That is it from NDTV Sports' coverage of the Paris Olympics 2024. But while the events round up, the action off the field doesn't. Potentially, a bigger day than any of the last fortnight comes tomorrow, as we find out the verdict on Vinesh Phogat's appeal for a silver medal.

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The closing ceremony draws to a close in a beautifully lit Stade de France. Los Angeles will provide hype, but can India improve their performance from the City of Love?

From Leon Marchand being a worthy home hero, to Simone Biles showing no one does it quite as good as her. 

From Katie Ledecky continuing to shatter records to Noah Lyles being the true world champion.

From Imane Khelif to Lin Yu-ting, discrimination was responded back with gold. 

And from Manu Bhaker to PR Sreejesh and Vinesh Phogat, India found its set of heroes to look up to again.

India finish without a gold, and with one less medal than Tokyo 2020, but there were many narrow misses. Just as many 4th-place finishes as medals, and many more signs of hope during the course of the last two weeks.

Congratulations to the six Indian medal-winners at Paris: Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh, Swapnil Kusale, Neeraj Chopra, Aman Sehrawat and the men's hockey team.

Dare I say, Vinesh Phogat in a few hours time.

And much like it has been for the last three Olympic Games, it's the United States of America leading the medal table. China took them all the way, led the table for so long, but USA pip them to top spot in the end.

The Olympic flame is extinguished by Thomas Bach, Leon Marchand and the representatives of the continents. Paris Olympics 2024 draws to a close.

Over to you, Los Angeles!

Marchand receiving a grand welcome from the Stade de France. The athlete with the most individual medals in Paris 2024, in front of his home crowd. 

Snoop Dogg waves the Olympic flag high and we cut back right back to the Stade de France. And guess who's back? It's France's favourite son, Leon Marchand, bringing in the Olympic flame. 

From Billie Eilish to Snoop Dogg now! The closing ceremony has left the starcast right to the end. This ceremony is getting more American by the minute. Dr. Dre joins him, and the iconic 'The Next Episode' is now being sung.

And there we go, Billie Eilish it is! The 22-year-old singer is here to dazzle, at her melodious best.

If the pre-ceremony roster is to be followed, pop star Billie Eilish and rapper Snoop Dogg should be here soon.

As we expected before the ceremony, American rock band Red Hot Chilli Peppers are performing. A grand stage is being set up for LA 2028!

A truly remarkable design. The Olympic rings have been intertwined with the Hollywood logo in this promo. The Olympic flag has now been switched from Tom Cruise to four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson. 

Tom Cruise motors in between a line of Olympic medal-winning athletes, waving the Olympic flag as he goes. And now he is on the streets of Paris, travelling to... LA? He jumps off a plane, Mission Impossible style.

Tom Cruise is here! And looks like he'll make a grand entrance from the roof of the Stade de France!

The national anthem of the USA is being sung by American R and B singer Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, known more popularly as H.E.R.

The Olympic flag handover ceremony begins. The first female mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, passes on the Olympic flag to the first female mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass. The flag is waved high by Bass.

Be it the opening sequences of the closing ceremony or the Olympic anthem at the very end, the orchestra have been the mainstays of the entire programme tonight. They deserve a round of applause.

The Olympic flag has been lowered. This is officially the end of the Paris Olympics 2024, the 33rd edition of the Summer Games.

"Mercy Paris, Vive la France" says Thomas Bach to conclude his speech. The orchestra then play out the Olympic anthem, as Bach, Estanguet and the representatives of each continent stand arm-in-arm.

A strong statement by Bach, before he follows it up with a not-so-excellent pun, calling it the 'Seine'-sational Games.

"You've made the City of Love shine brighter than ever before," says IOC President Thomas Bach to the athletes at Paris 2024.

"You created a culture of peace even though your countries are divided by war," he adds.

Some more of the Indian contingent at the closing ceremony! Bhaker's coach Jaspal Rana leads the group, and India's youngest-ever medalist Aman Sehrawat is also present.

