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Images: Thursday at the 2016 Rio Olympics

See moments from Thursday of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

United States' Ashton Eaton celebrates after making a clearance in men's decathlon pole vault during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
United States' Ashton Eaton fails to clear the bar in men's decathlon pole vault during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Athletes compete in the second semifinal of the men's 1500-meter during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Britain's Alistair Brownlee, right, runs ahead of his brother Jonathan Brownlee, during the men's triathlon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Competitors take off for the start of the men's triathlon event on Copacabana beach at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Poland's Tomasz Majewski makes an attempt in the men's shot put final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Britain's Chris O'Hare after competing in a men's 1500-meter semifinal during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Athletes compete in a men's 1500-meter semifinal during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
France's Kevin Mayer makes an attempt in the javelin throw of the decathlon during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
United States' Kerron Clement celebrates winning the men's 400-meter hurdles final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Anthony Dean of Australia, right, and Connor Fields of the United States, center foreground, compete in the BMX cycling quarterfinals during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Netherlands' Bob da Voogd covers his face with his jersey after his team lost to Germany during a men's field hockey bronze medal match match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Raheleh Asemani, of Belgium, evades a kick from Hedaya Wahba, of Egypt, in women's 57-kg taekwondo bronze medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Australia's team competes during the synchronized swimming team technical routine final in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
A team member of China's synchronized swimming team is thrown into the air during the synchronized swimming team technical routine final in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Kazakhstan's Yekaterina Larionova, top, competes against United States' Elena Sergey Pirozhkova during the bronze medal round of the women's 63-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Sweden's Sofia Magdalena Mattsson celebrates after winning the bronze medal during the women's 53-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
Usain Bolt from Jamaica celebrates after crossing the line to win the gold medal in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
United States' Ryan Crouser celebrates after winning the gold in the men's shot put during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
English Gardner and Allyson Felix, right, from the United States drop the baton in a women's 4x100-meter relay heat during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
France's Olivia Epoupa, left, drives past United States' Brittney Griner, right, during a semifinal round basketball game at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. AP Photo
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