Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 18

Here are some of the images that caught our eye on Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Rio Summer Olympic Games.

SI Staff | Aug 18, 2016

Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 18 /

Best Photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics | Aug. 18

Usain Bolt sprints to his eighth career Olympic gold medal, with the sprint relay still to come in Rio.

Usain Bolt heads to victory in the 200-meter run, becoming the only Olympian to win the 100 and 200 in three Olympics.

Usain Bolt takes photos with fans after winning perhaps his last individual Olympic race.

Helen Louise Maroulis of the U.S. celebrates after winning against Japan's Saori Yoshida in their freestyle final match. Maroulis is the first American woman to a win a gold medal in wrestling and only the third person to ever defeat Yoshida.

This combination photo shows Allyson Felix of the U.S. failing to hand the baton to English Gardner in the 4x100m Relay Round 1. The U.S. filed an appeal and will get to run the qualifying race over.

Morolake Akinosun, English Gardner and Allyson Felix were all smiles after their relay team qualified for the final in the 4x100 via an unusual race do over.

Niek Kimmann of the Netherlands crashes out in the Cycling BMX quarterfinals.

The start of the triathlon.

Jelena Milovanovic (9) of Serbia and Laura Nicholls of Spain watch the ball during a semifinal game.

Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games - Day 13 Athletics Ashton Eaton of the United States, pictured here competing in the 100-meter hurdles, repeated as Olympic decathlon champion.

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee at the conclusion of the triathlon.

An overview shows Serbia's Brankica Mihajlovic spiking the ball during a semifinal against the U.S.

The team of Japan competes during the Synchronised Swimming Teams Technical Routine.

Croatia's Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic celebrate with their crew members after winning the 470 Men medal race.

Carlos Mario Oquendo Zabala of Colombia, Sam Willoughby of Australia, Amidou Mir of France, Alfredo Campo of Ecuador and Evgeny Komarov of Russia compete in the Cycling BMX quarterfinals.

The women's high jump competition.

A capybara makes his way across the fairway during the second round of the women's golf tournament.

Croatia's Ana Simic competes in the high jump qualifying round.

Melanie McCann of Canada duels with Natalya Coyle of Ireland during the Modern Pentathlon fencing.

Japan's Nozomi Okuhara returns against India's Pusarla V. Sindhu during a singles semifinal badminton match.

Kerron Clement of the U.S. crosses the finish line to win the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles.

Maryia Mamashuk of Belrus (red) competes with Sweden's Henna Katarina Johansson.

Decathlon competitors at the end of the 1,500 run.

French players celebrate their victory and qualification for the final at the end of a semifinal handball match against the Netherlands.

The underwater view shows team Ukraine competing in the Teams Technical Routine Final during the synchronised swimming event.

Mongolia's Battsetseg Soronzonbold (left) wrestles Elena Sergey Pirozhkova of the U.S. in a freestyle quarterfinal match.

Published Aug 18, 2016

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