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Paris 2024 – the winners and the losers

The ups and downs of 16 days of competition.

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The 2024 Paris Olympics comes to a close on Sunday after 16 days of competition.

Here, the PA news agency selects five winners and five losers from an eventful Games in the French capital.

WINNERS

Keely Hodgkinson

Keely Hodgkinson wears a crown after winning 800 metres gold at the Paris Olympics, holding a union flag.
Keely Hodgkinson wears a crown after winning 800 metres gold at the Paris Olympics (Peter Byrne/PA)

Simone Biles

A smiling Simone Biles holds up one of her gold medals.
American gymnast Simone Biles wrote a great comeback story in Paris to win three gold medals and take her Olympic tally to seven (Mike Egerton/PA)

British rowers

Great Britain’s men's eight in a line, holding hands up in the air and cheering.
Great Britain’s men’s eight Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charles Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and cox Harry Brightmore pictured after Olympic success (Peter Byrne/PA)

New sports

A breaking star in action.
Breaking made its Olympic Games debut in Paris and wowed the crowds (John Walton/PA)

Paris

A view of the beach volleyball with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
The Eiffel Tower was a magnificent backdrop for the beach volleyball competition at Paris 2024 (John Walton/PA)

LOSERS

Decency and values

A smiling Steven van de Velde in action at the beach volleyball.
Steven van de Velde, a convicted child rapist, was allowed to compete at the Olympics but booed by fans (David Davies/PA)

Jade Jones

Double Olympic champion Jade Jones looks disappointed after losing in Paris.
Double Olympic champion Jade Jones went out in the first round after her Games build-up was overshadowed by a missed drug test (Mike Egerton/PA)

British boxers

Super heavyweight Delicious Orie in the boxing ring, dressed in blue.
Super heavyweight Delicious Orie was part of the Team GB boxers who disappointed in Paris (John Walton/PA)

Beth Shriever

The BMX riders in action, jumping.
Beth Shriever made an unsuccessful defence of her Olympic BMX title after suffering a disaster in the final (David Davies/PA)

Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Reigning Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen (second from right) trails in fourth behind American winner Cole Hocker with Josh Kerr in second.
Reigning Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen (second from right) trails in fourth behind American winner Cole Hocker (Martin Rickett/PA)
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