Whether running, jumping or throwing, Olympians stretch the limits of human endurance
Nine years ago, Zhu Ting had a choice to make.
China's Chen Long on Saturday defeated Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei to claim gold in the men's badminton singles competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
China's Liu Hong won women's 20km walk final on Friday, fending off Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez in a thrilling final kilometre dash to the finish line to snatch gold.
After his Olympic sprint double at the London 2012 Games, Usain Bolt declared himself a "legend".
China unfortunately lost the chance to enter the women's 4x100m final at Rio Olympics with a narrow gap behind the Canadians after the US successfully appealed its second chance to race alone.
Athletes not averse to showing affection on world's biggest stage
Chinese teenagers Ren Qian and Si Yajie claimed the gold and silver medals respectively in the women's individual 10 metre platform event.
Chinese men's table tennis gained a tough win in the team's gold medal match again Japan after 4 rounds of battle in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Brianna Rollins secured the women's 100m hurdles gold medal at the Rio Olympics as the United States claimed each of the top three places in Wednesday's final.
Women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling Rio 2016
Boxer Daniyar Yeleussinov might be scarred for life after winning welterweight gold on Wednesday, but if so, he welcomed it on a historic day for Kazakhstan.