Friday, August 12, 2016

Most inspiring photos from the Rio Olympics 2016

Here are some of our favourites so far in the four days the Rio Olympics has been running.
Olympics - Basketball
Keep your eye on the ball! Nigeria and Lithuania fight for a rebound during a basketball game.

Olympics - Boxing match
Hossam Hussein Bakr Abdin, of Egypt, takes a moment to kiss the mat after winning a match during the men’s middleweight 75-kg boxing match.

Olympics - Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps wins his 19th Olympic Gold medal alongside teammate at the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay.

Olympics - Rio Sunset
The sun sets over the Beach Vollyball Arena and the cascading Rio hills.

Olympics - Judo
An Italian And United Arab Emirates contestant compete during the bronze medal round at the men’s 81-kg judo competition.

Olympics - Katie Ledecky
USA’s Katie Ledecky dives into the pool during the women’s 200m freestyle final to win gold medal.

Olympics - Womens rugby
Kenya’s Celestine Masinde ® and Philadephia Olanda tackle Jade le Pesq of France during a Women’s Pool B rugby match at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Olympics - Kosuke Hagino
Kosuke Hagino wins gold and becomes Japan’s first swimmer to claim victory at the Olympic event.

Olympics - Volleyball
This picture beautifully displays the cultural differences seen at the Rio Olympics as the German and Egyptian beach volleyball players go at it.

Olympics - Weight lifting
Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera wins a gold medal in the men’s 62kg weightlifting competition for Colombia at the Rio Summer Olympics.