There were many great performances to cheer at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, but the games also had their unfortunate issues and ugly events.
Rio Olympics: The Great, The Not-So Good, And The Ugly
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People rejoiced in the new country of Kosovo -- independent only since 2008 -- when Majlinda Kelmendi won the nation's first medal ever, getting a gold in judo.
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Tajik fans reportedly overwhelmed hammer-thrower Dilshod Nazarov's Facebook page after he won a gold medal -- the country's first since Andrey Abduvaliev won gold in Barcelona in 1992 throwing the mallet for the Unified Team of the former U.S.S.R.
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The doping issue crept into the games in Rio when a handful of athletes -- including medal-winners Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan (pictured), and Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova -- had their medals stripped and were kicked out of the Olympics.
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Rio officials were unable to explain why so many events at the Olympics had very sparse attendance, evident to millions of TV viewers who saw half-full arenas and stadiums, perhaps most glaringly during the track-and-field competitions that in previous Olympics have always been jam packed.