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

Last updated: July 30, 2021 | 19:16

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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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