Shooting Olympic History

The Rio de Janeiro Olympics kick off on Aug. 5 for some two weeks of competitive games drawing athletes as well as audiences from around the world. As they prepare to cover the event, Reuters photographers look back on their favourite pictures from past Olympics where they captured the action on the ground as well as the participants' tears and joy that followed. Here: Jamaica's Usain Bolt (R) celebrates with Britain's Mo Farah on the podium after each receiving gold medals, Bolt for men's 4x100m relay and Farah for men's 5000m, at the victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Britain August 11, 2012. Eddie Keogh: “'So who wants to photograph all the medallists? Silence. It was the final meeting of the Reuters photo team that would cover all the Athletics at the Olympic Stadium. I was in a room of world class photographers and the medals had my name written all over it. Funnily enough doing the medals produced one of the most iconic pictures of the London Olympics when Usain Bolt met Mo Farah after receiving his Gold medal for winning the 5000m. Usain suggested they swap poses. It was a lovely moment, a historic picture and I was a very happy man when I saw the pictures on the screen of my camera”. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Reuters)
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