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Your support makes all the difference. Close Read more The end of the Olympics has arrived with a closing ceremony at the Stade de France set to bring the curtain down on Paris 2024 .
It’s been 17 days since the rain-soaked opening extravaganza on the River Seine and conditions are much brighter for the spectacle in Saint Denis.
Look out for reported appearances from the likes of Billie Eilish , Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers , as Paris begins the transition towards Los Angeles 2028.
While each country competing at the Olympics will also have their moment - although they will not be travelling down the Seine on boats this time.
Gold medallists Alex Yee and Bryony Page will be Great Britain’s flagbearers at the closing ceremony, and here’s a look at everyone else.
NOC Flagbearer Discipline EOR Farida ABAROGE Athletics Kasra MEHDIPOURNEJAD Taekwondo Afghanistan Yulduz HASHIMI Cycling Road Yulduz HASHIMI Cycling Track Sha Mahmood NOOR ZAHI Athletics South Africa Tatjana SMITH Swimming Albania Islam DUDAEV Wrestling Algeria Imane KHELIF Boxing Djamel SEDJATI Athletics Germany Laura LINDEMANN Triathlon Max RENDSCHMIDT Canoe Sprint Andorra Nahuel CARABANA Athletics Angola Edmilson PEDRO Judo Antigua and Barbuda Cejhae GREENE Athletics Saudi Arabia Dunya Ali M ABUTALEB Taekwondo Mohamed Daouda TOLO Athletics Argentina Eugenia BOSCO Sailing Jose TORRES GIL Cycling BMX Freestyle Armenia Artur ALEKSANYAN Wrestling Aruba Shanayah HOWELL Cycling BMX Racing Ethan WESTERA Sailing Austria Lukas MAEHR Sailing Lara VADLAU Sailing Azerbaijan Zeynab HUMMATOVA Rhythmic Gymnastics Gashim MAGOMEDOV Taekwondo Bahamas Charisma TAYLOR Athletics Bahrain Akhmed TAZHUDINOV Wrestling Bangladesh Games Volunteer Barbados Matthew WRIGHT Triathlon Belgium Nafissatou THIAM Athletics Belize Shaun GILL Athletics Benin Alexis Michel Roger Dodji KPADE Swimming Noelie YARIGO Athletics Bermuda Dara ALIZADEH Rowing Bhutan Kinzang LHAMO Athletics Bolivia Hector GARIBAY Athletics Guadalupe TORREZ Athletics Bosnia & Herzegovina Lana PUDAR Swimming Botswana Oratile NOWE Athletics Letsile TEBOGO Athletics Brazil Eduarda SANTOS LISBOA Beach Volleyball Ana Patricia SILVA RAMOS Beach Volleyball Brunei Darussalam Hayley WONG Swimming Bulgaria Boryana KALEYN Rhythmic Gymnastics Semen Sergeevich NOVIKOV Wrestling Burkina Faso Marthe KOALA Athletics Hugues Fabrice ZANGO Athletics Burundi Ange Ciella NIRAGIRA Judo Cabo Verde Samuel FREIRE Athletics Ivanusa MOREIRA Boxing Cayman Islands Games Volunteer Cambodia Bunthorn CHHUN Athletics Apsara SAKBUN Swimming Cameroon Emmanuel ESEME Athletics Richelle Anita SOPPI MBELLA Judo Canada Ethan KATZBERG Athletics Summer MCINTOSH Swimming Centr Afric Rep Tracy Marine ANDET Swimming Herve TOUMANDJI Athletics Chile Fernanda AGUIRRE Taekwondo Clemente SEGUEL LACAMARA Sailing China Fabin LI