Stunning Female Athletes Battling for Medals at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

15:10 GMT, 2 August 2021

As always, the Olympic Games are being watched by millions of sports fans all over the globe –with some athletes receiving more attention than others.

Artistic gymnastics, track and field events, surfing, skateboarding, swimming, volleyball, fencing...women are doing themselves proud in Tokyo in all of these sports.

In the era of social media, they are engaging with their fans, often by posting striking photos.

Check out Sputnik's gallery to see this year's Olympic beauties.

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German track and field athlete Alica Schmidt.

© Photo : Instagram account of ᗩlica Ѕchmidt

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Russian BMX freestyle cyclist Elizaveta Posadskikh.

© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich

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Latvian duo Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka react after defeating the Russian team in the 1/8 beach volleyball event.

© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya

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Peru's Daniela Macias returns a shot to Estonia's Kristin Kuuba in a women's singles badminton group stage match.

© AFP 2023 / Alexander Nemenov

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Surfer Caroline Marks of the United States in action during Women's Shortboard - Round 1 event at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach.

© REUTERS / Lisi Niesner

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China's Yang Qian celebrates on the podium between Russia's Anastasiia Galashina (L) and Switzerland's Nina Christen after winning the women's 10m air rifle final.

© AFP 2023 / Tauseef Mustafa

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US' forward Alex Morgan celebrates after scoring the fifth goal during the women's group G first round football match between New Zealand and US at the Saitama Stadium in Saitama.

© AFP 2023 / Ayaka Naito

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Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova.

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Gold medallist sailor Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark celebrates on the podium.

© REUTERS / Carlos Barria

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Sanja Vukasinovic of Serbia during the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions.

© REUTERS / Ann Wang

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Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni of Brazil.

© REUTERS / Toby Melville

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Sofia Pozdnyakova of Russia after battling Sofya Velikaya at the women's sabre fencing finals.

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Canadian weightlifter Kristel Ngarlem performs in the women's 76kg category.

© REUTERS / Edgard Garrido

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American artistic gymnast Sunisa Lee.

© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov

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Israel's Avishag Semberg after defeating Turkey's Rukiye Yıldırım to win a bronze medal in the women's 49kg taekwondo category.

© AP Photo / Themba Hadebe

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South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker in the semi-final of the women's 200m breaststroke.

© AFP 2023 / Jonathan Nackstrand

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Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russia reacts after winning the 25m pistol event.

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Zehra Gunes of Turkey celebrates with teammates after defeating the Chinese team in women's volleyball.

© REUTERS / Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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Ebony Morrison of Liberia after women's 100m hurdles.

© REUTERS / Andrew Boyers

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Surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil.

© REUTERS / Lisi Niesner

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Archer Yasemin Anagoz of Turkey.

© REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne

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