The lead group is down to nine.

Hassan has bridged the gap too, the downhill proving her friend with that leg speed.

It’s developing into a class: Lokedi, Assefa, Shankule, Jepchirchir, Obiri, Hassan… The stars are at the front and the racing is about to begin.

Hassan leaning into this horrid hill at 28.5km, it’s so steep, she’s been dropped as the Ethiopian Assefa and Shankule surge from the front.

It looks like we’ll have an Ethiopian double gold here as we approach 30km.

It’s bad news for Hellen Obiri… She drops off. One of the big four. Now seven seconds back from the main pack.

So it’s Salpete, Trofimova, Jepchirchir, Assefa, Lindwurm, Hassan, Chesang and a few others at 27km.

Obiri with a surge, she clings on to the back of the pack. Alemu, fourth in London this year, now struggling and looks to have run her race.

The Aussie duo of Gregson and Stenson storm past her now. Hassan is detached, she is flagging too, what a workload she has put in, about 10-15m back but surging down the flat stretch here to bridge the gap.

Team GB watch: Calli Hauger-Thackery is 41st and +1:10, Clara Evans is 49th and +1:39 to the leaders, while Rose Harvey is down in 82nd and +6:05 to the leaders.

The steepest hill is just ahead, this is where the men’s race was won and lost from Tola.

This group has gone through 25km now and Salpete leads by a second in 1:26:34.

We’ll await the next split at 20km, but Jessica Stenson is pushing on about 10m clear of the chasing pack after 18km.

The Australian is exposing herself here, a strange tactic perhaps before the half-way stage.

Julien is now about 10m off the back, the women, including Jepchirchir and Obiri, take a look around while sharing their drinks.

Kejeta of Germany has stepped off, she’s walking, a real shame after going with the lead pack.

As the Paris 2024 Olympics comes to a close, the final day of what has been a monumental year for the Games should deliver its fair share of breathtaking moments.

Kicking things off on Sunday will be the eagerly anticipated women’s marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa looking to further cement her greatness after setting a new world record with a staggering time of 2:11:58 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon.

The endurance events will be coming in thick and fast, as the women’s final of the Modern Pentathlon will get underway at 10:40am, with Kate French and Kerenza Bryson hoping to add to Team GB’s medal tally.

There is Men’s Keirin, as well as the Women’s Omnium in track cycling, with Emma Finucane, Jack Carlin and Hamish Turnbull among the riders in action. France play the USA in the women’s basketball gold medal game.

Emily Campbell won Great Britain their first medal in women’s weightlifting when she won silver in Tokyo and will be in action as she competes in the Women’s +81kg division.

Then there will be the Closing Ceremony, starting at 8pm BST, which will bring the Olympics to its natural conclusion.

We’re approaching the half-way point in the women’s marathon.

Out in front is Melody Julien of France, she hits one of those fiendishly hard hills after 55 minutes.

Sifan Hassan is in the chasing pack, pinned to the very back and looking to be dragged along in her third event of the Games.

Hellen Obiri, Peres Jepchirchir, Megertu Alemu, Tigst Assefa al up near the top and just .second behind a huge pack.

We’ve hit 15km and the temperature is rising in Paris as the leaders push on at the front of the course. We’ve hit the big hill that could decide this race and played a big part in yesterday’s men’s marathon.

Hellen Obiri, Peres Jepchrichir, and of course Tigst Assefa are all in the leading pack, as is Sifan Hassan. But this hill could be about to split them!

Lin Yu Ting, one of the boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility row, was crowned Olympic champion after beating Julia Szeremeta in the women’s 57kg final.

The Chinese Taipei boxer beat the Polish fighter by unanimous decision in the contest’s showpiece at Roland Garros.