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

05:18 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

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

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

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

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