In pictures – The battles, triumphs and celebrations of terrific Tokyo Olympics

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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) (PA Wire)

Laura Kenny celebrates winning gold in the women’s Madison (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

Jason Kenny celebrates after winning gold in the men’s keirin (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

Charlotte Worthington claimed gold in the BMX freestyle (Marijan Murat/DPA/PA) (PA Media)

Adam Peaty celebrates winning the men’s 100m breaststroke (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

Max Whitlock celebrates with his gold medal after winning the men’s pommel horse final (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown Jessica Learmonth and Jonathan Brownlee won gold in the triathlon mixed relay (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

Lauren Price (left) claimed Great Britain’s final gold of the Games in the women’s middleweight (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

Simone Biles won her seventh Olympic medal with bronze on the beam after a mentally tough week (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Great Britain’s Jessica Gadirova in action on the balance beam (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Tom Daley (left) and Matty Lee celebrate winning gold in the men’s synchronised 10m platform on day three (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

Alice Kinsella, Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica Gadirova and Amelie Morgan celebrate with their bronze medals after the women’s team final (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

Joe Choong celebrates gold in the modern pentathlon (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

Galal Yafai (left) claimed gold in the men’s flyweight on day 15 (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

Duncan Scott, Tom Dean, Matthew Richards and James Guy celebrate gold in the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Laura Muir celebrates after winning the silver medal in the women’s 1500m (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

Great Britain’s Emily Campbell celebrates taking silver during the +87kg weightlifting (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

Sky Brown was crowned Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist after claiming bronze in the women’s skateboard park event (Adam Davy/PA) (PA Wire)

Action from the cycling BMX racing semi-finals at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on the seventh day (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (PA Wire)

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) (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) (PA Wire)

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake closes in on the line to clinch silver in the men’s 4 x 100m relay (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

Italy’s Lamont Jacobs (right) wins the men’s 100 metres (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

Katarina Johnson-Thompson appears dejected after failing the final attempt at 1.89m during the women’s heptathlon high jump (Martin Rickett/PA) (PA Wire)

Great Britain’s Matthew Walls celebrates gold in the men’s omnium points race 4/4 at Izu Velodrome on the 13th day (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

The Summer Olympics will return in Paris in 2024 (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)