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The best photos from the Tokyo Olympics

Updated 11:49 AM ET, Sat August 7, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/sport/gallery/tokyo-summer-olympics-best-photos/index.html

It's the final week of the Tokyo Olympics, and these Games have been filled with amazing performances and some unexpected results.

On Saturday, Allyson Felix surpassed Carl Lewis to become the most decorated American in track-and-field history when she won gold in the 4x400-meter relay. The US men's basketball team won gold for the fourth Olympics in a row, defeating France 87-82. And Japan's baseball team finished an undefeated tournament by beating the United States 2-0 in the gold-medal game.

In other action this week, Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah became the first-ever woman to win the 100 and 200 meters at consecutive Olympics. And world records were shattered in both the men's and women's 400-meter hurdles, with Norway's Karsten Warholm and the United States' Sydney McLaughlin winning gold.

American swimmer Caeleb Dressel has won the most gold medals in these Olympics (five), and Australian swimmer Emma McKeon has won the most medals in all (seven). Only one other woman in history, Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya, has won seven medals at a single Olympics.

Simone Biles and her struggles with "the twisties" dominated the headlines in gymnastics, but she bounced back to win a bronze on the balance beam. And when she couldn't defend her individual all-around title, teammate Suni Lee stepped up and became the fifth straight American to win the event.