Olympics: the best pictures from day 16's action

Yankiel Leon Alarcon, of Cuba, gets attention from his corner during his fight against Badar-Uugan Enkhbat, of Mongolia, in the men's bantamweight final Photograph: Al Bello/Getty

Steve Hooker, of Australia, during the pole vault Photograph: Paul McFegan/Sportsphoto

Serbian Vladimir Vujasinovic takes a shot during the men's water polo bronze medal match against Montenegro Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters

The Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team competes in the three hoops and two clubs rotation in the group all-around final Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty

Gymnasts from various countries after the group all-around finals Photograph: Hwee Young/EPA

The Italian team competes in the group all-around final of the rhythmic gymnastics Photograph: Franck Fife/Getty

Dante Amaral, of Brazil, smashes as William Priddy, David Lee and Lloy Ball, of the United States, jump to block in the gold medal volleyball match Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty

US player Ryan Millar shows his emotions after the US beat Brazil in the men's volleyball final Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP

The Russian Olympic mascot, Cheburashka, sticks out of the pocket of a volleyball player during the medal ceremony Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters

The men's marathon gets under way Photograph: Matt Dunham/AFP

Abderrahim Goumri, of Morroco, duirng the men's marathon Photograph: Carl De Souza/Reuters

Kenya's Samuel Kamau Wansiru makes the sign of the cross as he wins the men's marathon Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP

Nina Solheim, of Norway, and Maria del Rosario Espinoza, of Mexico, in action during the women's +67kg taekwondo gold medal match Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

Kobe Bryant, of the United States, passes the ball over Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol, of Spain, during the gold medal basketball game Photograph: Harry How/Getty

Spain's Pau Gasol goes for a dunk during the men's basketball gold medal match against the US Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

Zhang Xiaoping, of China, celebrates defeating Kenny Egan, of Ireland, to win the gold medal in the men's light heavy weight final bout Photograph: Al Bello/Getty