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Paris 2024 final day of Olympics: Hassan wins women’s marathon; cycling finals, weightlifting and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024

August 11, 2024

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Men’s keirin: In the second heat there is another GB athlete with Hamish Turnbull in this one.

The Netherlands’ Harrie Lavreysen, who has already won gold this week, is also in this heat and he is leading early on. Canada’s Nick Wammes makes a move to the start of the pack but he is soon swallowed up in the field.

It is Lavreysen who wins it and Turnbull, Colombia’s Cristian David Ortega Fontalvo and Japan’s Shinji Nakano are all through.

Men’s keirin: In the first heat there are six riders facing one another, including GB’s Jack Carlin and Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer. Remember the top four riders will progress.

A fairly steady start but with three laps to go it is Glaetzer who makes an initial move and Carlin looks in danger but somehow he comes through to win that heat – wow. Carlin, Glaetzer, Malaysia’s Sahrom and Japan’s Kaiya Ota are all through. Second heat coming up.

Jack Carlin wins his heat in the keirin. Photograph: Ricardo Mazalán/APShare

Updated at 11.40 CEST

Modern pentathlon: The majority of athletes have either scored 300, 293 or 283 in the riding show jumping but some athletes have been eliminated.

France’s Marie Oteiza and Spain’s Laura Hereida have failed to score in the first event. Next up is the fencing event.

Men’s keirin: So there are three heats in this quarter-final and the first four riders will progress to the semi-finals.

Women’s sprint: GB’s Finucane and Andrews in a battle now. Andrews stares down Finucane on the start line and she leads in the first lap. Finucane makes an attack on lap two but can’t get ahead. The Brit does all she can but Andrews is just too fast.

Women’s sprint: I find this event so intriguing, it really is all about tactics and reading your opponent well. Freidrich takes an initial lead but what an absolutely blistering attack from Van de Wouw and she gets the win in the first of three between these two. Heat two coming up.

Women’s sprint: So there are two heats in the semi-finals and the athletes will face each other in a best of three. The races decide who will compete in the gold medal contest and the bronze medal contest. Heat 1 sees Germany’s Lea Friedrich go up against the Netherlands’ Hetty van der Wouw. Heat 2 is GB’s Emma Finucane against New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews. Heat one about to get underway.

Cycling: Next up in the velodrome we have the first of the women’s sprint semi-finals, then it is the men’s keirin quarters. Strap in!

Women’s omnium: The USA’s Jennifer Valente has won the scratch race with Canada’s Maggie Coles-Lyster in second and Australia’s Georgia Baker in third.

In the last 10 laps everyone was being quite cagey with the pace impressive from all of the field. They started to stretch out a bit with six laps left, when the cameras go to the bike view you can see just how close these athletes are to one another. It takes such skill to race and maintain the safety of themselves and their competitors.

Norway’s Stenberg is the first to make a move but once she goes it gives the green light for everyone else. It’s coming down to the final lap and Valente manages to put the after burners on to take it.

GB’s Neah Evans finishes last after coming off her bike, she looks okay to continue in this competition.

Women’s omnium: Fortin is looking to try and lap the riders at the back of the pack but she is about a quarter of the track ahead. However, now she decides to pull up slightly, maybe with an eye to keep some energy for the rest of the day’s racing.

Women’s omnium: After 10 laps it is France’s Valentine Fortin who attacks and gets a huge lead, no one really follows her.

Women’s omnium: A steady pace at the start of this first event in the women’s omnium. It is all about your finishing place in this one rather than points.

Riders compete during the women’s omnium. Photograph: Thibault Camus/APShare

Updated at 11.20 CEST

Women’s omnium: Before we get underway Italy’s Letizia Paternoster changes her bike so there is a slight delay to the start but they are now riding.

Modern pentathlon: The first event in the women’s competition is the riding show jumping and three athletes have already competed. Italy’s Alice Sotero, Lithuania’s Gintare Venckauskaite and Hungary’s Blanka Guzi have all scored 300 points.

Women’s omnium: The riders are preparing for this scratch race now as they get on their bikes and get into position on the start line.

A reader has sent some quotes to me from Sifan Hassan on Dutch TV. The marathon gold medallist and 5km and 10km bronze medallist said:

When I started I never thought about the marathon, than I thought why not, let’s try it. And then I won and now I am Olympic champion. Yeah!

This one feels like 10 gold medals. It was impossible. Too hard to do it all. Yeah, I did it. First I thought why did I run the 5 and 10k, but after 20 km or 30 km I thought let’s go.

Thank you Louise for sending those over!

