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Olympic Moments: Athletes Go Head to Head for Chance at Victory

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Competition was fierce among Olympians in the women's hockey, wrestling and men's basketball events on the 12th day of the Rio Games.

Britain's Mo Farah leads the men's 5000m Round 1 during the athletics event.

—FRANCK FIFE / AFP - Getty Images

France's Kevin Mayer competes in the men's decathlon long jump during the athletics event.

—ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP - Getty Images

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Petra Maarit Olli of Finland in action against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the women's freestyle 58kg quarterfinal match of the wrestling events.

—SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA

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Eva de Goede of Netherlands falls while competing against Hannah Kruger of Germany in the women's hockey semifinal match.

—VASILY FEDOSENKO / Reuters

France's Philippe Rozier rides Rahotep de Toscane in the jumping competition.

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Lukas Klostermann of Germany scores past goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel of Nigeria during the first half of the men's football tournament semifinal.

—PAULO WHITAKER / Reuters

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Mira Potkonen of Finland competes during the women's boxing light (60kg) semifinals bout 240.

—PETER CZIBORRA / Reuters

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Wu Jingyu of China competes against Huang Huai-Hsuan of Taiwan during the women's preliminary taekwondo 49kg preliminary round.

—ISSEI KATO / Reuters

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Akihiko Nakamura of Japan competes in the men's decathlon long jump final.

—DYLAN MARTINEZ / Reuters

Jackeline Renteria of Colombia and Janet Sovero of Peru compete in the women's preliminary wrestling freestyle finals.

—TORU HANAI / Reuters

Mo Farah of Britain runs as Mead Hassan of USA falls after they nearly collided during the men's preliminary 5000m Round 1.

—DOMINIC EBENBICHLER / Reuters

Brazil's Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. is fouled by Honduras' Jhonathan Paz during the men's football semifinal match.

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Rose Keddell of New Zealand stumbles over Crista Cullen of Britain during the women's semifinal hockey match.

—VASILY FEDOSENKO / Reuters

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France's point guard Tony Parker is cornered by players from Spain during a men's quarterfinal basketball game.

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Damian Warner of Canada competes in the shot put portion of the decathlon event.

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Olympic Moments: Athletes Go Head to Head for Chance at Victory

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