Really fantastic games for us, especially in this last weekend stretch.
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Yes! And some by NZ, France and GB too! We have countries with similar taste and skill it seems.
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Italy defeats the defending champions Team USA in 3 sets to win their first ever gold in the women’s volleyball competition.
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Australia’s Paris Olympics campaign has ended with Georgia Baker finishing fifth in the women’s omnium cycling points race.
The Aussies finished the Games with 18 gold, 19 silver and 16 bronze.
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Australia’s Georgia Baker misses out on a medal in the Women’s Omnium, placing 5th (108).
This means that Jennifer Valente of USA gets the gold (144), Daria Pikulik of Poland claims silver (131), and Ally Wollaston of NZ snatches bronze (125).
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Looks like China and USA will tie for Gold medal total of 40 but USA wins overall as they’ve got 100+ medals overall.
Overall pretty much everyone goes home a winner. Fantastic fortnight of competition in Paris.
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3 bronzes*
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The newly elected members are Georgia Baker (Cycling), Sally Fitzgibbons (Surfing) Joshua Hicks (Rowing), Henry Hutchison (Rugby), Annabelle Smith (Diving) and Alyce Wood (Canoe Sprint).
Re-elected members are Andrew Charter (Hockey) and Rowie Webster (Water Polo).
Jess Fox retains her position on the Commission by virtue of her IOC Athletes’ Commission role, as does Ken Wallace as chair of the ONOC Athletes’ Commission. (Oceania National Olympic Committees). Cate Campbell, the current Chair, did not seek reelection.
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Australia at the 2024 Olympics
- 18 golds
- 19 silvers
- 16 bronzes
Our best medal haul at an Olympics away from home and overall, our best Olympic Games since Sydney from an Australian point of view.
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But more Gold than Sydney.
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USA overtook China on the medal tally by narrowly winning the women’s basketball final, beating France by one point. Both teams finished on 40 gold medals, but USA had far more silver and bronze medals in total than China.
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BBC’s Paris 2024 coverage will come to an end when the Closing Ceremony wraps up.
A very emotional and heartwarming closing montage made; from the music of Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph”.
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Au revoir, Paris. We’ll see you in Los Angeles in 2028.
The Paralympics starts in two weeks.
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Notice something? New Zealand was left out of the map during the Closing Ceremony. (Pic: Getty)
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Plus Tasmania, Iceland, Madagascar, Western Australia, and a huge chunk of the British Isles.
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It’s just a simple formation to depict an artistic outline of mostly the mainland’s of the 5 Olympic continents. Pretty much every smaller island/country in the world was also not on there for that reason. You could say a lot of Asian islands and so many other places were not there too, so I’m not sure why New Zealand is unique to call out.
Chaos at Closing Ceremony. The athletes invaded the stage and were not meant to.
— Shane McInnes (@shanemcinnes) August 11, 2024
Voiceover “athletes please leave the stage” #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/mZpskzYiGQ
Seems that it happens at nearly every closing ceremony.
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After 16 days of competition, Paris says Farewell or In French they would say, Au Revoir. As Paris passes the baton to the next host city, Los Angeles, which will host the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad in 1433 days time.
Former ABC broadcaster Glenn Mitchell last night gave a breakdown of Australia’s gold medal haul.
Swimming - 7
Cycling - 3
Canoe/kayak - 3
Skateboarding - 2
Tennis - 1
Sailing - 1
Athletics - 1
On/in water - 11
On land - 7
Teams - 4
Individuals - 14
Female - 13
Male - 5
While Team Australia had a big success in Paris, it could have claimed more medals if it performed better in team sports such as hockey, football and men’s basketball. That should be the focus of the post Games review when the athletes return home this week.
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