Summary

  • Paris 2024 comes to a close after 16 days of thrilling action with ceremony at Stade de France

  • Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseils off the roof of Stade de France as flag is handed to 2028 hosts Los Angeles

  • Dr Dre joins Snoop Dogg on stage from Venice Beach in a star-studded occasion also featuring Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Trampoline gold medallist Bryony Page and Alex Yee, who won triathlon gold, are Great Britain's flagbearers

  • Tell us your favourite Paris 2024 moment - #bbcolympics, via WhatsApp on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

Live Reporting

Michael Emons and Bobbie Jackson

  1. So many air guitars out right now.

    Air guitar to be included in the next Games?

  2. And on to Queen's We Are The Champions.

    That's too easy.

  3. The best images of Day 12

    Australia's Michelle Jenneke falls as Hungary's Greta Kerekes (L) and France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela (R) compete in the women's 100m hurdles heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-DenisGetty Images
    Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim competes in the men's high jump qualification of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-DenisGetty Images
    An underwater view shows Team China competing in the team acrobatic routine of the artistic swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-DenisGetty Images

  4. It's Karaoke time.

    We've seen the sporting attributes of the athletes and now it's time for them to sing.

    The lyrics are being played on the big screen.

    We get going with a couple of songs to please the home crowd - Emmenez-moi by Charles Aznavou and Medley Eternel by Joe Dassin.

    And it wouldn't be a singalong without Gala's Freed From Desire, right?

    The athletes are loving this one.

  5. 'Glorious sight'

    Hazel Irvine
    Presenter on BBC TV

    It's always a glorious sight to see the youth of the world, assembled on the floor of the Olympic stadium as they are now.

  6. 'Britain’s greatest ever sportsman'

    My moment of the Games

    Simon Reed
    BBC commentator

    My favourite moment was Andy Murray’s farewell. A magical moment for Britain’s greatest ever sportsman.

  7. Watch: Murray and Evans save five match points

    We've had no shortage of drama over the course of Andy Murray's illustrious career, so did we really expect his campaign at Paris 2024 to be any different?

    In the week before the Games, Murray confirmed that the Paris Olympics would be his final event before retiring from the sport he loves.

    And the curtain almost came down at the first hurdle for Murray and doubles partner Dan Evans in the French capital against Japan's Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori.

    Murray and Evans trailed 9-4 in the deciding tie-break, at which defeat seemed inevitable, with the subsequent turnaround leaving the British pair almost as gobsmacked as anyone.

    The Team GB duo went on to save five match points before winning 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 11-9.

  8. 'Murray’s retirement roadshow'

    My moment of the games

    Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport in Paris

    On the ground, it has felt like a very special Games. Embraced by the French, who have been cheery hosts and provided some of the most visually-spectacular venues ever, there has been a constant mood of celebration.

    So, fittingly, it was the place where we celebrated Andy Murray for one final time.

    It wasn’t the farewell which the retiring British tennis icon would have wanted. That would have been waving goodbye to a tennis court from an Olympic podium with a medal in his hand.

    But, in the circumstances of an ageing body refusing to cooperate for the past few months, a fun run to the men’s doubles quarter-finals with wing-man Dan Evans was an enjoyable way to go.

    Murray has provided more memorable moments than any British tennis player for decades – including two Olympic singles golds at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

    The retirement roadshow offered more. Fighting back from five match points to win their first match was followed by another great escape in the second.

    But it was watching a tearful Murray to finally say ‘au revoir’, after being playfully pushed into the court by Evans after their defeat, which will linger longest.

    Thanks for the memories, Sir Muzz.

  9. James FitzGerald
    BBC News reporter at the Stade de France

    Athletes fill the Stade de France

    "Ladies and gentleman, the athletes!" exclaims the stadium announcer.

    Suddenly the pulsating music cuts out for a moment, and our vibrating bones can briefly recover.

    There's a pause for applause and one of those crowd renditions of the White Stripes' Seven Nation Army.

