Loise Andia from Kenya trains before playing her match during the Kenya International 2020 Badminton for the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers at the Shree Swaminarayan Academy in Mombasa, Feb 27, 2020.

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - From Guatemalan Kevin Cordon's shocking near-bronze to the early exit of Japan's Kento Momota, the Tokyo Games were a series of dramatic upsets, near misses and high emotions.

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