Fencers can be very demonstrative during matches, and the impact of participating in the Olympics seems to intensity the many reactions of all competitors. Today’s photos from Paris, on day one of the Games, captured so many faces full of raw emotion, and I felt that this was a fantastic representative image of the moment.

Here, France’s Bolade Apithy celebrates after winning against Hungary’s András Szatmári in their men’s sabre individual round-of-32 bout at the Grand Palais in Paris.