12 Aug 2024

Olympics 2024: The best photos from the final day of the Paris Games

5:18 am on 12 August 2024
New Zealand's Camille French (C) and the rest of athletes run past Eiffel Tower, as they compete in the women's marathon of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Camille French, centre, runs past the Eiffel Tower in the women's marathon. Photo: AFP/ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

Cyclists battled for gold and the women's marathon wound through Paris on the last day of the 2024 Olympic Games.

Here are some of the best photos.

Britain's Jack Carlin cycles ahead of Australia's Matthew Glaetzer, Japan's Shinji Nakano, Colombia's Cristian David Ortega Fontalvo, New Zealand's Sam Dakin and Poland's Mateusz Rudyk in a men's track cycling keirin semi-final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Sam Dakin, right foreground, in action in the men's keirin semifinals. Photo: AFP/THOMAS SAMSON

New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews (L) and Britain's Emma Finucane compete in a women's track cycling sprint semi-final race 2 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Ellesse Andrews, left, takes on Great Britain's Emma Finucane in the women's sprint cycling semifinals. Photo: AFP/SEBASTIEN BOZON

Germany's Lea Sophie Friedrich and New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews compete in the women's track cycling sprint final race 1 for gold of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

Ellesse Andrews triumphs over Germany's Lea Friedrich in the sprint cycling medal race. Photo: AFP/THOMAS SAMSON

New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews celebrates after winning the women's track cycling sprint final race 2 for gold of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Andrews celebrates after winning the gold medal - her second of the Games. Photo: AFP/SEBASTIEN BOZON

New Zealand's Ally Wollaston (L) leads riders as they compete in the women's track cycling omnium tempo race of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Ally Wollaston, far left, leads the pack in the women's omnium points race. Photo: AFP/EMMANUEL DUNAND

New Zealand's Ally Wollaston celebrates her bronze medal on the podium of the women's track cycling omnium event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

Ally Wollaston with her bronze medal. Photo: AFP/EMMANUEL DUNAND

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