12 Aug 2024

New Zealand's most golden Olympic Games come to a close

From Paris Essentials, 11:00 am on 12 August 2024

New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews celebrates after winning the women's track cycling sprint final race 2 for gold of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, south-west of Paris, on August 11, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Photo: AFP/SEBASTIEN BOZON

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Ellesse Andrews and Ally Wollaston secured gold and bronze on the last day of the Paris Olympics to sew up New Zealand's best ever effort at the Olympics.

New Zealand ended with 10 gold medals, a new record surpassing the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

And their 20 total medals was equal with the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but with more gold in the mix.