Time for the important men to address the crowd. Paris Olympics organizing committee President Tony Estanguet and IOC President Thomas Bach are set to speak.

A bunch of wonderful songs by French indie rock band Phoenix, and there segment in the closing ceremony draws to a close.

Phoenix's song 'Tonight' featuring American musician Ezra Koenig is being played. Keen video gamers may recognize the song from the FIFA 23 soundtrack.

Phoenix lead singer Thomas Mars is lighting up the Stade de France at the moment, in a melodious array of songs. A welcome change from the eerieness of the play before. 

The Stade de France was first covered in blue smoke, much like the jersey of the French national team. It quickly switches to red as the singer changes.

Popular French indie rock band Phoenix, based in Versailles, have their turn to perform at the closing ceremony.

It's been a long wait, but we have some glimpses of our two flagbearers: Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh!

Photo courtesy: PTI

The enactment of the excavation of the Olympic rings comes to an end, as the rings are joined in the night sky at the centre of the Stade de France. The performance receives an enormous applause from the 70,000-odd in the stadium.

The oldest hymn of ancient Greece, the hymn to Apollo, is being played on the piano, as an air of serenity envelopes the Stade de France. There has been quite a change of atmosphere from the dancing athletes to this over the last few minutes.

The performance is a play on the rebirth of the Olympics, and the excavation of the Olympic rings. First hosted by Paris in 1900, the act symbolizes the change from antiquity to the modern era in 2024.

Different kinds of performers inside the Stade de France, as a lot of smoke lies in the centre of an otherwise dark stadium. 

Stade de France is being lit up by the sound of the orchestra and glittered by performers arriving in various costumes. It is quite a grand show here, as the origins of the Olympics are played out.

Four new members inducted into the IOC athletes commission, to be the voice of the athletes for the next Olympics and beyond. They are:

Kim Bui - Gymnastics (Germany)

Jessica Fox - Canoe (Australia)

Marcus Daniell - Tennis (New Zealand)

The volunteers make their way into the Stade de France. The unsung heroes who keep such a grand event ticking on so many scales. 

We are now having the medal ceremony of the women's marathon, one of the events on the final day of Paris 2024. 

Kenya's Hellen Obiri takes bronze, Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa claims silver and Netherlands' Sifan Hassan wears a proud gold around her neck.

And there's the classic! Queen's 'We are the Champions' plays at the Stade de France. An unmissable from song from any sporting ceremony playlist.

The song 'Freed from desire' plays around Stade de France, as the athletes continue to enjoy in front of a 70,000-packed Stade de France.

A karaoke plays in the background as more and more nations take a walk around the Stade de France. It's a beautiful night in Paris!

All the athletes have entered the Stade de France. Sadly, we are yet to get a snapshot of Manu Bhaker or PR Sreejesh.

The big performances of the night are set to begin soon!

Tens of Chinese athletes are entering the Stade de France. The nation that almost clinched first spot in the Paris Olympics, but got beaten to first place by the USA in the last event of the Games.

Athletes from several nations are having a gala time inside the Stade de France. Some are dancing, some are jumping, some waving their flags, some showing off their glittering medals. 

Manu-Sreejesh must have entered the Stade de France by now, but we are yet to catch a glimpse of our two stars. The Paris 2024 closing ceremony is on in full flow.

The athletes are making their way into the Stade de France now. Manu and Sreejesh should be in soon.

Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh are yet to walk out onto the Stade de France.

Canada, Great Britain, Ivory Coast, Ireland, Egypt and many more nations continue to enter.

France President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach have taken centre stage, just before the French national anthem is played by the orchestra.

An orchestra is in rhythm at the Stade de France, in what is the first performance in the stadium. 

Marchand marches with the Olympic flame through Paris, as the song and dance is set to begin inside the Stade de France.

France's home hero, four-time gold medalist in Paris 2024, swimmer Leon Marchand, has made his entry to the closing ceremony. The French song continues.

