Photos

  • Tijana Boskovic of Serbia spikes during the 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship Final against Italy at Yokohama Arena (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)
  • Yuta Watanabe of Japan drives to the basket during the FIBA Men's World Cup Asian Qualifier 2nd Round Group F match against Iran on September 17, 2018 (Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images)
  • Melvyn Richardson of France shoots while he is challenged by Rasmus Lauge and Anders Zachariassen of Denmark during the 2019 IHF Men's World Championship semi-final (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
  • Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic plays a backhand during her Women's Singles Quarter-final match against Ashleigh Barty of Australia at the 2020 Australian Open (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
  • Ding Ning of People's Republic of China competes against Chen Szu-Yu of Chinese Taipei during Women's Teams Semi-finals - Match 1 at the ITTF Team World Cup, Tokyo 2020 Test Event (Photo by Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)
  • Irene Vecchi of Italy competes against Mariel Zagunis of the United States during the Women's Sabre Team bronze medal match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
  • Kazuyasu Minobe of Japan reacts during a match against Marco Fichera of Italy during the Men's Epee Individual at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
  • Monica Abbott of United States pitches against Canada during the second inning Softball Women Grand Final at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez/Getty Images)
  • Filip Filipovic #10 of Serbia shoots for goal during the Men's Water Polo Gold Medal match against Croatia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
  • Carolina Marin of Spain competes against V. Sindhu Pusarla of India during the Women's Singles Gold Medal Match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
  • Rafael Nadal of Spain during the Tennis Men's Singles bronze medal match during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
  • Momota Kento of Japan competes in the Men's Singles Final against Jonatan Christie of Indonesia at the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open Badminton Championships, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games test event on July 28, 2019 (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)
  • Jun Mizutani serves during the Table Tennis Men's Quarter-final Match between Japan and Honk Kong,China at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
  • (L-R) Mabuchi Satoko #25 of and Yamada Eri #11 of Japan celebrate their 3-1 win against the United States during the women's softball gold medal match during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)
  • Zhengzhou, 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Women's Singles 1/8 finals , Olympic Sport Center, Zhengzhou 2019/12/12.
  • Nishida Yuji of Japan during the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
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International Left-handers Day

Today, Thursday 13 August, is International Left-handers Day! And in sports, there's no shortage of left-handed athletes who excel in their field. So hats off to the greatest Olympic lefties of all time.

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