1/22Samir Ait Said of France broken his leg in the gymnastics
The agony and ectasy of the Olympics
WINNING Olympic gold is what they have worked hard on or four years; for some athletes it ends in joy, for others ultimate agony.
2/22Coke Image of the day. Michael Phelps of the USA wins the Men's 200m Butterfly Final, his 20th Olympic Gold medal, on Day 4 of the swimming at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Picture. Phil Hillyard
3/22Said was stretchered out to massive applause
4/22USA’s Caeleb Dressel cries while standing with his gold medal on the podium
5/22Russia’s Angelina Melnikova cries as she leaves the arena after competing in the artistic gymnastics
6/22GAME OVER: Sonny Bill Williams was injured in NZ’s opening match against Japan and his campaign is over.
7/22Colombia’s Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera cries on the podium after he won the Men’s 62kg weightlifting
8/22Melissa Hoskins, of the Australian women’s track cycling team, is tended to after crashing during a training session
9/22Germany’s Andreas Toba cries during the qualifying for the men’s Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena
10/22Dutch Cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten Hurt in horrifying crash during the women’s road race. Source: YouTube
11/22Juan Martin del Potro and Novak Djokovic both shed tears in their opening round match which the Argentine won
12/22Melissa Hoskins was left in agony after crashing out at the velodrom
13/22Spain’s Miguel Duran Navia cries after thinking he was disqualified for a false start but was later allowed back into the race
14/22Netherlands’ Maret Balkestein-Grothues (C) is carried off of the court injured during the women’s qualifying volleyball match between the USA and the Netherlands
15/22Bak Ji-yun of South Korea cries after her loss to Alice Schlesinger of Great Britain during the women’s 63 kg judo
16/22Germany’s Andreas Toba, who got injured during the qualification round, walk in with the help of crutches during the artistic gymnastics
17/22Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, winces in pain as a trainer attends to his injured right foot during a match against Gilles Muller
18/22Marta Baeza Centurion of Brazil goes down injured during competition against Bogna Jozwiak of Poland
19/22Croatia’s shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic falls after being injured during a Men’s round Group B basketball match between Croatia and Spain
20/22Egypt’s Ahmed El Kotb reacts in pain after injuring himself during the men’s qualifying volleyball match between Poland and Egypt
21/22Dustin Brown of Germany receives treatment after injuring his ankle before retiring from the match during his match against Thomaz Bellucci
22/22Colombia’s Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez is injured during qualifying for the women’s Artistic Gymnastics at
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