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 during his routine on the parallel bars during the men’s qualification at the gymnastics (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

Great Britain’s Joe Fraser performs on the rings during the qualification rounds at the artistic gymnastics (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Spectators walk through a mist of water near the Eiffel Tower (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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

Czech Republic’s Lukas Rohan made a splash during the men’s canoe single final (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

China’s Sun Jiaqi competing at the women’s park qualification (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

Simone Biles in action on the uneven bars for Team USA in the team final (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

Alex Yee (left, 56) competing in the men’s triathlon at the Pont Alexandre III en route to a gold medal (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

France’s Anthony Jeanjean performs a trick during the men’s BMX Freestyle final (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

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

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

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

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Lauren Scruggs celebrates on her knees after beating Italy in the women’s foil team final (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

Croatia’s Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic celebrate winning gold in the rowing men’s pair finals (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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

President of France, Emmanuel Macron, presents France’s judoka Romane Dicko with a bronze medal (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

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

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) (PA Wire)

Italy’s Irene Vecchi (left) and Algeria’s Saoussen Boudiaf compete at the Grand Palais (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)

The peloton passes the Basilique du Sacre Coeur de Montmartre during the men’s cycling road race (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

Riders pass the Louvre Museum during the women’s cycling road race (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

Iran’s Mahdi Olfat performs in the men’s vault final (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

The finish of the men’s 100m final, which was won by Noah Lyles in a photo finish (David Davies/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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

Athletes competing in the women’s 5000 metres final (Peter Byrne/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

The sun sets over the Eiffel Tower stadium (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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