Women’s omnium: So the first cycling event of the day begins and there are several parts to the women’s omnium. The first is the scratch race which will see 22 athletes ride 30 laps of the track. All the action to come.

Before the women’s modern pentathlon and cycling gets underway on the final day of the Games, have a look as to where you nation is on the medal table:

You can recap Hassan’s heroics here:

Former athlete Michael Johnson in awe of Sifan Hassan’s achievements at this Games:

What’s coming up, I hear you ask? Well we have multiple events in cycling, the women’s modern pentathlon, weightlifting and basketball on the list as well as a few other sports sprinkled in. The action in the velodrome will start at 10am BST and we will have a keen eye on that with updates from the other sports too.

Here are some stories for you to catch up on:

GB’s French withdraws from modern pentathlon

The women’s individual event will take place later on today, starting at 10am BST, but Team GB have confirmed Kate French will not compete because of illness.

The team say: “This has been an extremely difficult decision for Kate as she had hoped to defend her Olympic title and ride in the jumping for a final time in Olympic competition.”

Kate French is out of the modern pentathlon. Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/ReutersShare

Updated at 10.38 CEST

Handball: The men’s bronze medal match has been so close throughout with the half-time score 12-12 but it is Spain who manage to get over the line and claim the medal.

They win the match and edge out Slovenia 23-22.

Here is the finish from Hassan in the women’s marathon (the clip is from the BBC and so some may not be able to view it):

Marathon: Not only has Hassan won gold but she has also broken the Olympic record with a time of 2:22:55, what a great run from the Netherlands’ athlete.

Marathon: Silver goes to Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and bronze to Kenya’s Hellen Obiri.

That is Hassan’s third medal at these Games after already winning two bronzes. There was some contact between Hassan and Assefa coming into the home straight with elbows touching but the Dutch athlete tried to weave side-to-side to get around her rival and it wasn’t working. The contact point was where the overtake happened.

Hassan wins women’s marathon gold

The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan takes gold.

The last 2km saw the leading five remaining together until Ethiopia’s Shankule dropped off the back and so five became four.

Kenya’s Obiri looked strong but the Netherlands’ Hassan remained on her shoulder, the Dutch runner is a good sprinter and it could come in handy towards the end.

It’s so cruel that one of these four won’t medal, they have all put in such a heroic effort. Lokedi started to struggle and dropped off, she may be the one not to medal here.

Obiri dropped out and it is Hassan who has a monumental sprint to the line – WOW. What an absolutely iconic finish with an iconic backdrop.

Sifan Hassan wins gold in the marathon! Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Updated at 10.28 CEST

Marathon: We have our final time split before the finish at 40km (24.6 miles) and Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi comes over first but she is surrounded by four other athletes. Around 2km to go.

Marathon: So who will blink first? The leading five runners are still running as one with around 3km left but someone will eventually have to make a move to ensure gold. It has to be timed to perfection though, go to soon and you could be out of the top three.

Marathon: The leading five athletes are now running in front of the Eiffel Tower and Eurosport have beautiful shots from above and below the iconic structure. Around 15 minutes left in the final athletics event of Paris 2024.

Marathon: The people who organised the course knew what they were doing with a beautiful shot of the Eiffel Tower as the athletes close in on the end of this absolute slog on the streets of Paris. The leading pack is now five strong and it will be between those athletes for the medals now, they have a 12 second lead on the next fastest runner.

Marathon: The crowds are starting to build once again as the athletes run back into the centre of Paris, the noise will lift them and they will know the end is in sight after a gruelling run so far.

Marathon: Kenya’s Hellen Obiri has dropped back from the leading pack, she was one of the favourites to medal and so she will have to push to get back there with just a few miles to go. She can still see the leading runners so it is not out of the question.

Marathon: The leading athletes have passed 35km (21.7 miles) and it is Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi who continues to hold the lead. We are in the closing stages now and the pace of all of the athletes has increased.

Photograph: Christian Bruna/EPAShare

Updated at 10.12 CEST

Marathon: The leading pack has been cut down to five but it does not contain the defending champion as she is around 30 seconds behind. It would take a lot for Peres Jepchirchir to get into the medal spots now.

Marathon: The leading athletes have reached the bottom of the hill and now they have completely flat road and so let the real racing begin. Athletes will begin to put their tactics in place to establish a lead in the closing stages.

Marathon: A sixth athlete has pulled out with Zimbabwe’s Rutendo Joan Nyahora unable to finish.

At the front of the race is a pack of nine athletes but the picture is ever-changing and there is a lot of race to go here.

