More Of Our Favorite Olympic Photos, Final Round

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By Marco Storel

Published August 7, 2021 at 2:16 PM EDT

U.S.'s Raven Saunders celebrates with her national flag after placing second in the women's shot put final on August 1.

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games ending, we wanted to take the opportunity to share with you some of the photos that stood out to us. Photographers from around the world are working to preserve the memory of what it is like to be an Olympian.

Enjoy!

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Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon javelin throw on August 5. Warner won gold and set a new decathlon Olympic record.

Spain's Silvia Dominguez looks at the basket in the women's quarter-final basketball match between Spain and France on August 4.

Britain's Frazer Clarke bleeds after an injury as he fights Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov during their men's super heavy (over 91kg) semi-final boxing match on August 4.

Athletes compete in the men's 20km race walk final on August 5.

Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez (blue) wrestles Moldova's Victor Ciobanu in their men's greco-roman 60kg wrestling semi-final match on August 1.

India's P. V. Sindhu hits a shot to China's He Bingjiao in their women's singles badminton bronze medal match on August 1.

U.S.'s Katie Nageotte reacts as she competes in the women's pole vault final on August 5.

An underwater view shows Mexico's Nuria Diosdado Garcia and Mexico's Joana Jimenez Garcia compete in the preliminary for the women's duet free artistic swimming event on August 2.

Germany's Florian Wellbrock competes to win and take gold in the men's 10km marathon swimming event on August 5.

Argentina's Maria Victoria Granatto, center, celebrates with teammates Julieta Jankunas, left, Agustina Gorzelany, second from left, and Rocio Sanchez Moccia after scoring against Germany during their women's quarter-final match on August 2.

From left, Brazil's Tandara Caixeta, Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz and Fernanda Rodrigues attempt to block a shot in the women's preliminary round pool A volleyball match between Serbia and Brazil on July 31.

From left, Japan's Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka, Britain's Hannah Mills and Eilidh Mcintyre and France's Aloise Retornaz and France's Camille Lecointre sail past Mount Fuji during the women's two-person dinghy 470 medal race on August 4.

Argentina's Luis Scola, center, is comforted by teammates at the end of the men's quarter-final basketball match between Australia and Argentina on August 3. Scola is retiring from Argentina's national team after the Tokyo Olympics.

China's Li Junhui, left, and China's Liu Yuchen watch the shuttlecock during their men's doubles badminton semi-final match against Malaysia's Soh Wooi Yik and Malaysia's Aaron Chia on July 30, 2021.

Mexico's Aranza Vazquez Montano competes in the preliminary round of the women's 3m springboard diving event on July 30.

Norway's Karsten Warholm reacts after winning and breaking the world record in the men's 400m hurdles final on August 3.

Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou (2L) runs to win the women's 100m semi-final 2 on July 31.

Netherlands' Jan Willem Van Schip, right, competes in the men's track cycling omnium points race during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome in Izu, Japan, on August 5.

Gold medalists Mutaz Essa Barshim, left, of Team Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Team Italy celebrate on the track following the Men's High Jump Final on August 1.

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