Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 16

Here are some of the images that caught our eye on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Rio Summer Olympic Games.

SI Staff | Aug 16, 2016

Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 16 /

Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 16

Allison Pineau of France shoots past Macarena Aguilar Diaz of Spain during a quarterfinal handball match.

Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates her win over Ji Hyun Sung of Korea during a quarterfinal match.

Simon Biles during her gold medal-winning floor routine.

Silver medalist Alexandra Raisman of the United States, gold medalist Simone Biles and bronze medalist Amy Tinkler of Great Britain stand for the national anthem on the podium after the floor exercise competition

Patrick Constable of Australia during the men's Keirin first round.

Will Claye of the United States competes in the Men's Triple Jump Final

Triple jump gold medalist Christian Taylor of the U.S. and silver medalist Will Claye of the U.S.

Algeria's Walid Bidani reacts while competing in the +105kg weightlifting competition.

Cycling on Day 11 in Rio

Greco Roman wrestling between Artur Aleksanya of Armenia vs Cenk Ilden of Turkey.

Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (red) of Uzbekistan competes against Gary Russell of the United States.

Jennifer Simpson of the U.S. cries after taking the bronze medal in the 1500-meter final.

Germany's Laura Ludwig dives for the ball during a beach volleyball semifinal match against Germany.

Spain's Carolina Marin returns to South Korea's Sung Ji Hyun during their quarterfinal badminton match.

Olcay Cakir (right) of Turkey in action against Anna Cruz of Spain during a quarterfinal basketball game.

Francisco Barretto Junior of Brazil competes on the Horizontal Bar Final.

Cyclists compete during the women's Omnium Points race.

Germany's Daniel Deusser on First Class competes during the Equestrian's Show Jumping second qualifying round.

Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev competes in the parallel bars event final of the Artistic Gymnastics.

Japan's Arisa Sato in action during a quarterfinal volleyball match against the United States.

Mexico's Nuria Lidon Diosdado Garcia and Karem Faride Achach Ramirez compete in the Duets Technical Routine final during the synchronised swimming event.

Greece's Evangelia Platanioti and Evelina Papazoglou compete in the Duets Technical Routine final during the synchronised swimming event.

Jamaica's Omar McLeod (center right) wins the men's 110-meter hurdles final ahead of second placed Spain's Orlando Ortega (second left) and third placed France's Dimitri Bascou (center left).

Ronnie Ash of the U.S. falls after crossing the line of the 110-meter hurdles final.

Published Aug 16, 2016

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