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![USA's Devin Booker dives to steal the ball against Australia's Dante Exum in the second half of a semi-final game](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6cb1215/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2394x2886+0+0/resize/2000x2411!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2F40%2Fda6926de496bacc291fa67ac32e4%2Fla-photos-1staff-dsc-3956.jpg)
USA’s Devin Booker dives to steal the ball against Australia’s Dante Exum in the second half of a semi-final game.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![USA's Draymond Green, left, and Devin Booker strip the ball from Australia's Nathan Sobey](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/60285c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2952x1962+0+0/resize/2000x1329!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2Fe7%2F3a5946b2412faf1e3eaf974c63bc%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics3-wjs.jpg)
USA’s Draymond Green, left, and Devin Booker strip the ball from Australia’s Nathan Sobey in the first half of a semi-final game.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![USA's Damian Lillard, Australia's Matt Dellavedova](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/59b333f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2145x1989+0+0/resize/2000x1855!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F72%2F80%2F0ffd8c804c67a80313cc4b95595b%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics4-wjs.jpg)
USA’s Damian Lillard gets an arm in his face as he dribbles past Australia’s Matt Dellavedova in the first half of the semi-final game.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![USA's Katie Nageotte wins the gold medal in the women's pole vault final.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/40732bc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3900x2550+0+0/resize/2000x1308!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F35%2Fdf%2Ff30e37cb4d6188dbbe0bc3ee78d5%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics12-wjs.jpg)
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![Canada's Anicka Newell competes in the women's pole vault final.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bfeacfd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2092x2852+0+0/resize/2000x2727!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F29%2F1d%2F8e4304344ec0b8b41490e3e10ec1%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics15-wjs.jpg)
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![Women from the heptathlon try to catch their breath after completing the 800m.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/98a93ba/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5032x3128+0+0/resize/2000x1243!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2Fb7%2F43e836d0427abf5dfe4c3c354320%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics17-wjs.jpg)
Women from the heptathlon try to catch their breath after completing the 800m which is the last leg of the competition.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![Canada's Damian Warner cools himself off after winning gold in the decathlon.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/679c9d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4002x2622+0+0/resize/2000x1310!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2F93%2F8d33578a4aac8c6b563968f26236%2Fla-photos-1staff-812415-sp-0805-tokyo-olympics18-wjs.jpg)
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
![USA climber Nathaniel Coleman has a slight lead over Austria's Jakob Schubert in the Speed Finals.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5d80a2b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2628x3000+0+0/resize/2000x2283!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2Ffa%2Fafc73fe945768c8a5528a5fcd76e%2Fla-photos-1staff-812414-sp-0805-olympics-climbing-2-rcg.jpg)
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
![Czech climber Adam Ondra climbs during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Sport Climbing](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bec5aec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2600x2286+0+0/resize/2000x1758!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F77%2F6f%2F5cbfb3a04242bc28ad5942fd484f%2Fla-photos-1staff-812414-sp-0805-olympics-climbing-11-rcg.jpg)
Czech climber Adam Ondra climbs during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Sport Climbing
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
![French climber Mikael Mawem uses his fingers to get him through a tough part of the Men's Combined Bouldering Final.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8f6b338/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F30%2F5e%2Fbb4124e94fafbf6926eb90aa02e7%2Fla-photos-1staff-812414-sp-0805-olympics-climbing-5-rcg.jpg)
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
![USA climber Danny Duffy prepares to compete in the Men's Combined Bouldering Final.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/09e39b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2612x2893+0+0/resize/2000x2215!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb1%2F70%2Fd1c6568b43bfa98c32dea89a9899%2Fla-photos-1staff-812414-sp-0805-olympics-climbing-7-rcg.jpg)
(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
![ROCS's Ekaterina Prokofyeva, USA's Rachel Fattal.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/98ebaa6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1626x1218+0+0/resize/2000x1498!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F15%2F4c%2F084f288e4879966e6589c6714509%2Fla-photos-freelance-contract-813674-la-sp-tokyo-olympics-8085.jpg)
Ekaterina Prokofyeva from the Russian Olympic Committee and U.S. Rachel Fattal mix it up during the women’ss water polo semifinal Thursday.
(Gary Ambrose/For the Times)
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