Triumph and Heartbreak at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Aug 10, 2021 Sports Illustrated photographers captured the emotions of the 2020 Olympic Games Japan wins gold in softball. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Karsten Warholm sets a new world record in 400m hurdles. USA wins gold against Brazil in the women's volleyball final. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Lydia Jacoby of USA wins gold in the 100-meter breaststroke. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy wins gold in the men’s 100-meter final. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Luka Mkheidze of France celebrates his win over Jin Won Kim of South Korea. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Nyjah Huston of Team USA Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Women's basketball champions A'ja Wilson (left) and Brittney Griner show off their gold medals. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Igor Reizlin of Ukraine celebrates after beating Andrea Santarelli of Italy in the men's epee individual bronze medal bout. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team Fiji poses with its gold medals after winning the rugby sevens men's final. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Gymnast Sunisa Lee of Team USA Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Anastasija Zolotic of the U.S. celebrates a win over Tatiana Minina of the ROC in the taekwondo women's 57kg gold medal bout. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Allyson Felix of Team USA. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway celebrates winning gold in the men's individual triathlon competition. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy reacts after winning a tie gold medal in the men's high jump final. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated U.S. women's indoor volleyball finished with gold. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Uzbekistan's Ulugbek Rashitov (blue) and Bradly Sinden of Great Britain react after the gold-medal contest. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Hebert Sousa of Brazil. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Caeleb Dressel (right), Blake Pieroni (center), and Bowe Becker of Team USA celebrate winning gold in the final of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. Simon Bruty /Sports Illustrated Wei Sun of China celebrates after the horizontal bar during the men's all-around final. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated The U.S. women's basketball team celebrates after winning gold. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Japan's Yuto Horigome competes in the men's street final. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated April Ross (left) and Alix Klineman of Team USA celebrate winning their women's beach volleyball final match over Australia. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Athletes recover after the men's triathlon. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Draymond Green reacts after winning gold in men's basketball. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan celebrates after beating Richard Torrez Jr of the United States in the men's super heavy (over 91kg) boxing final bout. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated U.S. gymnast Simone Biles (right) hugs teammate Sunisa Lee. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy celebrates with Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi after winning the men's 100-meter final. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Great Britain men's field hockey Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Idalys Ortiz of Cuba competes in judo. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Chase Kalisz of United States celebrates winning the Men's 400-meter IM. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Nelly Korda of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in women's golf. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team USA. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Emma Weyant and Hali Flickinger of the United States hug after competing in the women's 400-meter individual medley final. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Argentina celebrates winning bronze in the men's rugby sevens finals. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team USA reacts after losing to Canada in women's soccer. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Women's 200-meter final. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Swimmer Katie Ledecky of Team USA. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Gabrielle Thomas of team USA. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Kellie Anne Harrington of Ireland celebrates after winning against Brazil. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team USA celebrates after winning gold in women's beach volleyball. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated (L-R) Natalie Hinds, Abbey Weitzeil and Ericka Brown took bronze in the women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated American fencer Lee Kiefer celebrates winning the individual gold in women's foil. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Kevin Durant celebrates after winning gold in men's basketball. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Kevin Durant reacts during the men's basketball final against France. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Photographers await the finish of the men's triathlon. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Swimmer Tom Dean of Great Britain. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team ROC celebrates after winning the artistic gymnastics women's team final. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated April Ross of Team USA reacts in women's beach volleyball. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Fiji's players react after winning the men's final rugby sevens match. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team USA during the men's basketball gold medal game. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Team USA reacts during a game against China in women's indoor volleyball. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Swimmer Ariarne Titmus of team Australia celebrates with her coach. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Katie Ledecky of Team USA celebrates. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Caeleb Dressel of Team USA celebrates. Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated Canada celebrates after defeating team USA in women's soccer. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Japan celebrates after winning gold in baseball. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Daria Bilodid of Ukraine reacts. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Adam Peaty of Great Britain is victorious in the pool after the men's 100-meter breaststroke finals. Simon Bruty /Sports Illustrated Team Jamaica celebrates after the women’s 4 X 100 relay final Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated (L-R) Tom Dean, Matthew Richards and James Guy of Great Britain during the men's 4 X 200 freestyle relay. Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated Team Japan during men's karate. Kohjiro Kinno/Sports Illustrated Tags: 2020 olympics Photos SI Full Frame sports photography tokyo olympics Share 0 Share on Facebook Tweet Tweet on Twitter +1 +1 on Google Plus