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Olympic Moments: Athletes Go Head to Head for Chance at Victory

Competition was fierce among Olympians in the women's hockey, wrestling and men's basketball events on the 12th day of the Rio Games.

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Britain's Mo Farah leads the men's 5000m Round 1 during the athletics event.

— FRANCK FIFE / AFP - Getty Images
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France's Kevin Mayer competes in the men's decathlon long jump during the athletics event.

— ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP - Getty Images
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Petra Maarit Olli of Finland in action against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the women's freestyle 58kg quarterfinal match of the wrestling events.

— SERGEI ILNITSKY / EPA
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Eva de Goede of Netherlands falls while competing against Hannah Kruger of Germany in the women's hockey semifinal match.

— VASILY FEDOSENKO / Reuters
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France's Philippe Rozier rides Rahotep de Toscane in the jumping competition.

— PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP - Getty Images
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Lukas Klostermann of Germany scores past goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel of Nigeria during the first half of the men's football tournament semifinal.

— PAULO WHITAKER / Reuters
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Mira Potkonen of Finland competes during the women's boxing light (60kg) semifinals bout 240.

— PETER CZIBORRA / Reuters
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Wu Jingyu of China competes against Huang Huai-Hsuan of Taiwan during the women's preliminary taekwondo 49kg preliminary round.

— ISSEI KATO / Reuters
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Akihiko Nakamura of Japan competes in the men's decathlon long jump final.

— DYLAN MARTINEZ / Reuters
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Jackeline Renteria of Colombia and Janet Sovero of Peru compete in the women's preliminary wrestling freestyle finals.

— TORU HANAI / Reuters
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Mo Farah of Britain runs as Mead Hassan of USA falls after they nearly collided during the men's preliminary 5000m Round 1.

— DOMINIC EBENBICHLER / Reuters
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Brazil's Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. is fouled by Honduras' Jhonathan Paz during the men's football semifinal match.

— ODD ANDERSEN / AFP - Getty Images
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Rose Keddell of New Zealand stumbles over Crista Cullen of Britain during the women's semifinal hockey match.

— VASILY FEDOSENKO / Reuters
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France's point guard Tony Parker is cornered by players from Spain during a men's quarterfinal basketball game.

— EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP - Getty Images
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Damian Warner of Canada competes in the shot put portion of the decathlon event.

— YOAN VALAT / EPA
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