How was it for you? Our writers on their Olympic highs and lows

Our Paris Olympic bureau sat down and tried to get their heads around what was a sensational 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Just how good was it? Who stood out in green, and globally? And can a record Irish medal haul be beaten in four years' time.

FROM DOWNTOWN: Brazil's Eduarda Santos Lisboa serves the women's quarterfinal beach volleyball match at Eiffel Tower Stadium. Pic: AP Photo/Louise Delmotte

So, just how good was this Olympics?

Brendan O’Brien: It was superb. And it was badly needed. Rio was a bust for all sorts of reasons, Tokyo was the covid Games. We needed this. Paris made for a stunning, unique backdrop, the transport was superb (take note Germany!) and the people embraced it. We’ll have to wait another generation to see it so close to home again.