Marathon: 30km (18.6 miles) is the point just passed and we have another different leader with Kenya’s Sharon Lokedi is in front after the horrid hill, the leading pack have now completed the hill and are on the downhill.

Handball: The men’s bronze medal match has reached half-time and the timeout worked for Slovenia as they have once again levelled the match at 12-12.

Marathon: This hill has been described as the athletes climbing a ladder and I have to say this looks absolutely gruelling. The pack is really pulling apart now but after this hill I believe the course is mostly flat so it will be key for the athletes to conserve some energy so they can either make up time or build a lead.

Simon Kamp has emailed and said:

I just read that the American Jordan Chiles is being harassed on social media over losing her bronze medal for her floor exercise. I would like to express that the Olympics bring so much joy to our family and my husband and me in particular. I am so grateful to all athletes for striving to do their best and to amaze us with that.

I don’t think I could ever do or achieve anything that has come close to what Jordan Chiles (or any of the other gymnasts) can do on the floor. I don’t care which prize she gets, I am full of admiration and respect for her achievement even if it did not provide her with a medal.

I think it is important to realise that the exceptional athletes who win can only do so because other people -who are almost as good as they are- don’t. At the Tokyo Olympics a Belgian athlete (who is a teacher during the day) surprised herself by coming 21st in the woman’s marathon, her surprise, joy, emotions (and lack of ego) with that place made her a national hero. There is so much more to admire about the Olympics and the stories of the athletes than just boiling it down to who wins which medal and which country ends up where on the medal table.

Thank you all at the Guardian for your extensive reporting on the Olympics, much love and gratitude to all the athletes who made all these stories possible.

Thank you Simon. Yes, it is unfortunate for Jordan Chiles, it does look as though she will have her bronze taken off of her after the challenge to her score was lodged too late. That must be so tough for her, it was her first individual floor Olympic medal.

Updated at 10.05 CEST

Handball: The men’s bronze medal match is approaching half-time and it is Spain who have a slight edge with a 12-10 lead, Slovenia’s team have called a time out with just over a minute to go in the first half.

Marathon: We have a new split time everyone! The athletes are just going through 25km (15.5 miles) and it is Israel’s Salpeter who leads with Kyrgyzstan Sardana Trofimova in second and Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir in third. They will be approaching the steepest hill on the course now.

Also I have been notified the email link may not be working for some so if you would like to email me it’s [email protected].

Marathon: I thought the flat road would see some making a move here and the USA’s Dakotah Lindwurm has done just that. She split from the 20-or-so pack but Israel’s Salpeter has moved with her.

There are several medals to be decided today and more memories to be made but here are some the athletes have made already:

Marathon: Halfway has just been passed and it is Jessica Stenson who has retaken the lead as the course hits a flat part. The hills aren’t over yet but this part of the course may see some athletes try to build a lead.

Marathon: The athletes have just passed 20km (12.4 miles) and so we have another split time and it is Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter who leads, coming through at 1:09:31.

Medal hope the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan is back in 15th.

Marathon: The commentators are criticising Jessica Stenson’s tactics here. They think she has broken away too early here and that she should have saved that energy for a later moment in the race. But you’d think she would have analysed this course and spoken tactics with her coaching team, though a medal may not be in her grasp.

A fourth athlete has dropped out of the race with Germany’s Melat Yisak Kejeta pulling out.

Handball: The men’s bronze medal match between Spain and Slovenia got underway just a few minutes ago and Spain are currently leading 2-1.

Spain’s Agustin Casado in action during the bronze medal match against Slovenia. Photograph: Aaron Favila/APShare

Updated at 09.29 CEST

Thank you Jonathan and hello everyone. Yes I join you as the athletes just complete 10 miles in the women’s marathon, a long uphill stint has started to pull the field apart but Australia’s Jessica Stenson is making a good move here. She looks to have loved this hill where many will be feeling the lactic acid starting to build in their muscles now.

With it being the final day of the Games I’d love to hear from you on your favourite moment and which sport you think you would compete in if you were an Olympian.

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This is my final sign-off for the Games, so a big thank you to everyone that has joined me over the past couple of weeks for these early sessions.

It’s now over to Sarah Rendell for the completion of the marathon and the remainder of the final day of Paris 2024!

Marathon: At the 15km marker the timesheet indicates the leading bunch has been whittled down to 14 runners. The medals are going to come from that group. It contains Obiri (KEN), Jepchirchir (KEN), Lokedi (KEN), Alemu (ETH), Assefa (ETH), Shankule (ETH), and Hassan (NED).

The pace has quickened, and we’re now on track for something around 2.24.

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