Weightlifting Zixia OU Hockey Cyprus Vera TUGOLUKOVA Rhythmic Gymnastics Colombia Mariana PAJON LONDONO Cycling BMX Racing Comoros Hachim MAAROUFOU Athletics Maesha SAADI Swimming Congo Natacha NGOYE Athletics DR Congo Brigitte MBABI Boxing Cook Islands Lanihei CONNOLLY Swimming Korea Aeji IM Boxing Taejoon PARK Taekwondo Costa Rica Gerald DRUMMOND Athletics Milagro MENA SOLANO Cycling Road Côte d’Ivoire Arthur CISSE Athletics Maboundou KONE Athletics Croatia Ivan SAPINA Taekwondo Lena STOJKOVIC Taekwondo Cuba Yarisleidis CIRILO DUBOYS Canoe Sprint Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ Wrestling Denmark To be announced Djibouti Ibrahim HASSAN Athletics Dominican Republic Alexander OGANDO Athletics Beatriz PIRON CANDELARIO Weightlifting Dominica Thea LAFOND Athletics Egypt Sara AHMED Weightlifting Ahmed ELGENDY Modern Pentathlon El Salvador Games Volunteer UA Emirates Games Volunteer Ecuador Brian Daniel PINTADO Athletics Lucia Yamileth YEPEZ GUZMAN Wrestling Eritrea Samsom AMARE Athletics Dolshi TESFU Athletics Spain Maria ARAUJO Basketball Jordan Alejandro DIAZ FORTUN Athletics Estonia Janek OIGLANE Athletics Reena PARNAT Archery Eswatini Sibusiso MATSENJWA Athletics Ethiopia Tigst ASSEFA Athletics Tamirat TOLA Athletics Fiji Venice Elizabeth Megan TRAILL Taekwondo David YOUNG Swimming Finland Saga VANNINEN Athletics Gabon Wissy Frank HOYE YENDA MOUKOULA Athletics Noelie Annette LACOUR Swimming Gambia Alasan ANN Taekwondo Gina Mariam BASS BITTAYE Athletics Georgia Geno PETRIASHVILI Wrestling Ghana Joseph Paul AMOAH Athletics Rose Amoanimaa YEBOAH Athletics Great Britain Bryony PAGE Trampoline Gymnastics Alex YEE Triathlon Grenada Halle HAZZARD Athletics Kirani JAMES Athletics Guam Mia Lahnee Ramos AQUINO Wrestling Guatemala Alberto GONZALEZ MINDEZ Athletics Adriana RUANO OLIVA Shooting Guinea Elhadj N’gnane DIALLO Swimming Fatoumata SYLLA Archery Guinea-Bissau Diamantino IUNA FAFE Wrestling Equatorial Guinea Games Volunteer Guyana Aliyah ABRAMS Athletics Emanuel ARCHIBALD Athletics Haiti Cedrick BELONY-DULIEPRE Boxing Emelia CHATFIELD Athletics Honduras Julimar AVILA MANCIA Swimming Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO Wrestling Hong Kong, China Sze Wing LEE Cycling Road Sze Wing LEE Cycling Track Wai Fung LO Taekwondo Hungary Tamara CSIPES Canoe Sprint Kristof MILAK Swimming India Manu BHAKER Shooting Sreejesh PARATTU RAVEENDRAN Hockey Indonesia Rizki JUNIANSYAH Weightlifting IR Iran Fatemeh MOJALLALTOPRAGHGHALE Rowing Arian SALIMI Taekwondo Iraq Ali Ammar Yusur RUBAIAWI Weightlifting Ireland Fintan MC CARTHY Rowing Mona MC SHARRY Swimming Iceland Erna Soley GUNNARSDOTTIR Athletics Israel Romi PARITZKI Rhythmic Gymnastics Tom REUVENY Sailing Italy Rossella FIAMINGO Fencing Gregorio PALTRINIERI Marathon Swimming Gregorio PALTRINIERI Swimming Jamaica Rajindra CAMPBELL Athletics Japan Haruka KITAGUCHI Athletics SHIGEKIX