As the Rio Olympics neared an end on August 19, sprinter Usain Bolt continued to grab the headlines by winning his ninth Olympic gold medal. The U.S. women's water polo team also won gold again, becoming the only two-time winner of the event. Russia's synchronized swimming team won a fifth straight gold medal for a country that has dominated the sport for years and seen no gold-medal challengers since 2000. Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan won the men's hammer title to capture his country's first ever gold medal.
Rio Olympics, Day 14
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The referee separates the United States' Jordan Burroughs (left) and Aniuar Geduev (Russia) in the men's freestyle wrestling 74-kilogram quarterfinal. Geduev later went on to win the silver medal.
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Nadezhda Glyzina of Russia reacts during during her country's bronze medal match with Hungary in women's water polo. Russia eventually won the medal courtesy of a penalty shootout.
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The United States' Paige McPherson (right) grapples with Azerbaijan's Farida Azizova in a preliminary round of the 67-kg women's taekwondo competition.
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Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan on his way to winning the men's hammer competition. It was his country's first ever gold medal in the Olympics.