The 12 best moments from the Olympics this week

Show-stopping demonstrations of sportspersonship, talent and dedication are, of course, the whole point of the Olympic Games. Simone Biles has vaulted her way to becoming the most decorated US gymnast in history, all the while championing her teammates and starting discussions about athletes’ mental health, and 22-year old French swimmer Léon Marchand did something even swimming legend Michael Phelps never did – win two gold medals within one pool session. 

But we’ve been blessed with some flabbergasting, side-splitting and tear-jerking moments, too, from the final match of legendary tennis player Sir Andy Murray’s career to a wedding ring lost to the Seine, an Egyptian fencer who competed while seven months pregnant and, thanks to Tom Daley, plenty of wholesome knitting content. So, here is a roundup of all the most iconic moments from the Paris 2024 Olympics… so far. 

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The 12 best moments from the Paris 2024 Olympics this week

1. Italian Olympian Gianmarco Tamber proves romance isn’t dead

2. Simone Biles is… well, Simone Biles

3. The curtain falls on Sir Andy Murray’s stellar career

4. Just, the shooters

5. This remarkable photograph of Brazil’s surfer Gabriel Medina

6. Tom Daley showing off his impeccable knitting skills

7. Italy’s Giorgia Villa being sponsored by parmesan cheese

8. 22-year old Léon Marchand wins two gold medals in one pool session for France

9. Two athletes bending the rules?

10. Team USA’s Stephen Nedoroscik AKA ‘Pommel Horse Guy’

11. Nada Hafez fencing for Egypt while seven months pregnant

12. The collab we didn’t know we needed

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