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Four sports made their Olympic debut this year: karate, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing. And transgender athletes Laurel Hubbard and Quinn broke down barriers. The word "arigato," seen at left, means thank you in Japanese. The Olympic cauldron closes, extinguishing the Olympic flame at the end of the closing ceremony. Dancers perform during the closing ceremony. Jae C.

The national flags of Japan, Greece and France fly during the closing ceremony. Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. France will host the Summer Olympics. The Olympic flag is folded after being lowered during the closing ceremony. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, who won the gold medal in the marathon, listens as his country's National Anthem is played during his medal ceremony. The medal ceremonies for both the men's and women's marathon took place during the closing ceremony.

And that meant two playings of the Kenyan National Anthem, as Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir won gold in the women's event. Jets conduct a flyover next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. While the closing ceremony was held in Tokyo, a celebration was held in Paris. The French capital will be hosting the next Summer Games in Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, makes a heart gesture as he delivers a speech at the closing ceremony.

In his speech, Bach thanked the athletes and the Japanese people for their hard work and sacrifices in staging the most logistically challenging Olympic Games in history. Athletes watch performers take part in the closing ceremony.

Because of Covid protocols, all athletes were required to leave Japan within 48 hours of their competition, so there were fewer athletes at the closing ceremony than there were at the opening ceremony. Polish athletes take pictures as they attend the closing ceremony.

The flags of each participating nation are brought into the stadium for the closing ceremony. Dignitaries applaud at the beginning of the closing ceremony. American athletes show their medals to a video camera at the closing ceremony.

The United States finished on top of the medal table for the third straight Summer Olympics, winning 39 gold medals and medals in all. Second-place China finished with 38 golds and 88 medals in all. Host nation Japan had a third-best 27 golds and won a total of 58 medals.

The Japanese flag is brought into the stadium at the start of the closing ceremony. Fireworks explode over the National Stadium. Griner scored 30 points as the Americans won It is the seventh consecutive gold medal for the US women's basketball team. Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line August 8 to win the marathon for the second Olympics in a row. Kipchoge, the world-record holder in the event, finished with a time of US basketball player Sue Bird is congratulated by her partner, Megan Rapinoe, after the gold-medal game.

Bird and teammate Diana Taurasi had just won their fifth career Olympic golds. Serbia won the match Jennifer Valente holds the American flag after winning gold at the Omnium track cycling event on August 8.

It is the United States' first gold medal in track cycling since The United States' Jordyn Poulter, right, sets the ball during the gold-medal volleyball match against Brazil on August 8. The Americans defeated Brazil It is the United States' first-ever gold medal in women's volleyball. Linoy Ashram, a rhythmic gymnast from Israel, won gold in the individual all-around on Saturday, August 7.

Japan's baseball team celebrates with manager Atsunori Inaba after winning the gold-medal game against the United States on August 7. The US team won gold, making Felix the most decorated American athlete in Olympic track-and-field history. Brazil's Hebert Sousa, center, celebrates after he knocked out Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak to win the middleweight final on August 7.

Khyzhniak was leading the first two rounds when Sousa caught him in the chin with a left hook. The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan places a bag of ice on her face after winning gold in the 10, meters on August 7. Hassan also won the 5, meters in Tokyo and finished third in the 1, She's the first person in Olympic history to complete a medley of medals across both the middle- and long-distance events in a single Games. The United States' Nelly Korda, right, is congratulated by her sister, Jessica, after winning the gold medal by one stroke on August 7.

Nelly Korda, the world's top-ranked female golfer, took the tournament lead after a second-round Jessica Korda finished tied for 15th. A Russian artistic swimmer competes in the team event on August 7.

Russian swimmers won gold in both the team and duet events in Tokyo. Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of rock star Bruce Springsteen, was part of the US equestrian team that won silver in jumping on August 7. Brazilian defender Dani Alves, left, and Spanish midfielder Carlos Soler react after Brazil defeated Spain in the gold-medal football match on August 7.

Brazil is the fifth men's team in history to win back-to-back titles at the Olympics. Ashleigh Johnson celebrates after the United States defeated Spain in the water polo final on August 7. It's the third straight gold for the Americans, who won That's the largest margin of victory in the history of water polo's gold-medal matches. India's Neeraj Chopra won the javelin on August 7, becoming the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field.

US basketball players celebrate after defeating France in the gold-medal game on August 7. It's the Americans' fourth straight gold in men's basketball. Chinese diver Cao Yuan competes in the meter platform event on August 7. He won the gold and became the first athlete to win Olympic gold medals in three different diving events.

He won gold in the 3-meter springboard in , and he won gold in the meter synchronized event in Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir crosses the finish line to win the marathon on August 7. Her countrywoman Brigid Kosgei earned the silver medal. Germany's Annika Schleu was leading the modern pentathlon after two events. But in the show jumping event on August 6, her horse, Saint Boy, refused to cooperate with her wishes. The horse just wouldn't jump, and Schleu broke into tears as her medal hopes faded away.

In the modern pentathlon, horses are assigned to athletes via a draw. Teammates mob Canada's Julia Grosso after she scored the winning penalty in the shootout against Sweden on August 6. The gold-medal match was tied after extra time, so a shootout had to decide the winner. It is Canada's first gold medal in women's football. China's Liu Shiying competes in the javelin final on August 6. Her first throw of David J.

American wrestler Gable Steveson celebrates after a dramatic last-second comeback earned him a gold medal on August 6. Steveson was named after legendary wrestler Dan Gable, who won gold at the Olympics in Canadian footballer Quinn waves during a medal ceremony in Yokohama, Japan. Quinn, who goes by just the one name, is the first trans and the first nonbinary athlete to win a Olympic medal.

