isadora Cerullo of Brazil kiss after proposing marriage after the Women's Gold Medal Rugby Sevens match between Australia and New Zealand on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Deodoro Stadium on August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Record number of LGBT athletes

How to survive the Athletes' Village

General view of the diving pool at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 9.

Algae blamed for green diving pool

Fiji's Osea Kolinisau scores a try in the men's rugby sevens gold medal match between Fiji and Britain during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Fiji wins first ever Olympic gold medal

APIA, SAMOA - SEPTEMBER 30: Palm trees line a clean beach on September 30, 2010 in Saleapaga, Samoa. 189 people were killed and hundreds more injured in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga in 2009. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Why do athletes leave this paradise?

Simone Biles of the United States competes on the balance beam during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biles chases history as golf tees off

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - AUGUST 04: Neymar Jr. #10 of Brazil reacts during action against South Africa at Mane Garrincha Stadium on August 4, 2016 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Celso Junior/Getty Images)

What's wrong with Brazilian football?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 10: Kyle Chalmers of Australia celebrates winning gold in the Men's 100m Freestyle Final on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 10, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Aussie makes Olympic history

General view of the diving pool at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 9.

Why did the Olympic pool turn green?

Armenia's Andranik Karapetyan sustains an injury while competing during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. / AFP / GOH Chai Hin (Photo credit should read GOH CHAI HIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Horror injury at weightlifting final

Yuri van Gelder performing on the rings at the 2006 world championships. (Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Gymnast thrown out of Rio for drinking

Japan's Kohei Uchimura reacts after competing in the pommel horse event of the men's individual all-around final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Uchimura retains Olympic crown

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: An injured Sonny Bill Williams of New Zealand is stretchered off during the Men's Rugby Sevens Pool C match between New Zealand and Japan on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Deodoro Stadium on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Rugby superstar ruled out of Games

New Zealand's Sam Dickson (L) tackles Fiji's Vatemo Ravouvou in the mens rugby sevens quarter-final match between Fiji and New Zealand during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Deodoro Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. / AFP / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

NZ crashes out of rugby sevens

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after taking the gold in the men's 200m final at the athletics event during the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 9, 2012 in London. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/GettyImages)

Usain Bolt makes bold gold prediction

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 09: (L-R) Bronze medalists Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion of Canada celebrate during the medal ceremony for the Women's Diving Synchronised 10m Platform Final on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre on August 9, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Canadian women upstage men in Rio

Kristin Amrstrong celebrates with her five-year-old son Lucas after winning gold.

Cycling supermom wins third gold

Germany's Peter Joppich (R) competes against France's Enzo Lefort during their mens individual foil qualifying bout as part of the fencing event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on August 7, 2016, at the Carioca Arena 3, in Rio de Janeiro. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Fencer drops phone during match

Is this beginning of Biles' gold-rush?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 08: Volunteer Marjorie Enya (R) and rugby player Isadora Cerullo of Brazil kiss after proposing marriage after the Women's Gold Medal Rugby Sevens match between Australia and New Zealand on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Deodoro Stadium on August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Marriage proposal will melt your heart

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 08: Serena Williams of the United States plays a backhand during the Women's Singles second round match against Alize Cornet of France on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Serena shocked as upsets continue

US gymnast Alexandra Raisman competes in the qualifying for the women's Beam event of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Internet loves gymnast's nervous parents

USA's Katie Ledecky celebrates after she broke the World Record in the Women's 400m Freestyle Final.

Is Olympic coverage sexist?

Australia's Evania Pelite scores a try in the womens rugby sevens gold medal match between New Zealand. Australia won the gold with the victory over New Zelaand.

Australia writes history in rugby

South Korea's Lee Eun-ju, left, smiles as she talks with North Korea's Hong Un Jong during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Selfie briefly unites North, South Korea

Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States celebrates victory over Olena Kravatska of Ukraine during the Women's Individual Sabre on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 8, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

First US Olympian competes in hijab

Russia supporters look on as a US team member drapes a US flag during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Is Russia the pariah of Rio 2016?

The American flag flies above the Chinese flags after Virginia Thrasher took the gold medal in the 10m air rifle competition.

Officials apologize to China over flag

Kosovo's Majlinda Kelmendi (white) competes with Mauritius' Christianne Legentil during their women's -52kg judo contest quarterfinal match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP / Jack GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Kosovo claims historic first medal

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 07: Michael Phelps of the United States reacts in the Final of the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Bright red spots: What is cupping?

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 07: President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven addresses the media at the USOC Olympic Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 7, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Maxx Wolfson/Getty Images for the USOC)

Russian athletes banned from Paralympics

Yusra Mardini, swimming for the Refugee Olympic Team, competes in a women's 100m butterfly heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Syrian swims race of her life

Lilly King of the United States celebrates winning gold in the Women's 100m Breaststroke Final.

