The best images from Day 8 of the Rio Olympics
Tears of joy and deception, dreams fulfilled or missed; all captured by the world's top press photographers. A selection of the best images of the day's action.
Stunning outfits catch the eye on SI red carpet
Japan's Ai Fukuhara hits a shot next to Japan's Mima Ito (top) in the women's team quarter-final table tennis match against Austria at the Riocentro venue during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Juan Mabromata
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson of Great Britain competes in the Javelin Throw portion of the Heptathlon event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 August 2016. (Atletismo, Brasil)
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Xenia Krizsan of Hungary Women's Heptathlon Javelin on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
Foto: Ian Walton / Getty Images
Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain competes in the Women's Heptathlon 800m on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
Foto: Ian Walton / Getty Images
Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain competes in the Women's Heptathlon 800m on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Foto: Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images
Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain reacts after the Women's Heptathlon 800m on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
Foto: Ian Walton / Getty Images
Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain celebrates winning a silver medal in the Women's Heptathlon on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)
Foto: Ian Walton / Getty Images
Silver medallist Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill poses after the Women's Heptathlon 800m during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS
Foto: ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP
Andy Murray of Great Britain serves to Kei Nishikori of Japan during the Men's Singles Semifinal Match on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty I
Foto: Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images
Monica Puig of Puerto Rico reacts after defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany in the Women's Singles Gold Medal Match on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Tennis Centre on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Puig defeated Kerber 6-
Foto: Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
Gold medallist Puerto Rico's Monica Puig reacts during the podium ceremony of the women's singles tennis event at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO
Foto: JAVIER SORIANO / AFP
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Elaine Thompson (JAM) (R) of Jamaica celebrates as she wins the gold medal in the women's 100 meters. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Netherlands' Dafne Schippers, Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye, USA's English Gardner, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, USA's Tori Bowie, Jamaica's Elaine Thompson and Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou compete in the Women's 100m Final during the
Foto: ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP
Dong Dong of China competes during the Men's Trampoline Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Arena on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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Kathleen Baker of the United States competes in the Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Foto: Adam Pretty / Getty Images
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People watch a large screen showing Rim Jong-Sim, who won the gold medal in the women's 75 Kg weightlifting in the Rio Olympic Games in front of Pyongyang railway station in Pyongyang on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Kim Won-Jin
Foto: KIM WON-JIN / AFP
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People watch a large screen showing Rim Jong-Sim, who won the gold medal in the women's 75 Kg weightlifting in the Rio Olympic Games in front of Pyongyang railway station in Pyongyang on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Kim Won-Jin
Foto: KIM WON-JIN / AFP
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Gold medalists Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian of the United States pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on
Foto: Tom Pennington / Getty Images
Jamaica's Usain Bolt (C) competes in the Men's 100m Round 1 during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Antonin THUILLIER
Foto: ANTONIN THUILLIER / AFP
Kathleen Baker of the United States competes in the Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Foto: Adam Pretty / Getty Images
Chris Walker-Hebborn of Great Britain jumps into the water prior to the start of the Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pre
Foto: Adam Pretty / Getty Images
Kylie Masse of Canada, Anastasia Zueva of Russia and Kathleen Baker of the United States compete in the Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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