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A selection of standout images from the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

Team GB cycling hopes hit by brutal crash to leave rider feeling like a ‘crash test dummy’

Ollie Wood was wiped out by Jan-Willem van Schip, of the Netherlands, in an incident that appeared to involve head-to-head contact

The Independent UK

Emile Cairess shines at Paris Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?

The Team GB runner impressed amid testing conditions in Paris to finish fourth behind new Olympic record holder Tamirat Tola

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Neah Evans and Elinor Barker navigate ‘chaotic’ madison to claim sprint finish silver

Fellow Team GB cyclist Jack Carlin also secured a bronze in the men’s sprint at the velodrome

The Independent UK

Elinor Barker and Neah Evans late show earns Great Britain a Madison silver

Jack Carlin weighed in with a controversial men’s sprint bronze.

The Independent UK

Emma Finucane adds keirin bronze to team sprint gold ahead of individual sprint

Great Britain now have five medals in the velodrome.

The Independent UK

Team GB’s Olympic gold hopes dashed after dramatic last lap in men’s team pursuit

The 1,000th medal in Team GB’s Olympic history was a silver one.

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Great Britain needed world-class Dutch to ‘mess up’ to win Olympic gold

Silver was the ‘best’ Team GB could hope for.

The Independent UK

Day 11 at the Olympics – Hocker shocker for Josh Kerr

Two silvers and a bronze for Team GB.

The Independent UK

Great Britain take silver as Netherlands win team sprint in world record time

Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull were beaten in the final by pre-race favourites Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland and Roy van den Berg

The Independent UK

Keely Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold as Team GB pick up five medals on day 10

Joe Clarke won silver and Kimberley Woods bronze in the kayak cross, while Team GB were downgraded from silver to bronze in the triathlon mixed relay.

The Independent UK

‘It doesn’t get much better than that’ – Team GB win women’s team sprint gold

Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant and Sophie Capewell broke the world record three times on a perfect night.

The Independent UK

Great Britain downgraded from silver to bronze after photo finish review

Beth Potter was pipped by American Taylor Knibb, with Germany taking gold.

The Independent UK

Pfeiffer Georgi fifth for GB as Kristen Faulkner bags surprise US road race gold

Georgi was ‘gutted’ she and her British team-mates Lizzie Deignan and Anna Henderson could not make the most of a promising position.

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Tom Pidcock feeling mentally ‘frazzled’ over speculation about his future

Pidcock finished 13th in the Olympic road race won by Remco Evenepoel

The Independent UK

Like father, like son: How Harry Charles became an Olympic gold medallist

Harry Charles abandoned a promising golf career to follow in his father’s footsteps

The Independent UK

Like father, like son – Harry Charles wins gold 12 years after dad Peter

Harry decided to ditch the golf clubs to follow in his father’s footsteps.

The Independent UK

Olympics day five: Alex Yee and women’s quadruple sculls strike gold for Team GB

There were also bronze medals for Beth Potter in the triathlon, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson in the diving and silver for Kieran Reilly.

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Kieran Reilly says lucky mullet has ‘done its job’ after BMX Freestyle silver

World champion Reilly, who has sported the haircut since last summer’s Euros, finished second behind Argentina’s Jose Torres Gil.

The Independent UK

Beth Potter’s brave sport switch rewarded with Olympic triathlon medal

Eight years ago, Potter finished 38th in the women’s 10,000m on the track at the Rio Olympics but changing sports to triathlon has paid dividends

The Independent UK

Beth Potter relieved to have toughed it out for a triathlon bronze medal

Frenchwoman Cassandre Beaugrand took the gold and silver went to Swiss Julie Derron.

The National (Scotland)

Kimberley Woods says Paris bronze medal feels ‘absolutely incredible’

The Briton was distraught after finishing last in the kayak single final in Tokyo three years ago.

The Independent UK

Kimberley Woods reflects on Olympics redemption with ‘incredible’ bronze medal

The Briton was distraught after finishing last in the kayak single final in Tokyo three years ago, .

The Independent UK

Steven van de Velde episode leaves no winners on dark day for Paris Olympics

The Dutch beach volleyball player was showered with boos after being introduced to the crowd on Sunday, almost a decade to the day after he pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year year-old British girl when he was 19

The Independent UK

Olympics day two: Adam Peaty gunning for gold in the 100m breaststroke

Evie Richards will hope to bring more success for Team GB’s cyclists after Anna Henderson’s time trial silver on Saturday.

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