In pictures - The battles, triumphs and celebrations of terrific Tokyo Olympics
:Headline: In pictures - The battles, triumphs and celebrations of terrific Tokyo Olympics:
Team GB won 65 medals overall at the Games.
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Tokyo 2020 drew to a close on Sunday following an impressive medal-laden Games for Great Britain as they claimed 65 medals.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the best images behind the fierce battles, triumphs and celebrations of this summer's Olympics.
Laura Kenny (right) surpassed Dutchwoman Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel to become the most successful female cyclist in Olympic history as she took gold at a third consecutive Games (Danny Lawson/PA)
Laura Kenny celebrates winning gold in the women's Madison (Danny Lawson/PA)
Jason Kenny celebrates after winning gold in the men's keirin (Danny Lawson/PA)
Charlotte Worthington claimed gold in the BMX freestyle (Marijan Murat/DPA/PA)
Adam Peaty celebrates winning the men's 100m breaststroke (Adam Davy/PA)
Max Whitlock celebrates with his gold medal after winning the men's pommel horse final (Mike Egerton/PA)
Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown Jessica Learmonth and Jonathan Brownlee won gold in the triathlon mixed relay (Danny Lawson/PA)
Lauren Price (left) claimed Great Britain's final gold of the Games in the women's middleweight (Adam Davy/PA)
Simone Biles won her seventh Olympic medal with bronze on the beam after a mentally tough week (Mike Egerton/PA)
Biles withdrew early in the women's team final, citing a desire to protect her mental health but returned to finish third in the beam (Mike Egerton/PA)
Great Britain's Jessica Gadirova in action on the balance beam (Danny Lawson/PA)
The match-winning moment Chelsie Giles defeated Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in the women's -52kg judo to win Britain's first medal of Tokyo Olympics with bronze (Danny Lawson/PA)
Georgia Taylor-Brown (right) is congratulated by Great Britain team-mate Jessica Learmonth after finishing second to take the silver medal in the Women's Triathlon at the Odaiba Marine Park on the fourth day (Danny Lawson/PA)
Charlotte Dujardin won bronze in the Grand Prix Freestyle – Individual Final, on Gio, to become Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian with six medals, on the fifth day (Danny Lawson/pa)
Charlotte Dujardin celebrates winning bronze in the Grand Prix Freestyle – Individual Final, on Gio, to become Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian with six medals (Danny Lawson/PA)
Tom Daley (left) and Matty Lee celebrate winning gold in the men's synchronised 10m platform on day three (Adam Davy/PA)
Alice Kinsella, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova and Amelie Morgan celebrate with their bronze medals after the women's team final (Martin Rickett/PA)
Joe Choong celebrates gold in the modern pentathlon (Adam Davy/PA)
Galal Yafai (left) claimed gold in the men's flyweight on day 15 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Duncan Scott, Tom Dean, Matthew Richards and James Guy celebrate gold in the men's 4×200 freestyle relay (Joe Giddens/PA)
Great Britain's Mallory Franklin won silver during the women's C1 canoe slalom final at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre on the sixth day (Danny Lawson/PA)
Laura Muir celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women's 1500m (Martin Rickett/PA)
Ireland's Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan claimed gold in the lightweight men's double sculls final A at Sea Forest Waterway on the sixth day (Danny Lawson/PA)
Great Britain's Emily Campbell celebrates taking silver during the +87kg weightlifting (Martin Rickett/PA)
Sky Brown was crowned Great Britain's youngest Olympic medallist after claiming bronze in the women's skateboard park event (Adam Davy/PA)
Action from the cycling BMX racing semi-finals at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on the seventh day (Danny Lawson/PA)
The Olympic rings are reflected in the helmet of China's Chao Xu during the track cycling at the Izu Velodrome on the 12th day (Danny Lawson/PA)
New Zealand in the men's team pursuit finals during the track cycling at the Izu Velodrome on the 12th day of the Tokyo Games (Danny Lawson/PA)
Joint gold medalists Mutaz Barshim (right) of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi off Italy celebrate on the podium following the men's high jump final (Francisco Seco/AP)
Asha Philip, Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith and Imani-Lara Lansiquot after winning the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 100m relay (Martin Rickett/PA)
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake closes in on the line to clinch silver in the men's 4 x 100m relay (Martin Rickett/PA)