And the closing ceremony is underway with a beautiful song in French.

The opening ceremony is set to get underway. Stade de France prepares to bid goodbye to the Paris Olympics 2024. 

91 different nations have won a medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. That's two less than in Tokyo 2020 and five more than Rio 2016.

It is likely just 10 more minutes till the Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony will commence. Tom Cruise? Billie Eilish? Snoop Dogg? We'll soon find out which stars grace the Stade de France tonight.

As per Billboard, singer Billie Eilish and rapper Snoop Dogg are expected to star in the Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony.

Here's what India's flagbearers, Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh, had to say before the closing ceremony:

PR SREEJESH & MANU BHAKER IS READY FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY AT PARIS OLYMPICS..!!! pic.twitter.com/MJUPZknUGW

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 11, 2024

Meanwhile...

- Authorities order the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris monument hours before the Olympics closing ceremony. pic.twitter.com/pMcE7WBdoO

— The Informant (@theinformant_x) August 11, 2024

Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh are being felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) ahead of the closing ceremony.

#WATCH | India's Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh, who have been announced as the official flag bearers for the Paris Olympics closing ceremony, were felicitated by the IOA
Indian Men's Hockey Team Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh says "It is a great honour. It is my last tournament and I… pic.twitter.com/G4YHtl82SW

— ANI (@ANI) August 11, 2024

The much-anticipated star guest of the closing ceremony is in Paris. Will Tom Cruise perform tonight?

#TomCruise at the stadium where the Olympic closing ceremony will take place! Maybe he's at a rehearsal? pic.twitter.com/8NMSOdMVQB

— Tom Cruise • fan account (@tomcruisse62) August 11, 2024

The USA pipped China to top spot in the Paris Olympics 2024 medal table with gold in the final event of the Summer Games - women's basketball. Having trailed China throughout the event, USA tied them on 40 golds each, and took first spot thanks to more medals in total.

The stadium which once saw Zinedine Zidane take France to FIFA World Cup glory in 1998 will now see off the Paris Olympics 2024 with its closing ceremony.

The passing of the Olympic flag from the mayor of Paris to the mayor of Los Angeles will be historic. Both cities have a woman mayor for the first time in their history - Anne Hidalgo of Paris and Karen Bass of Los Angeles.

We are approximately one hour away from the start of the closing ceremony.

As India waits patiently for the verdict on Vinesh Phogat, the nation has one more chance to truly celebrate its medal-winners this year.

The flag bearers of each country will perform the parade, as is customary. The Olympics flag will be lowered, and the Olympic flame will be extinguished.

The torch will then be passed on to the Paralympics, as the Paralympic flame will be lit. The Paralympics begin on August 28, 2024 and end on September 8, 2024.

While most of the details about the closing ceremony has been kept under wraps, it has been speculated that over one hundred different performers will take centre stage. Artistic director Thomas Jolly has revealed that the theme of the ceremony will be "records".

Some outlandish reports have even stated that Hollywood icon Tom Cruise might make a death-defying stunt appearance in the ceremony.

The closing ceremony is not too far away. It will be held at France's iconic Stade de France, the stadium where Neeraj Chopra won silver for India a few days back.

Six medals also came with six fourth-place finishes for India in Paris 2024:

1) Arjun Babuta (10m air rifle - men's)

2) Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat (Archery - mixed team)

3) Manu Bhaker (25m pistol - women's)

4) Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka (Skeet shooting - mixed team)

5) Lakshya Sen (Badminton - men's singles)

6) Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting - women's)

Here's a recap of India's six medals in Paris 2024.

1) Bronze: Manu Bhaker (10m air pistol - women's)

2) Bronze: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh (10m air pistol - mixed team)

3) Bronze: Swapnil Kusale (50m rifle 3 positions - men's)

4) Bronze: Hockey Team (Men's)

5) Silver: Neeraj Chopra (Javelin throw - men's)

6) Bronze: Aman Sehrawat (57kg freestyle wrestling - men's)

They need no introduction! It's shooter Manu Bhaker and hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. Both are at the opposite ends of their careers, but Paris 2024 has been a happy time for both.

