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Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone receives a crown from her sister after winning the women’s 400 hurdles in world record time
More than 11,000 athletes competing in 329 events for 32 sports and only one photographer.
That’s Los Angeles Times photojournalist Wally Skalij’s challenge.
No, he won’t be covering them all. But what he will be doing is bringing you visual gems. Scenes, inside looks and perspectives that make the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris the spectacle it is.
Take a look.
Stephen Curry gestures after a three-pointer against France in the gold medal match.
Azerbaijan’s Maria Stadnik, left, battles Germany’s Anastasia Blayvas in the women’s freestyle wrestling.
Sha’carri Richardson sports her long nails after winning gold in the 4X100 relay.
USA’s Elle St. Pierre, center, competes in the women’s 1500 meter semifinal.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
Team USA watches as Simone Biles performs her floor exercise routine during the women’s gymnastics team final.
Jamaica’s Lamara Distin takes off into a run while competing in the women’s high jump qualification.
Divers warm-up in the women’s 10 meter platform preliminaries.
Italian gymnast Alice D’Amato competes on the uneven parallel bars during qualifications Sunday.
Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who would eventually win gold, falls off the rail during the preliminaries of the men’s street skateboard competition.
U.S. and Canada battle in women’s beach volleyball on Saturday.
Serbia’s Nikola Djokovic kicks up dirt as he serves the ball against Germany’s Dominik Koepfer during a match.
Japan’s Koki Kano battles Tibor Andrasfi of Hungary in the semifinals of the men’s individual epee. Kano won the gold medal in the event.
Canada’s Francois Gauthier-Drapeau, in blue, tries to take down Italy’s Antonio Esposito in the men’s 81-kilogram judo quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The sun sets over the Eiffel Tower as the U.S. and Canada women’s beach volleyball teams warm up before a match.
Emily Mary Asmus of the U.S. battles Eleni Xenakis of Greece in water polo.
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles performs on the uneven bars.
A tennis fan tries to stay cool at Roland Garros Stadium during the 2024 Olympics.
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Wally Skalij joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer in 1997.