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Olympic Moments: Celebratory Tears, Kisses and Thrills

Michael Phelps wins career Olympic gold No. 23 and more incredible moments from the 8th day of the Rio Games.

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Dong Dong of China competes in the trampoline gymanastics qualifications at the Rio 2016 Olympics on Aug. 13.
—MIKE BLAKE / Reuters
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Jeff Henderson celebrates after winning the men's long jump final.
—Buda Mendes / Getty Images
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Cody Miller, Michael Phelps and Ryan Murphy celebrate winning gold in the Men's 4 x 100m medley relay final.
—Tom Pennington / Getty Images
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Yun Won Chol of North Korea and Elmurat Tasmuradov of Uzbekistan compete in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg quarterfinal.
—TORU HANAI / Reuters
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Denmark's bronze medalists Mie Nielsen (L) and Jeanette Ottesen during the podium ceremony of the women's swimming 4 x 100m medley relay final.
—ODD ANDERSEN / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Athletics - Olympics: Day 8

David Rudisha of Kenya competes in the Men's 800m semi final.
—Buda Mendes / Getty Images
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Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer, Simone Manuel during the podium ceremony of the women's swimming 4 x 100m medley relay final.
—ODD ANDERSEN / AFP - Getty Images
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Gold medalist Britain's Mo Farah (C) poses with silver medalist Kenya's Paul Kipngetich Tanui (L) and bronze medalist Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola on the podium of the men's 10,000m athletics event.
—DAMIEN MEYER / AFP - Getty Images
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Jennifer Oeser of Germany competes in the women's heptathlon long jump.
—Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images
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Mo Farah of Britain kisses the ground after winning the men's 10000m final of the track and field events.
—DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
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China's Ma Long eyes the ball as he serves against Britain's Liam Pitchford during the men's team quarterfinal table tennis match.
—JUAN MABROMATA / AFP - Getty Images
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Cecilia Berder of France leaps in the air during a women's team sabre competion against Jiyeon Kim of North Korea.

PHOTOS: Highlights from Day 7 of the Olympic Games 

—JOSE MENDEZ / EPA
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From left, James Dasaolu of Great Britain, Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago compete in a first-round heat of the men's 100-meter. 

 

 

—Cameron Spencer / Getty Images
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Aurimas Didzbalis of Lithuania flips in the air after an attempt during the men's 94kg group A category final.
—LARRY W. SMITH / EPA
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Kim Ki-Jung and Kim Sa-Rang of South Korea lie on the court as they celebrate after winning their badminton match against Mathias Boe of and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark.
—MARCELO DEL POZO / Reuters
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Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina celebrates defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the men's singles tennis. Del Potro will face Britain's Andy Murray in the gold medal match.
—Vadim Ghirda / AP
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A combination picture shows swimmer Michael Phelps with the 23 gold medals he won at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.
—ANTONIO SCORZA / AFP - Getty Images
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New Zealand's Olivia Podmore, left, and Spain's Tania Calvo Barbero fall during the women's Keirin first round track cycling event at the Velodrome.
—GREG BAKER / AFP - Getty Images
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Laura Ludwig of Germany dives during a beach volleyball match.
—ADREES LATIF / Reuters
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Brazil's center back Ana Paula Belo celebrates a goal during the women's preliminaries Group A handball match against Montenegro.
—ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP - Getty Images
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Athletes compete in the first round of the women's 3000-meter steeplechase.
—FRANCK FIFE / AFP - Getty Images
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