In photos: Tokyo Olympics 2020 - best of the action from Day 7 of the Games

A lighthearted look at some of the big events taking place in Japan today

Published: July 30, 2021 18:15 Imran Malik, Assistant Editor

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If you snooze you lose... Julien Wanders, of Switzerland, decides to catch a few winks in the middle of the men's 10,000-meter finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Image Credit: AP

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During his table tennis match against Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju wondered why the ball was getting bigger... and then it hit him. Image Credit: AFP

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A time and a place... Croatia's Mate Pavic decides to play a game of Twister in the middle of his doubles tennis match. Image Credit: AFP

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Anyone fancy some pizza? Liam Sanford of Britain put's his hand up immediately during the Hockey match against Belgium. Looks like he wants five slices... Image Credit: Reuters

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Good advice... Brazil's Evandro Goncalves Oliveira Junior gestures to his teammate during the beach volleyball match against Poland that the ball has to go over the net... Image Credit: AFP

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New tactics... China's Shao Ting decides the only way to stop Australia's Ezi Magbegor in the women's basketball match is to sit on her. Image Credit: AFP

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Easily distracted... Italy's volleyball team spot a camera during their match against Iran. Image Credit: Reuters

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That's got to hurt... We're not entirely sure where Mathias Gidsel's hand is during the handball match against Portugal, but judging by Pedro Portela's reaction, we guess it's somewhere rather sensitive. Image Credit: AFP

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If looks could kill... Someone in the Germany handball team is going to get the hairdryer treatment from coach Alfred Gislason. Image Credit: AFP

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Wave for the cameras... France's surfers Jeremy Flores and Pauline Ado couldn't have chosen a worse place to stop for an interview. Image Credit: AFP

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