Breaking Jordan Julyana ALSADEQ Taekwondo Zaid KAREEM Taekwondo Kazakhstan Elzhana TANIYEVA Rhythmic Gymnastics Batyrkhan TOLEUGALI Taekwondo Kenya Beatrice CHEBET Athletics Eliud KIPCHOGE Athletics Kyrgyzstan Akzhol MAKHMUDOV Wrestling Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA Wrestling Kiribati Kaimauri ERATI Weightlifting Kosovo Gresa BAKRACI Athletics Adell SABOVIC Swimming Kuwait Games Volunteer Lao PDR Praewa Misato PHILAPHANDETH Rhythmic Gymnastics Lesotho Mokulubete Blandina MAKATISI Athletics Tebello RAMAKONGOANA Athletics Latvia Gunta VAICULE Athletics Ernests ZEBOLDS Cycling BMX Freestyle Lebanon Laetitia AOUN Taekwondo Liberia John SHERMAN Athletics Libya Games Volunteer Liechtenstein Games Volunteer Lithuania NICKA Breaking Luxembourg Patrizia VAN DER WEKEN Athletics North Macedonia Vladimir EGOROV Wrestling Madagascar Jonathan RAHARVEL Swimming Rosina RANDAFIARISON Weightlifting Malaysia Ashley LAU Golf Malawi Games Volunteer Maldives Mohamed Aan HUSSAIN Swimming Aishath Ulya SHAIG Swimming Mali Marine Fatoumatta Colette CAMARA Boxing Alexien KOUMA Swimming Malta Katryna ESPOSITO Judo Morocco BILLY Breaking Oumaima EL BOUCHTI Taekwondo Marshall Islands Phillip KINONO Swimming Mathlynn SASSER Weightlifting Mauritius Jean DE FALBAIRE Sailing Mauritania Games Volunteer Mexico Nuria DIOSDADO Artistic Swimming Marco Alonso VERDE ALVAREZ Boxing Micronesia Games Volunteer Republic of Moldova Anastasia NICHITA Wrestling Serghei TARNOVSCHI Canoe Sprint Monaco Quentin ANTOGNELLI Rowing Lisa POU Marathon Swimming Lisa POU Swimming Mongolia Ankhtsetseg MUNKHJANTSAN Weightlifting Tulga TUMUR OCHIR Wrestling Montenegro Games Volunteer Mozambique Tiago MUXANGA Boxing Deizy NHAQUILE Sailing Myanmar Phone Pyae HAN Swimming Thuzar THET HTAR Badminton Namibia Helalia JOHANNES Athletics Phillip SEIDLER Marathon Swimming Nauru Winzar KAKIOUEA Athletics Nepal Shantoshi SHRESTHA Athletics Nicaragua Maria CARMONA Athletics Niger Samira AWALI BOUBACAR Athletics Abdoul ISSOUFOU Taekwondo Nigeria Patience Okon GEORGE Athletics Norway Solfrid Eila Amena KOANDA Weightlifting New Zealand Finn BUTCHER Canoe Slalom Lisa CARRINGTON Canoe Sprint Oman Games Volunteer Uganda Oscar CHELIMO Athletics Kathleen NOBLE Rowing Uzbekistan Ulugbek RASHITOV Taekwondo Pakistan Faiqa RIAZ Athletics Palau Yuri HOSEI Swimming Jion HOSEI Swimming Palestine Valerie Rose TARAZI Swimming Omar YASER ISMAIL Taekwondo Panama Atheyna Bibeichi BYLON Boxing Papua New Guinea Leonie BEU Athletics Kevin Sogo KASSMAN Taekwondo Paraguay Gabriela NARVAEZ Judo Netherlands Femke BOL Athletics Harrie LAVREYSEN Cycling Track Peru Maria Belen BAZO GERMAN Sailing Stefano PESCHIERA Sailing Philippines Aira VILLEGAS Boxing Carlos Edriel YULO Artistic Gymnastics Poland Wiktor GLAZUNOW Canoe Sprint Julia SZEREMETA Boxing Puerto Rico Luis CASTRO RIVERA Athletics Portugal Iuri LEITAO Cycling Track