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A selection of standout images from the Paris Olympics

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The Paris Olympics comes to a close on Sunday night after two weeks of competition.

Here the PA news agency picks out some of the best images from this year’s Games.

An athlete on the parallel bars
An athlete during his routine on the parallel bars during the men’s qualification at the gymnastics (Peter Byrne/PA)
Rhys McClenaghan performing on the pommel horse
Rhys McClenaghan during his qualification routine on the pommel horse. He would go on to win Ireland’s first gymnastics Olympic gold (Peter Byrne/PA)
Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Day Two
Paris 2024 marked the return of Simone Biles, who, after winning bronze  at Tokyo 2020, withdrew from her remaining individual events due to the ‘twisties’. The gymnast went on to take a hat-trick of golds and one silver medal in Paris (Mike Egerton/PA)
Tom Daley and Noah Williams with their medals
Great Britain’s Noah Williams plants a kiss on team-mate Tom Daley’s cheek as the pair show off their silver medals from the men’s 10m synchronised event. Paris 2024 was Daley’s fifth Games since making his bow at Beijing 2008 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Lukas Rohan competing in the canoe single
Czech Republic’s Lukas Rohan made a splash during the men’s canoe single final (John Walton/PA)
Andy Murray and Dan Evans celebrating with their arms in the ait
Andy Murray and Dan Evans celebrate after winning their men’s doubles second round match. The pair would eventually bow out in the quarter-finals in what was Murray’s final match of his professional career (Martin Rickett/PA)
Simone Biles on the uneven bars
Simone Biles in action on the uneven bars for Team USA in the team final (Mike Egerton/PA)
Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde sat chatting after the triathlon
Yee (right) with New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde. The Team GB triathlete won gold after surging past Wilde to secure a thrilling victory (David Davies/PA)
Anthony Jeanjean doing a trick at the BMX final
France’s Anthony Jeanjean performs a trick during the men’s BMX Freestyle final (David Davies/PA)
Jake Jarman on the rings
Team GB’s Jake Jarman performs on the rings in the all-round final (John Walton/PA)
Helen Glover with her children
Helen Glover with her children Logan, Kit and Willow after winning a silver medal in the women’s rowing four. Silver in Paris was her third Olympic medal across four Games (John Walton/PA)
Lauren Scruggs celebrating victory
Lauren Scruggs celebrates on her knees after beating Italy in the women’s foil team final (John Walton/PA)
Emily Craig and Imogen Grant show their emotions
Great Britain’s Emily Craig and Imogen Grant show their emotion during the ceremony for the rowing lightweight women’s double sculls finals in which they won gold (John Walton/PA)
Emmanuel Macron putting a medal around the neck of Romane Dicko
President of France, Emmanuel Macron, presents France’s judoka Romane Dicko with a bronze medal (Mike Egerton/PA)
Beach volleyball in front of the Eiffel Tower
Team USA’s Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng play Germany’s Svenja Mueller and Cinja Tillmann in the beach volleyball under the glow of the Eiffel Tower (John Walton/PA)
Riders passing Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre
The peloton passes the Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre during the men’s cycling road race (David Davies/PA)
Mahdi Olfat in action at the vault
Iran’s Mahdi Olfat performs in the men’s vault final (Mike Egerton/PA)
The men's 100m final finish
The finish of the men’s 100m final, which was won by Noah Lyles in a photo finish (David Davies/PA)
Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Day Ten
Team USA’s Taylor Spivey (left) in action during the mixed relay triathlon at the Pont Alexandre III. The USA went on to edge out Team GB and claim silver (David Davies/PA)
Keely Hodgkinson crossing the finish line
Hodgkinson celebrates crossing the finishing line in the women’s 800 metres final (Peter Byrne/PA)
Toby Roberts in action on the climbing wall
Great Britain’s Toby Roberts during his men’s boulder and lead semi-final. He would go on to win gold in the final (Peter Byrne/PA)
Imane Khelif being fanned by her coaches
Imane Khelif during her women’s 66kg semi-final. The Algerian boxer was one of two fighters at the centre of a gender eligibility row during the Games. She won gold after beating Liu Yang (Peter Byrne/PA)
Team GB's women's team pursuit riders at the Velodrome
Great Britain’s Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts during the women’s team pursuit heats. They would go on to claim a bronze medal later (David Davies/PA)
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