THE SHOWSTOPPERS OF TOKYO 2020 GAMES

KATIE LEDECKY and ARIARNE TITMUS

In the unmissable contest of the Games, American Ledecky and Aussie Titmus departed from Japan with two golds apiece (Katie took 2 silvers and Ariarne took another silver and bronze) and their rivalry enhanced

NEERAJ CHOPRA

A throw of a javelin landed Neeraj Chopra in history books, as he became the first Indian athlete to win an Olympic medal

CAELEB DRESSEL

In the lead-up to the Olympics, the US swimmer was considered a potential successor to Michael Phelps. He lived up to the hype taking home five gold medals

KARSTEN WARHOLM

In what was perhaps the greatest race ever, Norwegian Warholm took gold by breaking his own record by a staggering 0.76sec

SIFAN HASSAN

Hassan scored a hat-trick by taking golds in 5000m, 10,000m, and a bronze in 1,500m, joining an elite club of triple athletic medallists

GIANMARCO TAMBERI, MUTAZ ESSA BARSHIM

The duel between these two high jumpers from Italy and Qatar turned out to be historic as after clearing the same heights, they opted not to take it to a tie-breaker and decided to share their gold medal

ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH, SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE and SHERICKA JACKSON

Even in the absence of Usain Bolt, Jamaican athletes stole the show – this sprinter trio swept through the women's 100m race in a 1-2-3 finish

MARCELL JACOBS

A relatively unknown name, Italy’s Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the most coveted race of them all – 100m men’s