Photos: Day 12 of Rio Olympics

Originally published August 17, 2016 at 2:43 pm

Petra Maarit Olli (R) of Finland in action against Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the women’s Freestyle 58kg Quartefinal match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wrestling events at the Carioca Arena 2 in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

A multi exposure photo of Timo Boll of Germany during his game against Saehyuk Joo of South Korea during Men’s Team Bronze Medal game of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Table Tennis events at the Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Damian Warner of Canada competes in the Shot Put portion of the Decathlon of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/YOAN VALAT

Ivana Spanovic of Serbia makes an attempt during the women’s Long Jump Qualifying round of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 16, 2016. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

Germany’s Franzi Weber warms up prior to canoe sprint competition during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Teams stand to listen to the national anthems before a semifinal match of the men’s Olympic football tournament between Germany and Nigeria in Sao Paulo, Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Albert Kibichii Rop (L) of Bahrain and Bernard Lagat (C) of the USA compete during the men’s 5000m heats of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL

Ryan Broekhoff (R) of Australia in action with Adas Juskevicius of Lithuania during the men’s Basketball quarter final basketball match between Australia and Lithuania of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 1 in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/JORGE ZAPATA

Fabienne In-Albon of Switzerland, hits from a bunker on the 3rd hole during the first round of the women’s golf event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

United States’ Danell Leyva prepares for his performance on the parallel bars during the gymnastics exhibition gala at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

United States’ Haley Ruth Augello, blue, competes against Japan’s Eri Tosaka, red, during the women’s 48-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Brazil’s Thiagus Dos Santos reacts after losing to France during their Rio 2016 Olympic Games Men’s Quarterfinal Match at the Future Arena in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/MARIJAN MURAT

Caroline Buchanan of Australia competes in action during the women’s BMX Cycling Seeding Run competition of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic BMX Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/FAZRY ISMAIL

In this photo taken with slow shutter speed, Jelle van Gorkom of the Netherlands competes in the men’s seeding run at the Olympic BMX Center during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) OCYC130 (Pavel Golovkin / The Associated Press)

Two beach hawkers dressed as Arab men sell food and drinks from a mock camel in Praia do Pepe Beach of Barra da Tijuca district in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016. EPA/ORLANDO BARRIA

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Courtney Riffkin

Seattle Times photo staff

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