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Swimming, July 31
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Beach Volleyball, July 29
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
The Paris Olympics promised to be memorable from the begin: a gap ceremony and competitions on the River Seine; intensive safety measures quieting a bustling metropolis; the potential for equal gender illustration amongst athletes for the first time. Through the disruptions and controversies, desires realized and denied, photographers from The New York Times have been there to seize the moments. Here are a few of their favourite images.
Thursday, Aug. 1
Aerial stunts aren’t restricted to the gymnasts. Theirs are just a bit extra swish.
James Hill for The New York Times
Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Wednesday, July 31
The males’s triathlon went on after having been delayed a day over the Seine River’s water high quality. Other sports activities did a greater job of staying in sync.
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
James Hill for The New York Times
James Hill for The New York Times
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Tuesday, July 30
A gold medal and merely making it to Paris are each price celebrating.
James Hill for The New York Times
Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times
Monday, July 29
No matter the sport, you’ve received to maintain your eye on the ball.
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
Sunday, July 28
Simone Biles’s return to the Olympics after her withdrawal from most occasions in the Tokyo Games three years in the past took heart stage as she and her American teammates competed in the qualification spherical. The highlight elsewhere was rather less brilliant.
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times
Saturday, July 27
The opening ceremony flotilla docked, the athletes — and Celine Dion — dried off from the rain and the Games started. Rugby sevens, and different sports activities that had began earlier in the week, lastly had some firm.
Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times
Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times
Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
