A selection of standout images from the Paris Olympics

By PA News Agency

Lightning strikes near the Eiffel Tower, ahead of the start of men’s 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics (David Davies/PA).

Lightning strikes near the Eiffel Tower, ahead of the start of men’s 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics (David Davies/PA).

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)

Joe Fraser on the rings — Great Britain’s Joe Fraser performs on the rings during the qualification rounds at the artistic 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)

Beach volleyball taking place in front of the Eiffel Tower — Steven van de Velde and Matthew Immers (right) of the Netherlands during the beach volleyball preliminaries in front of the Eiffel Tower. Van de Velde, a convicted child rapist, was greeted by some boos on his Olympic debut in Paris (David Davies/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)

Fans walking through mists of water at the Eiffel Tower — Spectators walk through a mist of water near the Eiffel Tower (John Walton/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)

Adam Burgess celebrating his medal — Great Britain’s Adam Burgess celebrates after taking silver in the men’s canoe single final, his first Olympic medal (John Walton/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)

Boyd Martin aboard Fedarman B at the eventing — USA’s Boyd Martin aboard Fedarman B during the eventing individual jumping final. The equestrian events took place at the Chateau de Versailles (David Davies/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)

Sun Jiaqi with her bike in the air during women's park qualification — China’s Sun Jiaqi competing at the women’s park qualification (David Davies/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 other athletes competing in the triathlon — Alex Yee (left, 56) competing in the men’s triathlon at the Pont Alexandre III en route to a gold medal (David Davies/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)

Lois Toulson wipes a tear from Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix — Lois Toulson wipes a tear from Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix after the pair earned a hard-fought bronze medal in the women’s synchronised 10m platform final (John Walton/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)

China’s Zhang Boheng on the pommel horse — China’s Zhang Boheng performs on the pommel during the men’s all-around final, where he finished with silver (John Walton/PA)

Jake Jarman on the rings — Team GB’s Jake Jarman performs on the rings in the all-round final (John Walton/PA)

Competitors at the men's 20km race walk — Competitors during the men’s 20km race walk at the Trocadero (David Davies/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)

Team USA celebrating at the Grand Palais — Team USA’s Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs and Maia Mei Weintraub celebrate their victory over Italy in the women’s foil team final at the Grand Palais (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)

Croatia’s Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic celebrate in their boat — Croatia’s Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic celebrate winning gold in the rowing men’s pair finals (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)

Germany’s Christian Kukuk at the equestrian — Germany’s Christian Kukuk aboard Checker 47 performing at the jumping team final (David Davies/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)

BMX riders in action — BMX riders in action at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium (David Davies/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)

Fencers compete at the Grand Palais — Italy’s Irene Vecchi (left) and Algeria’s Saoussen Boudiaf compete at the Grand Palais (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)

Riders cycling past the Louvre — Riders pass the Louvre Museum during the women’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)

Scottie Scheffler with his wife and son — Meredith Scudder, wife of Scottie Scheffler (left), shares a kiss with her husband while cradling their son Bennett. Scheffler took gold in the men’s golf competition at Le Golf National (John Walton/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)

Armand Duplantis on the pole vault — Armand Duplantis won the men’s pole vault final. He set a new world record on his way to winning gold, clearing 6.25 metres to beat the 6.24 metres he set in the Xiamen Diamond League in April this year (Peter Byrne/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 celebrating her 800m success — Keely Hodgkinson wears a crown after winning the women’s 800 metres final to take the gold medal. She found herself in front at the halfway point and pulled away in the home straight to win in 1:56.72 (Peter Byrne/PA)

Keely Hodgkinson crossing the finish line — Hodgkinson celebrates crossing the finishing line in the women’s 800 metres final (Peter Byrne/PA)

Athletes competing in the women’s 5000m final — Athletes competing in the women’s 5000 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)

The sun setting over the Eiffel Tower stadium — The sun sets over the Eiffel Tower stadium (Mike Egerton/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)

Kellie Harrington holding up her gold medal — Ireland’s Kellie Harrington beat Wenlu Yang in the women’s 60kg final to claim a gold medal. She confirmed her retirement from boxing post-bout (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)

Chelsea Gubecka and Leah Crisp competing in the — Australia’s Chelsea Gubecka and Great Britain’s Leah Crisp competing in the women’s 10km marathon swim (David Davies/PA)

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