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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Medal table | Olympic schedule | How to watch | Olympic newsBefore the setting came into play, the Paris Olympics were already guaranteed to be a spectacle.The best athletes from around the world twist, contort, jump and dive in ways most of us couldn’t even imagine. Mix in the backdrop of one of the world’s most iconic cities in Paris and its surroundings, and it adds up to a photographer’s dream.Here are some of the best images from Day 10 of the Olympic Games on Monday from the pool, to the track to an emotional final day of gymnastics competition.The pool’s still openThe swimming competition is closed. But there are plenty more medals in water sports to be won, including in artistic swimming and diving.Team Egypt competes in the team technical routine of the artistic swimming event. (Manan Vatsyayana /AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)Andrea Sirieix Splendolini of Great Britain in action during the Women’s 10m platform prelims. (Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images) (Getty Images)Rebeca Andrade secures first Paris gold medal in final eventThe balance beam final proved perilous for many of the world’s top gymnasts, including USA’s Simone Biles and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who both finished off the podium.Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade competes in the gymnastics women’s balance beam final. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)But in the final event of gymnastics competition, Andrade secured her first gold medal of the Paris Olympics in the floor exercise final, topping silver medalist Biles and U.S. bronze medalist Jordan Chiles. Andrade leaves Paris with one gold medal, two silvers (all-around and vault) and one bronze (team), adding to her two-medal haul (gold and silver) from Tokyo. On the podium, Biles and Chiles paid their respect.Simone Biles, left, and Jordan Chiles, right, honor floor-routine gold medalist Rebeca Andrade on the final day of gymnastics competition. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images) (Getty Images)Team competitions heating upMany of the Olympic team competitions are in throes of the knockout rounds, including men’s soccer and women’s field hockey. In a men’s soccer semifinal, host France rallied from a 1-0 deficit for a 3-1 win over Egypt to advance to the gold-medal match against Spain.In women’s field hockey, Australia experienced the agony of defeat in a 3-2 quarterfinal loss to China.Adrien Truffert #3 of France jumps over Shehata Mohamed #6 of Egypt in Monday’s soccer semifinal. (Claudio Villa/Getty Images) (Getty Images)China’s players celebrate winning the women’s quarterfinal field hockey match over Australia. (Damien Meyer /AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)More medal action on the trackMixed relays are some of the most compelling competitions on the track following their Olympic debut in Tokyo. The Netherlands beat out silver medalist USA and bronze medalist Great Britain in the 4×400, paced by standout anchor Femke Bol.Netherlands gold medalists Isaya Klein Ikkink, Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver, Femke Bol and Cathelijn Peeters stand on the podium after competing in the mixed’s 4x400m relay. (Photo by Martin Bernetti /AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)Norway’s Sondre Guttormsen didn’t medal in the men’s pole vault final, but was in the full spirit of Olympic competition.Sondre Guttormsen of Norway celebrates during the men’s pole vault final. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) (Getty Images)Shift in sports for second half of Paris GamesThe velodrome is open for some of the fastest competition of the Games.Sam Welsford, Oliver Bleddyn, Conor Leahy and Kelland O’Brien of Australia compete during men’s team pursuit qualifying. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (Getty Images)After briefly being voted out of the rotation in 2013, wrestling remains in the Olympics as one of the most iconic and time-tested competitions of the Games.Kyrgyzstan’s Zholaman Sharshenbekov (red) wrestles Japan’s Kenichiro Fumita (blue) in their men’s greco-roman 60kg wrestling semifinal match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena. (Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP) (AFP via Getty Images)

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