The end of the Olympics is here with a star-studded closing ceremony tonight at the Stade de France.
Team GB have added more medals on the final day to conclude a successful Paris 2024, securing one more medal overall but eight fewer gold medals than at Tokyo 2020.
After Lady Gaga performed at the opening ceremony on the Seine River, alongside the sensational return of Celine Dion, Paris 2024 is set to call on a number of big names for the conclusion of this two-week sporting extravaganza.
Look out for reported appearances from the likes of Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as Paris begins the transition towards Los Angeles 2028.
Follow the latest updates and reaction from tonight’s closing ceremony:
Athletics, rowing and equestrian pass Team GB’s Paris 2024 test in style
Among other sports, Great Britain’s rowers achieved their best medal haul from an overseas Olympics, while the athletes upgraded on their Tokyo tally at Paris 2024. But there was disappointment elsewhere as the cycling and sailing teams fell short of expectation overall as Team GB won eight fewer golds than they took home from Tokyo.
Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2024 17:55
Fifth-place finish for Britain in Paris cycling medal table as they lose summit
For the first time in two decades Great Britain did not finish top of the cycling medal table at an Olympic Games.
Eleven medals was more than any other nation, but this time the colours had changed. Two gold medals represented the lowest number since Athens in 2004, back before the extraordinary run of success that brought eight golds in Beijing and London, six in both Rio and Tokyo.
Mike Jones11 August 2024 17:45
How Emma Finucane battled through self doubt to become Team GB’s star of the Olympics
When Chris Hoy and Laura Kenny picked out a British cyclist to watch ahead of the Olympics in Paris, it was worth sitting up and taking notice.
After seven brutal days at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome and with the pressure of being Team GB’s next great hope, Emma Finucane did not just meet those expectations but surpass them. At her first Olympics, the 21-year-old from Wales became the first British woman in 60 years to win three medals at a single Games.
Jamie Braidwood in Paris11 August 2024 17:35
What time is Olympics closing ceremony? Everything you need to know about Paris 2024 finale
The Olympics ends its two-week sporting extravaganza tonight when Paris 2024 delivers the closing ceremony.
After the rain hit the opening ceremony along the Seine River, Paris should be better prepared for its final event at the iconic Saint-Denis stadium.
Here’s all you need to know about the closing ceremony, where 80,000 spectators will bring the curtain down on this year’s Olympic Games:
Jack Rathborn11 August 2024 17:31
Sebastian Coe explains stance over running for IOC president
World Athletics chief Lord Coe stopped short of officially declaring his candidacy for International Olympic Committee president but revealed he would “of course” consider running for the soon-to-be vacated role.
Thomas Bach, the current IOC president, revealed on Saturday he would stand down after his second term ends in 2025 despite calls from some corners for him to consider an extension that would allow him to stay in office longer.
Lord Coe is one year into a third and final term in his current post as World Athletics president after running unopposed last summer.
Mike Jones11 August 2024 17:25
Why is the world’s most populous nation 71st in the Olympics medal table?
India sent a contingent of 117 athletes to Paris, yet have a paltry haul of five bronze medals and Chopra’s solitary silver to show for it. They rank 71st in the medals table, below the likes of Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, Cuba and Saint Lucia – a Caribbean island of just 180,000 people.
It’s a disappointing return to the norm for a country that registered its best-ever performance at the last Games in Tokyo in 2021: seven medals, including one gold. For the most populous nation on Earth, a sports-mad country of 1.4 billion which also boasts the world’s fifth largest economy, it’s a record as frustrating as it is puzzling.
Mike Jones11 August 2024 17:17
Eiffel Tower evacuated after man seen climbing hours before Olympics closing ceremony
The area surrounding the Eiffel Tower was evacuated on Sunday afternoon after a man was seen climbing up the Paris landmark hours as the Olympics bids farewell with tonight’s closing ceremony.
The area was quickly reopened within an hour after a shirtless man was seen climbing the 330-meter (1,083-foot) tall tower as the two-week sporting extravaganza comes to an end.
It’s unclear where the man began his ascent, but he was spotted just above the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck.
Mike Jones11 August 2024 17:07
Emily Campbell hopes Paris success will be inspiration for weightlifting’s next generation
Having blazed a trail to two Olympic medals, Emily Campbell hopes that her days as a lone figurehead for weightlifting are numbered.
Campbell self-funded her way to silver at Tokyo 2020 and thanks to that historic podium finish, the sport now enjoys National Lottery backing with a group of seven athletes featuring on UK Sport’s World Class Programme. That allows them to train full time, have access to the world’s best coaches and benefit from pioneering medical support.
The 30-year-old was the sole Team GB lifter to qualify for Paris, winning bronze. Crucially, she believes the conditions are now in place for that not to be the case at LA 2028 and beyond and will do everything in her power to ensure it doesn’t.
Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2024 16:57
Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024
And after all of that, it’s over. 1044 medals across 329 events in 32 sports and the United States top the table again:
Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2024 16:42
Olympics 2024: United States top the medal table
What a final. What a tournament. What an Olympics. France’s players are in a state of shock, not quite believing they pushed this star-studded American side so close; not quite believing that they haven’t won it. Another extraordinary atmosphere for the hosts as Paris 2024 signs off in style.
Harry Latham-Coyle11 August 2024 16:26