Candid moments at 2024 Paris Olympics

As the Paris Olympics came to an end after more than two weeks of hardfought victories and painful losses, Kyodo News photographers share a collection of candid moments captured at the summer games inside and out.

Rocket Start _{- Suburbs of Paris,July 20}

Thumb plumb in the sun _{- Near Paris la Defense Arena, Nanterre, France, July 10}

Baguetting into the Olympic spirit _{- Paris, July 24}

Eiffel and Phryge _{- Paris, August 5}

Venus rising above the competition

Paris, July 20

Welcoming performance that makes waves _{- Tahiti, July 26}

Eiffel of pride in their job _{- Paris, July 25}

Versailles of the century _{- Suburbs of Paris, July 23}

Shooting flame _{- Paris, July 25}

Ballin' brothers _{- Lille, France, July 27}

Kissing up to Queen Biles _{- Paris, July 25}

Floored by the performance _{- Paris, August 4}

Mascot moments _{- Paris, July 27}

Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

Paris, August 3

Putting a mask on the photographer’s shot_{- Suburbs of Paris, August 8}

Splash of jubilation_{- suburbs of Paris, July 31}

Bubbling to the surface _{- Suburbs of Paris, August 1}

Water wings _{- Suburbs of Paris, July 30}

Head, shoulders, knees and toes _{- Paris, July 27}

Streamlined sakura _{- Suburbs of Paris, August 6}

A towering figure _{- Paris, July 29}

Kamehameha! _{- Paris, Aug. 3}

Da Vinci dudes _{- Paris, July 29}

French kiss _{- Paris, August 5}

Fans' cool fans

France, August 4

Riding on a high horse _{- Suburbs of Paris, August 6}

Leaping at the chance of Olympic glory _{- Paris, July 29}

Morning marathon maidens _{- Paris, August 11}

Silhouette in Teahupo'o _{- Tahiti, July 25}

Photographers

Ichiro Banno, Yohei Fukai, Haruna Furuhashi

Takuto Kaneko, Daiki Katagiri, Hidetaka Komukai

Miki Matsuzaki, Yusuke Ogata, Iori Sagisawa, Takumi Sato

Takaki Yajima, Hiroki Yamamuchi, Natsumi Yasumoto

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