Canada celebrates after defeating Sweden to win gold in the women's soccer final at the Tokyo Olympics. Abbie Parr/Getty Images hide caption
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The Beijing Winter Olympics are set to open in February. Visitors recently watched a light show at the newly built ski jumping center in northern China's Hebei province. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland after her country's officials tried to force her to take an early flight home from the Tokyo Olympics. Here she boards a flight Wednesday to Austria at Japan's Narita international Airport. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images hide caption
Mensah-Stock alternates between smiling and crying Tuesday as she celebrates a gold medal in her Olympic debut. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Greece's Evangelia Papazoglou and Evangelia Platanioti compete Monday in the preliminary for the duet free artistic swimming event in Tokyo. Their hopes are now dashed after Greek officials said the team will not participate in the group or duet artistic swimming events. Alexander Safonov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Gold medalists Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy and Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar shared the podium after the men's high jump at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Jean Catuffe/Getty Images hide caption
Team USA's Triston Casas trots the bases Monday after hitting a three-run homer against Japan as Hideto Asamura watches. Japan came back to defeat the U.S. 7-6 in extra innings at the Tokyo Olympics. Kazuhiro Fujihara/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After making history Monday, weightlifter Laurel Hubbard thanked the International Olympic Committee "for living up to the Olympic values and showing that sport is for all and that weightlifting can be done by all types of people." Swen Pförtner/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Raven Saunders turned heads with her unique look for Friday's qualifying round in the women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics. Saunders had one of the best throws of the day, earning her a spot in this weekend's final. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Patrick Moster was fired from his job as sports director of the BDR, the German Cycling Federation after yelling slurs during a race Wednesday. Here, Moster stands next to the track next to cyclist Azzedine Lagab from Algeria — one of the riders a German cyclist was attempting to catch. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Sunisa Lee of the United States performs on the balance beam Tuesday during the artistic gymnastics women's final at the Tokyo Olympics. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
German cyclist Nikias Arndt said he was "appalled" an official from his country's cycling federation shouted a racial slur during the men's time trial at the Tokyo Games. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Simone Biles spoke at length about the reasons behind her withdrawal from the gymnastics team final. She's seen here on Wednesday with teammate MyKayla Skinner, as they watch the men's all-around final in Tokyo. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption
Simone Biles looks on during the women's gymnastics team final during the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. After competing on the vault, Biles withdrew from team competition. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt celebrates as he crosses the line Monday to win the men's triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics. Blummenfelt won after a miscommunication between a media boat and the starting officials caused a rare false start in the endurance race. Adam Pretty/Getty Images hide caption