Sifan Hassan acknowledges the crowd during the women’s marathon victory ceremony

Athletics: Victory ceremony for the Women’s Marathon

The traditional protocol of the closing ceremony normally features a victory ceremony for the marathon, the last event of the athletics schedule.

Paris 2024’s Closing Ceremony is no different. Except this time, the last event was the women’s marathon rather than the men’s, to highlight the historic Women’s March on Versailles in 1789.

The medallists receiving their awards tonight are:

🥇Sifan Hassan, Netherlands

🥈Tigst Assefa, Ethiopia

🥉Hellen Obiri, Kenya

The Dutch athletes are right up to the front, as close as they can get, to the podium.