Michael Phelps seized the 20th Olympic gold medal of a swimming career that keeps on giving with a 200 metres butterfly triumph on Tuesday that avenged his stinging 2012 defeat to South African Chad Le Clos.
China's Shi Zhiyong celebrates after a lift in the men's 69kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 9, 2016.
Host nation's lone golfer learned to play with clubs fashioned from tree parts
The three professional boxers that bucked 112 years of amateur competition in the Olympics have all been eliminated from the tournament.
Swimming is a big draw at the Olympics, but getting wet is all part of the game in several other events
Jamaican superstar confident his sport can purge itself of specter of doping
Olympians shine in collision events like boxing, rugby, judo and handball