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IMAGE: Team Saint Kitts and Nevis's Amya Clarke prepares to compete in the women's 100 metres heats.
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
IMAGE: Team Morocco's Mohamed Tindouft competes during round one of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase heats.
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
IMAGE: Athletes compete during round one of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase heats.
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
IMAGE: Team Japan's Yuta Watanabe (front) and Arisa Higashino compete against Team Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet during the mixed doubles bronze medal match.
Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
IMAGE: Team Brazil's Rogerio Moraes Ferreira in action with Team Argentina's Gaston Mourino during the men's handball match.
Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
IMAGE: Team Netherlands dive into the pool to take on Team South Africa in a water polo match.
Photograph: Kacper/Reuters
IMAGE: Team Mexico's Isaac Rodriguez tagged out at home base by Team Dominican Republic's Charlie Valerio in a men's baseball opening round match.
Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters
IMAGE: Team Chinese Taipei's Wu Chia Ying shoots in the women's final 25m Pistol shooting competition.
Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters
IMAGE: Team Great Britain's Grace Reid during the women's diving 3m springboard preliminary round competition.
Photograph: Antonio Bronic/Reuters
IMAGE: Team United States Head Coach Adam Krikorian speaks to Margaret Steffens before the water polo contest against the Russian Olympic Committee.
Photograph: Kacper/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/ Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com