Patricia SAMPAIO Judo Qatar Games Volunteer DPR Korea Mi Rae KIM Diving Se Ung RI Wrestling Romania Mihaela Valentina CAMBEI Weightlifting Rwanda Clementine MUKANDANGA Athletics Oscar Cyusa PEYRE MITILLA Swimming St Kitts and Nevis Naquille HARRIS Athletics Saint Lucia Games Volunteer San Marino Myles Nazem AMINE Wrestling Giorgia CESARINI Archery StVincent&Grenadines Games Volunteer Solomon Islands Sharon FIRISUA Athletics Samoa Samalulu CLIFTON Canoe Sprint Eroni LEILUA Sailing American Samoa Filomenaleonisa IAKOPO Athletics Sao Tome & Principe Roldeney DE OLIVEIRA Judo Gorete SEMEDO Athletics Senegal Louis Francois MENDY Athletics Combe SECK Canoe Sprint Serbia Zorana ARUNOVIC Shooting Damir MIKEC Shooting Seychelles Dylan SICOBO Athletics Sierra Leone Joshua WYSE Swimming Singapore Jiexian Stephenie CHEN Canoe Sprint Maximilian MAEDER Sailing Slovakia Viktoria FORSTER Athletics Tajmuraz Mairbekovic SALKAZANOV Wrestling Slovenia Pia BABNIK Golf Toni VODISEK Sailing Somalia Games Volunteer Sudan Yaseen ABDALLA Athletics South Sudan Abraham GUEM Athletics Sri Lanka Dilhani LEKAMGE Athletics Viren NETTASINGHE Badminton Sweden Tara BABULFATH Judo Anton DAHLBERG Sailing Switzerland Julie DERRON Triathlon Roman MITYUKOV Swimming Suriname Jair TJON EN FA Cycling Track Syria Games Volunteer Tajikistan Munira ABDUSALOMOVA Taekwondo Davlat BOLTAEV Boxing Chinese Taipei Yu Ting LIN Boxing Chun-Han YANG Athletics Tanzania Sophia LATIFF Swimming Collins SALIBOKO Swimming Chad Valentin BETOUDJI Athletics Demos MEMNELOUM Judo Czechia Martin FUKSA Canoe Sprint Nikola OGRODNIKOVA Athletics Thailand Janjaem SUWANNAPHENG Boxing Weeraphon WICHUMA Weightlifting Timor-Leste Manuel ATAIDE Athletics Ana DA COSTA DA SILVA PINTO Taekwondo Togo Akoko KOMLANVI Rowing Tonga Feofaaki EPENISA Boxing Maleselo FUFOFUKA Athletics Trinidad and Tobago Leah BERTRAND Athletics Tunisia Karem BEN HNIA Weightlifting Marwa BOUZAYANI Athletics Türkiye Taha AKGUL Wrestling Buse Naz CAKIROGLU Boxing Turkmenistan Serdar RAHIMOV Judo Tuvalu Karalo Hepoiteloto MAIBUCA Athletics Temalini MANATOA Athletics Ukraine Liudmyla LUZAN Canoe Sprint Parviz NASIBOV Wrestling Uruguay Dolores MOREIRA FRASCHINI Sailing Matias Valentin OTERO EZCURRA Canoe Sprint Vanuatu Hugo CUMBO Judo Priscilla TOMMY Table Tennis Venezuela Julio MAYORA PERNIA Weightlifting Anyelin VENEGAS VALERA Weightlifting Virgin Islands, US Eduardo Terrance GARCIA Athletics Virgin Islands, B Rikkoi BRATHWAITE Athletics Vietnam Games Volunteer Yemen Yasameen AL RAIMI Shooting Yusuf Marwan Abdullah NASSER Swimming Zambia Muzala SAMUKONGA Athletics Zimbabwe Isaac MPOFU Athletics Rutendo Joan NYAHORA Athletics Australia Kaylee MCKEOWN Swimming Matt WEARN Sailing United States Katie LEDECKY Swimming Nick MEAD Rowing France Antoine DUPONT Rugby Sevens Pauline FERRAND PREVOT Cycling Mountain Bike
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