Spanish teenager Alberto Ginés López won the first-ever Olympic sport climbing gold medal, winning the speed portion of the combined final ©Getty Images

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Runner-up Nathaniel Coleman from the United States, left, and Austria's Jakob Schubert, right - the only athlete to reach the top of the wall in the lead finale - joined him on the podium ©Getty Images
Runner-up Nathaniel Coleman from the United States, left, and Austria's Jakob Schubert, right - the only athlete to reach the top of the wall in the lead finale - joined him on the podium ©Getty Images


Another Spaniard, Sandra Sánchez, became the the first-ever Olympic champion in karate, winning the women's kata title ©Getty Images
Another Spaniard, Sandra Sánchez, became the the first-ever Olympic champion in karate, winning the women's kata title ©Getty Images


There have been hundreds of Olympic boxing champions, but
There have been hundreds of Olympic boxing champions, but "neutral" Russian Albert Batyrgaziev, in blue, is the first professional boxer to win a gold medal ©Getty Images


Lisa Carrington won the women's K1 500m and the three-time Tokyo 2020 champion is now New Zealand's most decorated Olympian ©Getty Images
Lisa Carrington won the women's K1 500m and the three-time Tokyo 2020 champion is now New Zealand's most decorated Olympian ©Getty Images


Goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch was the hero for Belgium, twice denying Australia's Jake Whetton in a shootout as Belgium won an Olympic hockey title for the first time ©Getty Images
Goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch was the hero for Belgium, twice denying Australia's Jake Whetton in a shootout as Belgium won an Olympic hockey title for the first time ©Getty Images
There was also a gold medal for Belgium in athletics as Nafi Thiam won the heptathlon ©Getty Images
There was also a gold medal for Belgium in athletics as Nafi Thiam won the heptathlon ©Getty Images


Hansle Parchment, second left, earlier emerged a the surprise winner of the men's 110m hurdles final  ©Getty Images
Hansle Parchment, second left, earlier emerged a the surprise winner of the men's 110m hurdles final ©Getty Images


Japan's Risako Kawai, right, won the women's freestyle 57kg gold medal a day after her sister was victorious at 63kg ©Getty Images
Japan's Risako Kawai, right, won the women's freestyle 57kg gold medal a day after her sister was victorious at 63kg ©Getty Images


China earned a fourth consecutive Olympic women's team table tennis and have now won 51 matches in a row in the event ©Getty Images
China earned a fourth consecutive Olympic women's team table tennis and have now won 51 matches in a row in the event ©Getty Images


In the Izu Velodrome, Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx took the women's keirin crown six years after suffering a heart attack ©Getty Images
In the Izu Velodrome, Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx took the women's keirin crown six years after suffering a heart attack ©Getty Images