Stunning Female Athletes Battling for Medals at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

German track and field athlete Alica Schmidt.

Russian BMX freestyle cyclist Elizaveta Posadskikh.

Latvian duo Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka react after defeating the Russian team in the 1/8 beach volleyball event.

Peru's Daniela Macias returns a shot to Estonia's Kristin Kuuba in a women's singles badminton group stage match.

Surfer Caroline Marks of the United States in action during Women's Shortboard - Round 1 event at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach.

China's Yang Qian celebrates on the podium between Russia's Anastasiia Galashina (L) and Switzerland's Nina Christen after winning the women's 10m air rifle final.

US' forward Alex Morgan celebrates after scoring the fifth goal during the women's group G first round football match between New Zealand and US at the Saitama Stadium in Saitama.

Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova.

Gold medallist sailor Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark celebrates on the podium.

Sanja Vukasinovic of Serbia during the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions.

Skateboarder Leticia Bufoni of Brazil.

Sofia Pozdnyakova of Russia after battling Sofya Velikaya at the women's sabre fencing finals.

Canadian weightlifter Kristel Ngarlem performs in the women's 76kg category.

American artistic gymnast Sunisa Lee.

Israel's Avishag Semberg after defeating Turkey's Rukiye Yıldırım to win a bronze medal in the women's 49kg taekwondo category.

South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker in the semi-final of the women's 200m breaststroke.

Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russia reacts after winning the 25m pistol event.

Zehra Gunes of Turkey celebrates with teammates after defeating the Chinese team in women's volleyball.

Ebony Morrison of Liberia after women's 100m hurdles.

Surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil.

Archer Yasemin Anagoz of Turkey

As always, the Olympic Games are being watched by millions of sports fans all over the globe –with some athletes receiving more attention than others.

Artistic gymnastics, track and field events, surfing, skateboarding, swimming, volleyball, fencing...women are doing themselves proud in Tokyo in all of these sports. 

In the era of social media, they are engaging with their fans, often by posting striking photos. 

 

Check out Sputnik's gallery to see this year's Olympic beauties.