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  • Hirano Miu (L) and Ito Mima (R) of Japan celebrate their win after defeating Feng Tian Wei and Yu Meng Yu of Singapore during the Women's Doubles semi-final at the 2014 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
  • Roger Federer of Switzerland congratulates Rafael Nadal of Spain in winning match point and the Championship during the men's singles Final at Wimbledon in 2008 (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
  • Bronze medallist Seto Daiya of Japan and gold medal medallist Hagino Kosuke of Japan pose during the medal ceremony for the Final of the Men's 400m Individual Medley at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
  • Serena Williams of the USA and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark during their doubles semi-final against Kirsten Flipkens and Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium at the 2020 Women's ASB Classic (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
  • Gold medallist Michael Phelps (R) of the United States shakes hands silver medallist Ryan Lochte of the United States on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 200m Individual Medley at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
  • Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia shakes hands with Dan Lin of People's Republic of China after winning the Men's Singles Badminton semi-final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
  • Sofya Velikaya (L) and Yana Egorian of Russian Federation embrace following the Women's Individual Sabre Gold Medal Bout at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
  • Gold medallist Armand Duplantis of Sweden and bronze medallist Renaud Lavillenie of France celebrate after the Men's Pole Vault final during the 24th European Athletics Championships on August 12, 2018 (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
  • Gold medal winner Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe kisses silver medal winner Margaret Hoelzer of the United States after swimming the 200m Backstroke final during the 2005 FINA World Championships (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
  • Tanoimoto Ayumi of Japan throws Lucie Decosse of France in the gold medal contest of the 63kg judo bout at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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