The Olympic rings are everywhere -- even on some athletes

PARIS (AP) — Athletes proudly displayed their Olympic rings tattoos on various parts of their body during the Paris Olympics.

Take Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece. His tattoo sat just below his neck and was surrounded by the Olympic wreath.

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Eleftherios Petrounias, of Greece, has an Olympic tattoo showing during the men’s artistic gymnastics individual rings finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Sunisa Lee of the United States performed on the balance beam during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals with a more discreet tattoo on her left forearm.

Austrian Victoria Hudson threw the javelin with the rings tattooed just above her left elbow, and Cypriot gymnast Marios Georgiou had them on the back of his neck.

American boxer Jajaira Gonzalez fought with rings on top of her right thigh, while U.S. swimmer Bobby Finke’s Olympic rings adorned his left rib cage. Compatriot Wes Kitts weightlifted with the rings tattooed atop his right wrist.

Cuban table tennis player Daniela Fonseca Carrazana achieved a double whammy. She had a tattoo of the Tokyo Games and rings above her left elbow, the Eiffel Tower and Paris above her right.

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Suni Lee, of the United States, performs on the balance beam during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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The Olympic rings tattoos is shown on the wrist of Pamela Rosado, of Puerto Rico, as she brings the ball up court against Spain in a women’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Marios Georgiou, of Cyprus, reacts after falling during the men’s artistic gymnastics individual horizontal bar finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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South Korea’s Choe Daehan prepares to compete in the 10m air rifle men’s final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Alice D’Amato, of Italy, has an Olympic tattoo during the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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United States’ Jajaira Gonzalez has an Olympic tattoo on her leg while fighting France’s Estelle Mossely in their women’s 60 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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South Korea’s Woo Ha-ram competes in the men’s 3m springboard diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Raven Saunders, of the United States, competes during the women’s shot put qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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A tattoo of the Olympic rings decorates the arm of weightlifter Wes Kitts as he works out at the Team USA training facility at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Eaubonne, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Bobby Finke, of the United States, prepares to start in his heat of the men’s 800-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Spain’s Carolina Marin sports an Olympic rings tattoo on her wrist during her women’s singles badminton quarterfinal match against Japan’s Aya Ohori at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Sasha Gatt, of Malta, leaves the pool following her heat in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Rhys Mc Clenaghan, of Ireland, performs on the pommel horse during a men’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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An Olympic ring tattoo is visible on the arm of Australia’s Michelle Heyman prior to a women’s group B soccer match between Zambia and Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Nice, France. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Brady Ellison, of the United States, competes along with Casey Kaufhold during the Archery mixed team quarterfinal against , Japan’s Satsuki Noda and Japan’s Junya Nakanishi at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Daniils Bobrovs of Latvia warms up ahead of a swimming session at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Silja Kosonen, of Finland, competes in the women’s hammer throw qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Zachery Ziemek, of the United States, competes in the decathlon 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Matthew Richards, of Britain, reacts after his men’s 100-meter freestyle semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Anicka Newell, of Canada, prepares for the women’s pole vault qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt sports an Olympic rings tattoo on her harm as she prepares to receive a serve from Germany’s Yvonne Li during their women’s singles badminton group stage match at Porte de la Chapelle Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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France’s Jules Bouyer competes in the men’s 3m springboard diving preliminary at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Lauriane Genest of Canada warms up before competing in a track cycling event, at the Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Kyle Chalmers, of Australia, competes during a heat in the men’s 100-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

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Cuba’s Daniela Fonseca Carrazana, with her teammate Jorge Campos, plays against Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson and Christina Kallberg during a mixed doubles round of 16 table tennis game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Mathlynn Sasser of Marshall Islands competes during the women’s 59kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Francesca Fangio, of Italy, competes in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke semifinal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Turkey’s Mete Gazoz shows an Olympic rings tattoo on his arm during the archery team elimination round against Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Marine Boyer of France warms up on the balance beam before the women’s artistic gymnastics individual apparatus finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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