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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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Korey Jarvis of Canada (in red) in action against Komeil Nemat Ghasemi of Iran in the men's freestyle wrestling 125-kilogram qualification match. Turkey's Taha Akgul won gold, with Ghasemi taking silver, and Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus and Geno Petriashvili of Georgia sharing the bronze.
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Levan Berianidze of Armenia (in blue) in action against Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus during the men's freestyle wrestling 125-kilogram-bronze medal bout. Turkey's Taha Akgul won gold, with Ghasemi taking silver, and Saidau and Geno Petriashvili of Georgia sharing the bronze.
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Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates as she crosses the finish line after helping her team win a record sixth gold medal in the women's 4x400 meters.
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Max Rendschmidt of Germany leaps from his boat after his team won gold in the men's kayak K-4 1,000-meter final. Slovakia narrowly beat the Czech Republic to grab the silver.
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