Switzerland's Belinda Bencic celebrates after defeating Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles tennis final match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 31, 2021. (Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)

Boston Bruins center Charlie Coyle (13) goes airborne as New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov (40) makes the save in a shootout during an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, December 13, 2022, in Boston. (Photo by Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

JAPAN: A businessman stands at a pond in the Kyu-Shiba-rikyu Garden on a warm and sunny day in Tokyo, Japan, March 18, 2016. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Tara Davis-Woodhall, celebrates after winning the women's long jump during the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Photo by Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

Beta Tools Speed Up's Spanish rider Alonso Lopez crashes out in the early stages of the Moto2 race at the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island on October 22, 2023. (Photo by Paul Crock/AFP Photo)

Italy's Arianna Valcepina falls during the women's 500 m qualifying race at the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Gdansk, Poland, 16 February 2024. (Photo by Adam Warzawa/EPA)

Elise de Jong of Team Netherlands competes in the Women's Pole Vault during day two of the European Athletics U20 Championships 2025 on August 08, 2025 in Tampere, Finland. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images for European Athletics)

A long skater speeds away on the rain-wet ice on lake Orlangen, South of Stockholm on December 15, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 5 degrees for southern Sweden. (Photo by Tobias Rostlund/AFP Photo)

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