Tearful U.S. teen wins grudge race

Brazil's Barbara Seixas De Freitas prepares to receive the ball during the women's beach volleyball qualifying match between Brazil and the Czech Republic at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro on August 6, 2016, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Sun, sea, sand ... beach volleyball

TOPSHOT - Australia's Mack Horton celebrates after he won the Men's 400m Freestyle Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 6, 2016. / AFP / Martin BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Bad blood in pool -- Aussie wins

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Samir Ait Said of France receives medical attention after breaking his leg while competing on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Team qualification on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Rio Olympic Arena on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

French gymnast breaks leg

USA's Venus Williams (L) speaks to USA's Serena Williams during their women's first round doubles tennis match against Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP / Martin BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)

Djokovic, William sisters shocked

USA's Michael Phelps smiles after team USA won the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold

Anna Van Der Breggen of Netherlands wins the women's road cycling race at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro o

Mixed fortunes for Dutch cyclists

Virginia Thrasher of the United States competes during the Women's 10m Air Rifle Qualification at Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. teen wins Rio's first gold

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 02: Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini of the Refugee Olympic Team attends a press conference on August 2, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ker Robertson/Getty Images)

Meet Rio's refugee team

Taiwan's flag bearer, speed skater Sung Ching-Yang leads his national delegation during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Anger in Taiwan over 'Chinese Taipei'

Who will be the future Olympic stars after Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt?

Who will replace Phelps and Bolt?

2016 OLYMPIC GAMES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 5, 2016: This is DigitalGlobe Satellite imagery progression (12 of 12) from 2012 through 2016 of the Barra Olympic Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit: DigitalGlobe.

Revealing views of Olympic Park

Who will be the Brazilian stars of the Olympics?

Brazil's big Olympic medal hopes

Athlete's nine-year medal wait

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 03: Fans watch the action during the Women's Group E first round match between Sweden and South Africa during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Protests, empty stands -- and the will to party

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 04: (L-R) Athletes of the New Zealand team Rio 2016 Olympic games, Terina Te Tamaki, Gayle Broughton and Theresa Fiztpatrick are seen in their recovery room of the Athletes village on August 4, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Athletes' Village: Salon, florist, McDonald's

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 07: Vatemo Ravouvou and Osea Kolinisau of Fiji celebrate a try during the 2016 Sydney Sevens bronze final between South Africa and Fiji at Allianz Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Secrets of Fiji's 'mystical' rugby

One man's fight against the drug cheats

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Russia's eligible and ineligible athletes

Brazilian football star Pele displays the FIFA World Cup during its presentation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 6, 2010. The cup is being exhibited in numerous countries while on a tour before reaching South Africa for the FIFA World Cup tournament that will be held next June. AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL LOPES (Photo credit should read GABRIEL LOPES/AFP/Getty Images)

Pele pulls out of opening ceremony

EXETER, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 10: Luke Treharne, Captain of Great Britain Royals lift the Cup Trophy after victory over France during the Cup Final match between Great Britain Royals and France during Day Two of the 2016 Rugby Europe Men's Sevens Championships at Sandy Park on July 10, 2016 in Exeter, England. (Photo by Harry Trump/Getty Images)

Brexit split UK -- but this GB team is united

The Olympic flag and Russian flag are raised as the Russian National Anthem is sung during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony.

Russia doping ban 'unenforceable'

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JULY 08: (Editors note: This image has had a digital filter applied to it) Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands celebrates winning the Womens 100m Final during day three of the 23rd European Athletics Championships at Olympic Stadium on July 8, 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images for European Athletics)

$10M Rio: Cashing in gold

The Olympic flag and Russian flag are raised as the Russian National Anthem is sung during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony.

271 Russian athletes cleared

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Fallout from Rio ban on Russian athletes

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 23: (EDITORS NOTE: A POLARIZING FILTER WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS DIGITAL IMAGE) Michael Mulhall of Australia in action during a practice session for the Bowl-A-Rama Bondi Beach annual skate competition at Bondi Skate Park February 23, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Skateboarding in the Olympic Games?

BRASILIA, BRAZIL - JUNE 30: John Obi Mikel of Nigeria in action during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Round of 16 match between France and Nigeria at Estadio Nacional on June 30, 2014 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Grimm - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Nigeria team's dash to Brazil

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 21: Kim Collins of St Kitts & Nevis runs in the 60m heats during the Sainsbury's Indoor Grand Prix at the Barclaycard Arena on February 21, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Meet the world's fastest 40-year-old

Mayor of Rio Eduardo Paes carries the Olympic torch after its arrival to the Naval Academy on Guanabara Bay.

Olympic torch arrives in Rio

Michael Phelps reacts after booking his place on the U.S. swimming team for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Phelps to be U.S. flag-bearer

Djokovic chases elusive gold

Muslim fencer to make history

Pollution threat muddies waters

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 27: The Australian team building at the Olympic Village is shown after a ceremony with the city's mayor on July 26, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Athletes 'robbed' in Rio

South Sudanese refugee Rose Nathike Lokonyen was selected for the refugee Olympic team that will compete in Rio.