Sreejesh capped off his career with a second Olympic bronze, whilst Bhaker won two bronzes in Paris itself.

Our flag bearers for the closing ceremony! We're all set #JeetKaJashn | #Cheer4Bharat pic.twitter.com/cw7d8taD8E

— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) August 11, 2024

If Vinesh Phogat is given her silver, India will rise only three more spots, up to 68th in the Olympics 2024 medal table.

That will put them six spots behind Pakistan.

India finish Paris 2024 in 71st position, their worst ranking on the Olympics medal table since the year 2000, when India had also finished 71st.

India have dropped 23 spots from their 48th-place finish in Tokyo 2020. Not even a tally of two silver medals saw them drop this low in Rio 2016.

Once again, we remind you that the verdict will be out by 6 PM Paris time on August 13 (9:30 PM IST). In less than 24 hours from now, India could be rejoicing a second silver medal from Paris 2024.

If Vinesh wins the case, not only could she win the silver medal, the ruling could also possibly be a landmark one in wrestling, that could result in the change of many existing laws.

All documents and every other necessary details have been submitted to the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS), reports RevSportz. Now all that is left is the wait till the final verdict, on whether Vinesh Phogat will get silver.

India finished on the 71st spot with six medals -- five bronze and one silver.

USA win a consecutive 8th gold medal in women's basketball. Heartbreak of France. 67-66 in the end. And this brings a close to this year's Summer Games. This allows Team USA to top the Paris 2024 Olympics medal table

Fresh from the men's team's loss to USA in the gold medal match, France eye payback in the women's gold medal match. They currently lead 38-33 with just over four minutes left in the 3rd quarter

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted that he might give "serious thought" about throwing his hat into the ring to succeed Thomas Bach as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coe, whose third and final term as athletics chief ends in 2027, has long been suggested as a successor to Thomas Bach.

As India waits for the results of wrestler Vinesh Phogat's hearing at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic shared an important insight as far as the entire weigh-in controversy is concerned. "I am so sorry for what happened, but no matter the size of your country, athletes are athletes. This weigh-in was public, everyone saw what happened. How can we allow someone to compete when we all saw what happened. We don't have any other choice but to follow our rules," Lalovic told NDTV.

Harrie Lavreysen becomes the Netherlands' most successful summer Olympian with a third Paris cycling gold in the men's keirin, taking his tally to six. Meanwhile, Ellesse Andrews powered to the women's sprint title to add to her keirin gold.

An outstanding performance in the men's water polo final sees Serbia take home their third consecutive gold meda. They beat Croatia 13-11

#BREAKING Serbia just beat Croatia in water polo 13 : 11 and took the gold at the Paris Olympics.
The Serbian team played an awesome game, proving their dominance over Croatians again. #Paris2024 #Olympics #Serbia pic.twitter.com/U4fgOAgacM

— Global Dissident (@GlobalDiss) August 11, 2024

Denmark take the gold medal in men's volleyball, beating Germany 39-26 in the final. Juri Knorr with six strikes for his team to set up a comfortable victory.

ITALY: THE GOLDEN WOMEN OF @paris2024!
History for Italy women's volleyball team as they win their first Olympic medal in women's #Volleyball and it is GOLD GOLD GOLD!
#Paris2024 #pallavolo pic.twitter.com/eTnZTPemGl

— Volleyball World (@volleyballworld) August 11, 2024

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins the bronze in women's marathon, with Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa and Kenya's Hellen Obiri taking silver and bronze, respectively.

Good evening and welcome to our Paris Olympics final day blog. We will continue our build-up to the closing cermony with all the updates from the medals event on the final day. We will also have our focus on the latest developments in Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).