Well, the last two weeks of Olympic competition have brought us record-breaking

athleticism on a global stage like no other.

Now we take a look back at the iconic images that defined this year's Olympic Games and talk to the

photographers at Getty images about what it was like to capture them.

I'm Naomi Baker, a photographer at Getty Images and I'm covering the gymnastics here in Paris.

They're such incredible athletes and the power that they have I mean you take Simone

for example like the height she gets it's just unbelievable So what you can show in your photos

from what they do is just an amazing opportunity to have.

I'm Charles Woolen, photographer based in Ireland

here in France, working at the Paris Olympics.

It's actually the first time I've ever shot the Olympics, so in some respects I was going into it with fresh eyes,

which is quite a good thing sometimes.

My name's Adam Priti, I'm a sports photographer with Get Images,

and I'm currently at my 12th Olympic Games.

The reason I was so attracted to filming underwater or aquatic sports was just the beauty of light mixed with water and the

unpredictability. You know you can shoot swimming for 20 years and I have done and you still don't

know exactly which way the water is going to fall, what's going to happen, and it's that unexpected element, which I think is what makes like a beautiful sports picture.

My name is Michael Hyman, I'm the Vice President of Global Sport for Getty Images.

So the Summer Olympics are by far the biggest sporting event that we cover in the four-year cycle.

We cover every single day of competition, but it's over 10,000 athletes. You have 35

venues. We'll shoot over 5 million images during these games. It's important because

everyone has a camera nowadays in their pocket, right?

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