Kenya's refugees become Olympians

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IOC panel to decide Russians' fate

TOPSHOT - Russia's Ekaterina Galitskaya competes in the women's 100m hurdles final at a track and field meet called "Stars of 2016" in Moscow on July 28, 2016.
Russia's athletics federation holds a competition event for the athletes who have been banned from the Rio Olympics over evidence of state-sponsored doping and mass corruption in the sport. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia holds its own Games

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 04: Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer with Maracana Stadium in the background in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games on July 4, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Doping scandal 'will taint everything'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 04: The Olympic Rings rise above Madureira Park on June 4, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Mad scramble to clear competitors

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to France's Julien Benneteau during their men's single tennis match second round during the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on July 30, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/GettyImages)

Roger Federer to miss Rio

The Olympic flag and Russian flag are raised as the Russian National Anthem is sung during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony.

Seven Russian swimmers banned

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 23: A general view of the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games displaying the Olympic Rings in Barra da Tijuca. The Village will host up to 17,200 people amongst athletes and team officials during the Games and up to 6,000 during the Paralympic Games on July 22, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

'Plumbers not kangaroos needed'

Puma release a 'Boltmoji' app that fans can use during the Olympics

Usain Bolt gets his own emoji

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IOC: No blanket ban on Russia

DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 04: Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses with his gold medal during the medal ceremony for the men's 200 metres final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Bolt: 'My sport needs me to win'

In this photograph taken on May 2, 2016, Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal rows during a training session at the College of Military Engineering in Pune.
Dattu Bhokanal, a rower from a drought-stricken village in dusty western India where residents don't have enough to drink has achieved an improbable feat -- he's qualified for the summer Olympics in Rio.

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Indian rower 'was terrified of water'

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 06: Elena Isinbaeva of Russia celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the Women's Pole Vault final on Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 6, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Russia loses doping appeal

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 30: Kirani James of Grenada celebrates winning gold in the Men's 400 metres Final at Hampden Park during day seven of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 30, 2014 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Can James break 400m record at Rio?

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 24: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold in the Women's 100 metres final during day three of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 24, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Will Fraser-Pryce beat Bolt to history?

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Doping: 'Mind-blowing corruption'

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 29: Gold medalist Sergey Shubenkov of Russia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 110 metres hurdles final during day eight of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 29, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF)

How will Russia's ban affect medals?

View of Tomorrow's Museum, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 17, 2015. The museum was inaugurated Thursday by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as part of a revitalization program for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. AFP PHOTO/ VANDERLEI ALMEIDA / AFP / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

How will Rio's Olympic Park look?

OMAHA, NE - JULY 02: Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after finishing first in the final heat for the Women's 800 Meter Freestyle during Day Seven of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at CenturyLink Center on July 2, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Ledecky's amazing standards

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics emblems displayed on a building of the Tokyo metropolitan government. It is just over four years until the games' opening ceremony.

Rio to officially hand Olympic flag to Tokyo

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 20: Neymar of Brazil celebrates scoring the winning penalty in the penalty shoot out during the Men's Football Final between Brazil and Germany at the Maracana Stadium on Day 15 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 20, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Brazil delights in football win

Brazil celebrates long-awaited gold

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates his team's victory at the end of the Men's 4x100m Relay Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 19, 2016. / AFP / Eric FEFERBERG (Photo credit should read ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images)

Usain Bolt makes history

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Triathlete brothers win gold and silver

Gold medalist Simone Biles of the United States celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Women's Floor on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biles reflects on Olympics

Gymnast Aly Raisman poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit, March 7, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 5-21. / AFP / VALERIE MACON / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)

Gymnast on Rio success

Usain Bolt's smile cracks up the Internet

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 27: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after crossing the finish line to win gold in the Men's 200 metres final during day six of the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 at Beijing National Stadium on August 27, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Usain Bolt is ...

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From Favela to Olympic gold

TOPSHOT - USA's Michael Phelps kisses his gold medal on the podium of the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Michael Phelps is...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: Katie Ledecky of the United States leads the field in the Women's 800m Freestyle Final on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Ledecky crushes rivals to win gold

Which nation sent only two athletes to Rio?

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IAAF President explains doping bans

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Japan's Uchimura, US's Ledecky thrill fans

Pictures of Serena Williams losing today

Serena Williams knocked out of Rio Olympics

Majlinda Kelmendi winning gold medal for Kosovo

Judo champ thrills Kosovo with historic gold

Russia supporters look on as a US team member drapes a US flag during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Russian athletes booed in Rio

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Beach volleyball star: Olympics are like childbirth

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41-year-old gymnast to compete at Olympics

Who holds the most incredible Olympic record?

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U.S. athletes show off their Olympic tattoos

Lebanese Trap Champion Ray Bassil gives a thumbs-up sign as she trains for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London at a shooting club in Ghadras north of Beirut on July 13, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/GettyImages)

Meet the world's No. 1 female trap shooter

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Arab weightlifter empowers women