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Sunset over the River Seine as the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics begins. IMAGES
The mother of Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez, Leonor Nunez, celebrates with friends and neighbours the victory of her son after he won the men's greco-roman 130kg wrestling event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at her home in the town of Herradura, Pinar del Rio province. Lopez made Olympic history when he became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual golds in the same event, bettering the records of Games icons such as Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps. IMAGES
Images of the River Seine and tourists as the men's triathlon event scheduled for Tuesday was postponed until Wednesday due to 'sanitary reasons', as the water was still too polluted, announced the organisers, who had taken the risky gamble of having athletes swim in the river from the outset. IMAGES
"It will be a major legacy for us," says Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo after swimming for a few minutes in the river Seine with the President of the Paris Games Organising Committee (Cojo) Tony Estanguet. IMAGES
Voters put their ballot papers in the ballot box at a polling station in Sainte-Adresse (Seine-Maritime), near Le Havre, for the second round of the legislative elections, a historic election in which the Rassemblement National could emerge victorious, although there is considerable uncertainty about its ability to win an absolute majority in the Assembly and form a government. IMAGES
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