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We’re now almost a week into the Paris Olympics, and on Thursday we got plenty of amazing images from what was a stormy day of competition in France.
Below are some of the best images captured during Thursday’s action.
A storm at the Eiffel Tower
A storm hit the Paris region on Thursday, allowing for an incredible photo of the city’s most famous landmark.
3×3 Basketball
On Thursday, Germany defeated Azerbaijan 12-8 in their 3×3 group round match. However, the US women’s team is struggling.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 7 A general view shows the women's 3x3 basketball match between Germany and Azerbaijan during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on August 1, 2024. (Photo by FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560886_989_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Kate Douglass wins gold
Kate Douglass won gold in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 9 An underwater view shows American Kate Douglass competing in the final of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Arena Paris La Defense in Nanterre, west of Paris, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560887_266_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Simone Biles wins again
Simone Biles reacted perfectly to win gold in the women’s artistic gymnastics final on Thursday, earning her third gold medal in the event.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 11 Olympic champion and gold medal winner Simone Biles of Team USA competes on parallel bars during the Women's Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final on day six of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on August 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stefan Matzke - sampics/Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560887_156_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Italy’s Alice D’Amato finished fourth in the overall competition, just behind American Suni Lee.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 13 Italy's Alice D'amato competes in the balance beam event of the women's all-around final in artistic gymnastics during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560888_137_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Boxing
Emmanuel Reyes, left, defeated Belgian Victor Schelstraete in their quarterfinal match on Thursday.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 15 Spain's Enmanuel Reyes Pla is beaten by Belgium's Victor Schelstraete in their men's 92kg quarter-final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Arena du Nord in Paris, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560889_379_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Surfing in Tahiti
Sarah Baum fell to defending gold medalist and American Carissa Moore in their match Thursday in Tahiti.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 17 Sarah Baum of Team South Africa rides a wave during the women's surfing round three on day six of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on August 1, 2024 in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560889_741_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
BMX Classification
Colombian Gabriella Bolle qualified for the next stage of the BMX race on Thursday in France.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 19 Gabriela Bolle Carrillo of Team Colombia warms up during the Women's Quarterfinals on day six of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium on August 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560890_94_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Germany beats Japan
The German women’s team defeated Japan 75-64 in their group match on Thursday in France.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 21 A general view shows Japan's No. 08 Maki Takada watching the ball in the women's preliminary round group C basketball match between Japan and Germany during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on August 1, 2024. (Photo by -/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560890_60_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)
Walk fast
The men’s race walks passed the Eiffel Tower before the storm hit Paris on Thursday.
![2024 Olympics: 10 of the best images from Day 6 of the Paris Games 23 Athletes compete in the men's 20km race walk at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games athletics events at Trocadero in Paris on August 1, 2024. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1722560891_811_2024-Olympics-10-of-the-best-images-from-Day-6.jpeg.webp)