Paris Olympics Day 16- The curtains fell on Paris Olympics as USA ends on top at the leader board.
Sifan Hassan clinched the last gold medal of Paris Olympics as she won the Women’s Marathon on Paris Olympics Day 16. She became only the second athlete in history since Emil Zatopek in 1952 to win medals in 5000m, 10000m and Marathon at a single edition of the Summer Games.
United States of America topped the medal table after winning its 40th gold medal in the Women’s Basketball final. China also had 40 gold medals but the silver count was 27, thus finishing at the second position. Japan was placed third, followed by Australia and host France in the fourth and fifth spot, respectively.
Paris Olympics Day 16- Final Medal Table
| POS | NOC | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| 1 | USA | 40 | 44 | 42 | 125 |
| 2 | China | 40 | 27 | 24 | 91 |
| 3 | Japan | 20 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Australia | 18 | 19 | 16 | 53 |
| 5 | France | 16 | 25 | 22 | 63 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 15 | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 14 | 22 | 29 | 65 |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Italy | 12 | 13 | 15 | 40 |
| 10 | Germany | 12 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 71 | India | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Paris Olympics- Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony started with French swimmer Leon Marchand walking up to the cauldron. The cauldron is extinguished with the flame captured in the lantern.
Unlike the closing ceremony that took place at the banks of River Siene, the closing ceremony was organised inside the monumental Stade de France. Hockey legend PR Sreejesh joined shooter Manu Bhaker as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
As the Olympic flag was handed over to Los Angeles Olympic committe, Hollywood legend Tom Cruise came down the Stade de France. He took the flag with him and started for Los Angeles on his bike.
