USA’s Daniel Roberts and Grant Holloway celebrate after winning silver and gold medals in the 110-meter hurdles Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Photos: An inside look at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Tribune photojournalist Brian Cassella captures the action of the Summer Olympic games in Paris which ends on Aug. 11, 2024.
USA’s Tara Davis-Woodhall, left, and Jasmine Moore, right, celebrate their gold and bronze medals in the long jump with USA’s Anna Cockrell, center, who won silver in the 400-meter hurdles shortly after Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Evita Griskenas competes on the ribbon in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at La Chapelle Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Japanese team figure skaters do lifts after finally receiving their silver medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in front of the Eiffel Tower at Champions Park in the Trocadero during the Paris Olympics. The presentation was delayed more than two years after a Russian skater tested positive for a banned substance. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Alexa Knierim, center, with her USA figure skating teammates Madison Chock, Brandon Frazier, Nathan Chen and Karen Chen, finally receive their gold medals from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in front of the Eiffel Tower at Champions Park in the Trocadero during the Paris Olympics. The presentation was delayed more than two years after a Russian skater tested positive for a banned substance. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Lauren Carlini (7) celebrates a point with her teammates during a 3-0 women’s volleyball quarterfinal win over Poland on Aug. 6, 2024, at South Paris Arena 1 during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Joe Rau, in red, gets pulled down by Kyrgyzstan’s Uzur Dzhuzupbekov in a 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling match Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at Champ de Mars Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Fans pack a bar to watch on television as France defeats Canada in a quarterfinal basketball game that was taking place across the street Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Taylor Spivey leads a pack of athletes running across Pont Alexandre III in the mixed relay triathlon Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Athletes bike back to the Pont Alexandre III in the mixed relay triathlon Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Simone Biles takes a picture holding her silver medal with gold medalist Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and teammate Jordan Chiles with the bronze in the individual floor exercise Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Suni Lee competes on the balance beam Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Peter Chatain celebrates with his girlfriend, Briana Berger, while his mom, Kim Chatain, cheers after his USA men’s eight boat won the bronze medal in rowing Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at Vaines-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Athletes collapse after finishing the 10,000-meter race Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Fans cheer during the 10,000-meter race Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Dana Rettke meets friend Molly Gates after leaving the court where her team defeated France 3-0 to advance to the volleyball quarterfinals, Aug. 4, 2024, at South Paris Arena 1 during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Dana Rettke, right, and Kelsey Robinson Cook, left, cheer on their teammates as they defeat France 3-0 to advance to the volleyball quarterfinals, Aug. 4, 2024, at South Paris Arena 1 during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Shamier Little celebrates as the U.S. mixed 4×400-meter relay with Kaylyn Brown, Vernon Norwood and Bryce Deadmon set a new world record of 3:07.41 in winning their qualifying heat, Aug. 2, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Fans of France and Germany cheer during a qualifying race Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)The sun sets behind the Eiffel Tower while Canada and Switzerland play a women’s beach volleyball qualifying match Wednesday, July 31, 2024, during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Matthew Anderson, Torey DeFalco and Taylor Averill celebrate a point during a men’s volleyball qualifying match against Germany on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at South Paris Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Matthew Anderson greets his family after a men’s volleyball qualifying match against Germany on July 30, 2024, at South Paris Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Fans line the Champs-Élysées as athletes pass in the bicycle portion of the men’s triathlon, July 31, 2024, during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Hungary’s Aron Szilagyi, left, and Iran’s Ali Pakdaman react as Hungary wins a men’s team saber fencing semifinal, July 31, 2024, at the Grand Palais during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Fans of all ages do the wave before cycling BMX quarterfinal races, Aug. 1, 2024, at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee carry the flag with their teammates as the U.S. wins gold in the women’s gymnastics team final Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Paul Juda hugs his mom, Ewa Bacher, while his father, Jozef Juda, wipes away tears wearing his bronze medal outside the arena after as the U.S. men’s gymnastics team competed Monday, July 29, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Peter Chatain, center, competes with his teammates in a men’s eight rowing heat on July 29, 2024, at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Members of the U.S. gymnastics team, Brody Malone, Asher Hong, Frederick Richard, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik celebrate winning the bronze medal in the men’s team final Monday, July 29, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)U.S. gymnasts Frederick Richard, left, Paul Juda, center, second right, and Brody Malone, celebrate their teammate Stephen Nedoroscik’s performance on the pommel horse at on their way to winning a bronze medal in the men’s gymnastics team final on July 29, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Grace Joyce competes with her teammates in the women’s quadruple sculls repechage rowing Monday, July 29, 2024, at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Asher Hong competes on parallel bars as the U.S. men’s gymnastics team wins the bronze medal Monday, July 29, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Maggie Shea and Stephanie Roble compete in a women’s skiff sailing race Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Marseille Marina during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Brazil’s Marco Soffiatti Grael and Gabriel Simoes compete in a men’s skiff sailing race, July 28, 2024, at Marseille Marina during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Frederick Richard celebrates after competing on the horizontal bar during the qualification for the men’s team gymnastics, July 27, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Argentina’s Juana Castellaro Morello celebrates a goal against USA in field hockey pool play, July 27, 2024, at Stade Yves-du-Manoir during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
USA’s Maddie Zimmer, of Northwestern, goes down against Argentina’s Victoria Sauze Valdez in a field hockey pool play match, July 27, 2024, at Stade Yves-du-Manoir during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)A laser show lights the Eiffel Tower as rain falls during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics from the Trocadero on July 26, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Rain soaks the the opening ceremony along the Seine river of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
French President Emmanuel Macron watches the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)The Olympic flag is raised in the rain during the opening ceremony along the Seine river of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)The Eiffel Tower hosts athletes, fans, and dignitaries for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics along the Seine river, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Team Fiji waves to spectators during the opening ceremony along the Seine river of the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Spectators cheer and toast the Parade of Athletes during the opening ceremony along the Seine river of the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)The Olympic torch travels by boat as ceremonial smoke in the colors of the France flag appear over the Seine River Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024. (Matthias Schrader/AP)
Athletes from Brazil’s delegation wave Brazilian flags as they sail in a boat on the river Seine during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Carl de Souza/Pool Photo via AP)Athletes of Greece aboard a boat as it makes its way along the Seine in Paris, France, during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024. (Ann Wang/Pool Photo via AP)Light rain begins along the Seine river as the opening ceremony nears for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Lady Gaga is displayed on the big screens along the Seine river as the opening ceremony begins for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France.(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Athletes train on the balance beam, July 25, 2024, at Bercy Arena before the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)USA’s Lucas Lacamp scores a try against France’s Antoine Zeghdar during pool play of rugby sevens at Stade de France, July 25, 2024, at the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Official Paris Olympics merchandise for sale on July 23, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Two days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, people stop along the Seine to watch the light show on the Eiffel Tower, July 24, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)People take photos while crossing the street in front of L’Arc de Triomphe adorned with a Paralympic logo, July 24, 2024, at the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Fans watch the action during pool play of rugby sevens at Stade de France, July 24, 2024, at the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Uruguay takes the field during pool play of rugby sevens at Stade de France, July 24, 2024, at the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)France fans cheer for their team against the USA during pool play of rugby sevens at Stade de France, July 25, 2024, at the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Simone Biles smiles during training with the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, July 25, 2024, at Bercy Arena before the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Members of Team Italy stop for a look at the Eiffel Tower on July 22, 2024, before the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)Bercy Arena is prepared for artistic gymnastics, July 22, 2024, before the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
