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Rio Olympics, Day 15
August 21, 2016
Host Brazil beat Germany on penalties in Rio to win their first men's Olympic soccer gold medal. August 20 was also a
very good day for Russia
, which took home four more gold medals as the Olympics neared an end.
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China's Ruoqi Hui (right) spikes the ball during the women's volleyball gold-medal match between China and Serbia. China won 3:1.
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Gold medalist Aleksandr Lesun of Russia (center), silver medalist Pavlo Tymochenko of Ukraine (second from left), and bronze medalist Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga of Mexico stand during the awards ceremony in the men's modern pentathlon. Pentathlon involves fencing, swimming, riding, running, and shooting.
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Participants compete in the women's triathlon final. Gwen Jorgensen of the United States won gold with a time of 1 hour, 56 minutes, 16 seconds. Nicola Spirig of Switzerland won silver, with Britain's Vicky Holland winning bronze.
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Mo Farah of Britain celebrates after winning the men's 5,000-meter final, his second in succession. He is Britan's most successful Olympic track-and-field athlete of all time. Kenyan-born American Paul Chelimo took silver, while Ethiopia's Hagos Gebrehiwet claimed bronze.
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