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    56 Of The Most Mind-Boggling Pictures From The Paris Olympics

    By Matt Stopera,

    3 hours ago

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    1. Victor Wembanyama attempting to block Steph Curry.

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    2. Put this shot (the picture and the 3-pointer) in the Louvre!

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    3. The finish line of the triathlon.

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    4. Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh getting over the bar in woman's high jump.

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    5. I didn't even know the human body could contort this way!

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    6. Simone Biles seemingly levitating on the balance beam.

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    7. Simone Biles seemingly levitating on the balance beam... but backwards.

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    8. The height Simone Biles gets on these apparatuses is just mind-boggling.

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    9. Suni Lee searching for the bar mid-flight.

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    10. Mallory Swanson's reaction after scoring the winning goal in the gold medal soccer game vs. Brazil.

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    11. India's Manav Vikash Thakkar smashing that ping pong ball.

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    12. Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto staring down that ping pong ball.

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    13. Canada's Wyatt Sanford getting sloshed in the face.

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    14. Canada's Philip Kim in a precarious breaking position.

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    15. Kim Yeji with a giant gun.

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    16. Just effortlessly badass.

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    17. This amazing shot of Italy's Sofia Raffaeli competing in rhythmic gymnastics.

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    18. Another picture of a "headless" rhythmic gymnast.

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    19. Belarus' Alina Harnasko holding a ball with her foot.

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    20. Daiki Hashimoto seemingly posing mid-air on the high bar.

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    21. Takaaki Sugino fighting to grab the high bar himself.

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    22. Gabriel Medina floating in the air during men's surfing.

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    23. Sha'carri Richardson crossing the finish line in the rain during the 4x100m relay.

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    24. Katie Ledecky mid-breath.

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    25. Every picture of Katie Ledecky competing where it looked like no one else was in the pool.

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    26. This wild picture from BMX freestyle.

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    27. Grant Holloway leaping over a hurdle...

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    28. ... and the way he literally lept over the finish line.

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    29. Jordan Christopher Houlden of Team Great Britain giving his best diving face during the men's 3m springboard competition.

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    30. Great Britain's Jordan Christopher Houlden hitting the water after his own dive.

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    31. Germany's Leo Neugebauer hitting the sand during his long jump.

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    32. Czech Republic's Radek Juska straight-up disappearing in the sand after his long jump.

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    33. Tara Davis-Woodhall's incredible flexibility during her long jump.

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    34. And here she is mid-flight.

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    35. Rimu Nakamura of Japan jumping off of his bike in BMX freestyle.

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    36. Germany's Laura Lindemann jumping into the Seine.

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    37. USA's Kennedy Alexis Blades lifting Romania's Catalina Axente in women's freestyle wrestling.

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    38. Canada's Krissy Scurfield tackling New Zealand's Jazmin Felix-Hotham in rugby.

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    39. Canada's Alysha Newman celebrating her successful pole vault.

    40. New Zealand's Eliza Mccartney intensely and delicately dropping the vaulting pole during her jump.

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    41. Armand Duplantis breaking another pole vault world record.

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    42. China's Hu Yicheng seemingly flying during trampoline.

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    43. Kazakhstan's Danil Mussabayev coming back to earth from the trampoline.

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    44. South Africa's Johanita Scholtz diving for a birdie in badminton.

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    45. USA's Ashton Eaton pre-shot put.

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    46. Czech Republic's Tomas Stanek post-shot put.

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    47. Belgium's Timothy Herman mid-Javelin throw.

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    48. Germany's Elena Lilik reacting to her score in the women's single canoe competition.

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    49. Noah Lyles claiming his title as the fastest man on earth.

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    50. Belgium's Remco Evenepoel crossing the finish line way ahead of anyone else in the men's cycling road race.

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    51. Kaylyn Brown and Team USA's absolute dominance in the 4x400m relay.

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    52. No one was even close.

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    53. And lastly, the wildly acrobatic and impressive pictures from artistic swimming.

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    54. They're whipping people around in the air.

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    55. They're creating formations underwater.

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    56. It's just wild.

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    See you all in LA!

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