It looks like the best photo likely to come from the Paris Olympics was taken 10,000 miles away, in Tahiti.
A stunning shot of the Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina kicking off a wave after nailing a tube run in the Olympic heats in the French Pacific colony has gained instant icon status.
It was taken by Jérôme Brouillet, a photographer with Agence France-Presse who was covering the surfing contest at Teahupo’o on Monday from a small boat with half a dozen colleagues.