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PARIS (REUTERS)
A climber scaled the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, before he was intercepted by police mid-way up, police said.
"At 2.45 pm, an individual was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower. The police immediately intervened and arrested the individual," a police spokesman said.
Social media videos showed the bare-chested climber skirting the Olympic rings as he made his way up without ropes. Police later escorted the climber off the viewing platform.
The tower operator did not respond to a request for comment.
