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Images: Friday at the 2016 Rio Olympics

See moments from Friday of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Highlights include Sweden eliminating the United States by using penalty kicks for the win in women's soccer.

Alexander Massialas, left, and Russia's Artur Akhmatkhuzin compete in men's team foil fencing semifinal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada's Rosannagh MacLennan displays her gold medal during the women's trampoline final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam competes in a heat of the women's heptathlon high jump during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain's Andy Murray celebrates defeating Steve Johnson of the United States during the men's tennis competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Spain's Naiara Egozkue celebrates after scoring during a women's preliminary handball match against Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russia's Alexey Cheremisinov, bottom, and Dmitry Zherebchenko celebrate after defeating Italy in a men's team foil fencing semifinal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukraine's Tetyana Kob, right, celebrates as she won a match against Bulgaria's Stanmira Petrova during a women's flyweight 51-kg preliminary boxing match at at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
United States' gold medal winner Simone Manuel cries during the medal ceremony for the women's 100-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Niklas Larsen, of Denmark, celebrates after winning bronze in the men's team pursuit final at the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Artur Akhmatkhuzin from Russia, left, and Timur Safin from Russia, celebrates after the men's team foil competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
United States' Barbara Nwaba competes in a heat of the women's heptathlon high jump during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mexico's Melany Hernandez competes during the women's 3-meter springboard diving preliminary round in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Windsurfers compete during an RS:X women race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
China's Xu Lijia competes during the Laser Radial women race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Casper von Folsach of Denmark celebrates after winning bronze in the Men's team pursuit final at the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Angelique Kerber, of Germany, drops to her knees in celebration of her win over Madison Keys, of the United States, during their semi-final round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
China's Yu Song celebrates after winning the bronze medal of the women's over 78-kg judo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greece's Alex Gounas reacts after scoring against Brazil during a men's water polo preliminary round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada's Sophie Schmidt,, 13, celebrates with teammate Canada's Ashley Lawrence celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during a quarter-final match of the women's Olympic football tournament between Canada and France in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monica Puig, of Puerto Rico, celebrates after defeating Petra Kvitova, of the Czech Republic, during their semi-final round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sweden's Lisa Dahlkvist celebrates after scoring in the penalty kicks during a quarter-final match of the women's Olympic football tournament between the United States and Sweden in Brasilia Friday Aug. 12, 2016. Sweden beat the United States on penalty shootout. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl stops a penalty during a penalty shootout during a quarter-final match of the women's Olympic soccer tournament between the United States and Sweden in Brasilia Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. Sweden beat the United Sates on penalty kicks. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Players from Sweden celebrate after Stina Blackstenius, left, scored her team's first goal during a quarter-final match of the women's Olympic soccer tournament between the United States and Sweden in Brasilia Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Owain Doull, of Britain, celebrates after winning the men's team pursuit final at the Rio Olympic Velodrome during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tian Tao, of China, celebrates after a successful lift in the clean and jerk portion of the men's 85kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
The barbell rests on the collarbones of Gaelle Verlaine Nayo Ketchanke, of France, as she performs a clean and jerk in the women's 75kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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