  10. Get involved - Your moment of the Games

    #bbcolympics, via WhatsApp on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    My moment of the games has to be when the B-Dance finished.

    Jasper in Verwood

    Favourite moment aside from seeing the joy in KJT's face throughout the heptathlon, or Femke's clawback in mixed 4x400m relay, or Mondo clearing 6.25m? Women's beach volleyball, Brazil and Canada start squaring up to each other after a disputed point, DJ plays Imagine by John Lennon to defuse it.

    Danny

  11. 'I welled up too while trying to write about it'

    My moment of the games

    Sonia Oxley
    BBC Sport in Paris

    It’s been hard to pick one standout moment…Andy Murray and Dan Evans’ emotional celebrations after saving all those match points and Simone Biles putting that GOAT necklace on after all-around gold are running close.

    But, if I have to pick one, I’m going for one that really was a moment of history for GB in a sport that very, very rarely gets in the spotlight.

    Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe’s stunning silver was the country’s first ever in artistic swimming.

    They were both in tears, fans in the arena were in tears, and I don’t mind admitting that I welled up too while trying to write about it.

    They had very little funding, are best friends and their mums competed together in the sport. Just an absolutely amazing story with an incredible ending – what the Olympics are all about.

  12. Right on time - according to my schedule - we have all the athletes now assembled on the floor.

    Running like clockwork this.

    But for how long?

    We're due to be moving on to the next section but the crowd in the Stade de France are chanting so loudly that, rightly so, the organisers are letting the atmosphere breathe for a moment or two.

    Stade de FranceReuters

  13. 'Proud to be British'

    My moment of the Games

    Tonia Couch
    Commonwealth silver medallist diver

    My favourite moment is the divers making history winning four medals in four events making my job on the BBC couch so much easier to talk about.

    Pure joy and excitement. So proud to be British.

  14. Britain's medal totals since 1996

    For the fourth successive Games, Great Britain have won a total of more than 60 medals.

    However, 14 gold medals won is lower than at the Games in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.

    In 1996, GB only won one gold medal - Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave in rowing, men's coxless pair.

    British medals

  15. I don't want to be accused of being biased here but the Team GB shirts are a bit tasty.

    It's in the Hawaiian style and we're told the design is made up of all the emblems from United Kingdom.

  16. The best images of Day 11

    Nigeria's Chinecherem Nnamdi competes in the men's javelin throw qualification of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-DenisGetty Images
    n underwater view shows Britain's Jordan Christopher Houlden competing in the men's 3m springboard diving preliminary during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-DenisGetty Images
    Australia's Arisa Trew competes in the women's park skateboarding final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La ConcordeGetty Images

  17. James FitzGerald
    BBC News reporter at the Stade de France

    German athletes and staff enter the Stade de FranceEPA

    German athletes and staff joining the party

    Sadly, organisers covered over the stadium's distinctive pretty purple running track during the prep for tonight's big event.

    But the place is awash with colour again now, as athletes of all nationalities keep flooding in to this bass-rich soundtrack.

    Thousands of competitors and staff are involved - and of course, it's another chance for the fans to see some of their heroes up close.

    Paris 2024 organisers have prided themselves on letting the public interact with sportspeople at a location they called the Champions' Park.

  18. Watch: Team GB flag bearers Yee and Page enter Stade de France

  19. 'Arshad has defied the odds to succeed'

    My moment of the Games

    Leon Taylor
    Olympic diving silver medallist

    Arshad Nadeem’s Olympic gold in the Javelin. Setting a new Olympic record of 92.97m, he’s secured the Pakistan’s first-ever individual gold medal in athletics.

    What stands out for me is Arshad has defied the odds to succeed - poor facilities and no real support.

    His early career was funded by his villagers, who chipped in to help him compete.

    This gold medal shows his grit, determination and relentless drive to pursue his dreams.

  20. 'The athletes are going to get pretty close'

    Hazel Irvine
    Presenter on BBC TV

    It is interesting because right in the centre of the Stade de France is the stage for the artistic segment of this ceremony to take place on.

    The athletes are going to get pretty close.