Alina Harnasko, a rhythmic gymnast from Belarus, competes in the individual all-around on August 6. The United States' Paul Chelimo dives over the finish line to win a bronze medal in the 5, meters on August 6. He finished just ahead of Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli.

The Netherlands' field hockey team celebrates their win over Argentina in the gold-medal match on August 6. The Netherlands became the first country to win four Olympic titles in women's field hockey. The United States' Allyson Felix celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the meters on August 6. She passed Jamaica's Merlene Ottey to become the most decorated woman in Olympic track-and-field history. Team Italy competes in artistic swimming on August 6.

Slovenia's Janja Garnbret reacts after becoming the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in sport climbing on August 6. Japan's Ryo Kiyuna holds a photo of his late mother after winning gold in karate's kata event on August 6. Kiyuna is from the island of Okinawa, which is considered the birthplace of karate. The Americans won From left, American beach volleyball players April Ross and Alix Klineman celebrate after they won their gold-medal match on August 6.

Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, left, celebrates after defeating South Korea's Jang Woo-jin to win a bronze medal in table tennis on August 6. Chinese diver Quan Hongchan competes in the meter platform final on Thursday, August 5. The year-old is the second-youngest female ever to win gold in the event. Two of her dives were perfect 10s.

The United States' Megan Rapinoe celebrates with her teammates after scoring the opening goal of the bronze-medal match against Australia on August 5. It was an Olimpico goal, which is a goal straight from a corner kick, and she later added another score as the United States won Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam throws a javelin on her way to winning gold in the heptathlon on August 5.

She's just the second woman ever to win back-to-back heptathlon titles. Australia's Keegan Palmer warms up prior to the park skateboarding competition on August 5. Palmer went on to win gold in the event. Belgium's field hockey team celebrates after winning a dramatic penalty shootout in the gold-medal match against Australia on August 5.

The Americans won to clinch a spot in the final against Japan. The Bahamas' Steven Gardiner reacts after winning gold in the men's meters on August 5. The Americans won and will play France in the gold-medal game. The United States' Ryan Crouser shows a message for his grandfather after winning gold in the shot put on August 5. Crouser, who also won gold at the Games, set a new Olympic record with a throw of It's the second-longest throw in history.

Decathletes rest on the track following the 1, meters on August 5. Great Britain's Lois Toulson dives off the meter platform on August 5. Jamaica's Hansle Parchment, third from left, wins the meter hurdles on August 5.

He finished with a time of Samdan won and went on to earn a silver medal. The United States' Katie Nageotte celebrates after clearing the bar in the pole vault final on August 5. Nageotte cleared a height of 4. Ukraine's Marta Fiedina competes in artistic swimming's duet final on August 4. She and Anastasiya Savchuk won the bronze.

A statue of a sumo wrestler is seen near an obstacle as Japan's Koki Saito, aboard Chilensky, competes in jumping qualifiers on August 4. Riders said the lifelike statue might have distracted some horses during the competition. Sky Brown competes in the park skateboarding final on August 4. Brown, who at 13 is Great Britain's youngest-ever athlete to compete in the Summer Olympics, won a bronze medal.

Japan's Sakura Yosozumi won the gold, and her compatriot Kokona Hiraki won the silver. Hiraki is just 12 years old. Sydney McLaughlin finishes just ahead of fellow American Dalilah Muhammad, breaking her own world record to win the meter hurdles on August 4. McLaughlin's time was Muhammad's time is the second-fastest in history. From left, Italy's Simone Consonni and Filippo Ganna celebrate after setting a new world record and winning a gold medal in the team pursuit event on August 4.

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse lies on the track after winning the meter final on August 4. It's the first Olympic gold for De Grasse, who won bronze in the this year and was the silver medalist in the five years ago.

Emmanuel Korir, left, crosses the finish line just ahead of fellow Kenyan Ferguson Rotich to win gold in the meters on August 4. Kenyan runners have won the at the last four Olympics. Singaporean swimmer Li-Shan Chantal Liew grabs a drink while competing in the kilometer open-water event on August 4.

She won the bronze in her much-anticipated return to competition. Sweden's Armand "Mondo" Duplantis competes in the pole vault final on August 3. He would go on to win the gold. Mu, 19, won the gold and is the second-youngest meter champion in history. Rodgers won the bronze. Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk celebrates after winning gold in the hammer throw on August 3.

Wlodarczyk is the first woman to win a specific individual athletics event three times in a row at the Olympic Games. He would go on to win gold. Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah reacts after defending her crown in the meters on August 3. She also won gold in the meters on Saturday. She's the first-ever woman to win the and double at consecutive Olympic Games. Biles now has seven Olympic medals, tying her with Shannon Miller for the most by an American gymnast.

German sailors Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel jump into the water as they celebrate winning bronze in the 49er category on August 3. Athletes compete in a meter heat on August 3. Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates after winning gold in the meter hurdles on August 3. Warholm finished the race in Japan's Sena Irie, right, celebrates after defeating the Philippines's Nesthy Petecio to win the women's featherweight final on August 3.

Germany's Malaika Mihambo won gold in the long jump on August 3. She leapt from third to the top of the leaderboard on her final attempt. South Africa's Kyle Blignaut competes in the shot put on August 3. Denmark's Viktor Axelsen is applauded after receiving his badminton gold medal on Monday, August 2. He is the first player from outside of Asia to win Olympic gold in men's singles in more than 20 years.

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