The final morning of the Olympics sees Germany's Tobias Angerer leading in the men's 50km freestyle cross country

Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer takes advantage of the ideal conditions to put himself in medal contention with 10km left

The race reaches a thrilling climax and the Italian fans erupt as Giorgio di Centa's late burst seals gold for the hosts

Di Centa wins by just 0.8 seconds from Russia's Eugeni Dementiev with Austria's Mihail Botwinov claiming bronze

Saku Koivu is mobbed after putting Finland 1-0 up against Sweden in the first period of the ice hockey final

Sweden get back in the game with two second period goals from Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall

Ville Peltonen finds a way past Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist to make it 2-2 at the end of the second period

The Sweden team celebrate after Nicklas Lidstrom's third period goal sees them beat Finland 3-2 and win gold

The 2006 Winter Games draws to its close with a celebration of carnival and circus at Turin's Stadio Olympico

The Olympic rings are lit up during a closing ceremony that features singers Andrea Bocelli and Ricky Martin