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IMAGE: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Team Puerto Rico competes in round one of the Women's 100m hurdles heats.
Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
IMAGE: Baizat Khamidova of Team the Russian Olympic Committee offloads the ball in a tackle from Sariah Paki of Team Australia during a Rugby Sevens game.
Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
IMAGE: Macarena Perez Grasset of Team Chile prepares for the race prior to the Women's BMX Freestyle seeding event.
Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
IMAGE: Xantal Gine Patsi of Team Spain battles for the ball with Mai Toriyama of Team Japan.
Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
IMAGE: Anders Antonsen of Team Denmark competes against Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Team Indonesia during the Men's Singles Quarterfinal.
Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
IMAGE: Team Croatia form a huddle.
Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
IMAGE: Uladzislau Hancharou of Team Belarus competes in the High Jump.
Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images
IMAGE: Brankica Mihajlovic (#9) of Team Serbia attempts to return the ball against Team Brazil.
Photograph: Toru Hanai/Getty Images
IMAGE: Xiaoyan Xu of Team China scores a try under pressure from Alena Tiron of Team Russian Olympic Committee.
Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
IMAGE: Dani Stevens of Team Australia in action during the Women's Discus Qualification rounds.
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
IMAGE: Pamela Ware of Team Canada in action in the Women's 3m Springboard Diving Semfinal.
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
IMAGE: Kiran Badloe of Team Netherlands jumps into the water to celebrate winning gold in the Men's Sailing RS:X event.
Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reutes
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/ Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
