It was another good day for Japan, China, and the United States on the 12th day of the Rio Olympics as each country asserted dominance in their favored sports on August 17.
Rio Olympics, Day 12
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Elaine Thompson of Jamaica (3rd left) runs to win the gold in the women's 200-meter final, ahead of silver-medalist Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands (3rd right) and bronzemedalist Tori Bowie of the United States (center).
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Japan swept the gold medals on the first day of the Olympic women's wrestling tournament. Kaori Icho (right) became the first wrestler in Olympic history to win four gold medals, beating Russia's Valeria Koblova Zholobova 3-2 in the 58-kilogram women's freestyle.
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A Russian boxer was taken out of the arena in a wheelchair amid agony and tears after she injured her arm in a Rio Olympic semifinal bout. With one minute left of the first round against France's Estelle Mossely, Anastasia Belyakova, 23, threw a punch at an awkward angle with her left hand and then immediately cried out in pain and stopped.
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Patimat Abakarova of Azerbaijan celebrates after winning the women's taekwondo 49-kilogram bronze-medal bout.