From gatecrashing whales to vaulter beaten by own pole: the top TV moments of the Olympics

You’ll wince, you’ll laugh, you’ll wonder why that Olympian brought juggling paraphernalia to a professional sporting event. Here are the most entertaining TV clips of Paris 2024’s second week

As the Paris Olympics entered the home straight, week two saw plenty more sporting heroics. From Keely Hodgkinson winning Britain’s first athletics gold, to the nation roaring on all-rounder Katarina Johnson-Thompson (her bio on X: “Chronically indecisive so I’ve adopted two surnames and the heptathlon”). Amid all the headline-making action, though, eagle-eyed viewers found plenty of TV moments to enjoy which weren’t based around sporting success. Be they photobombing whales or dancing presenters, here are the finest.