PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: A general view of the inside of the stadium as French Singer-Songwriter Yseult (not pictured) performs “My Way” as a Pyrotechnics Display takes place after the Olympic Rings are assembled during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Medal Tally 11 hours ago
Team USA topped the Paris Olympic Games medal tally, with 42 bronze, 44 silver, and tying with China’s 40 gold after all events were completed on Sunday.
Hollywood’s top gun, Tom Cruise, rappelled from the roof of the Stade de France into the Paris Games for the closing ceremony before speeding off with the Olympic flag in a dramatic handover that began the countdown to the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
A beaming Cruise high-fived athletes after making the roughly 160-foot descent before jumping on a motorcycle and exiting the stadium as the crowd at the 80,000-seat stadium roared.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: American Actor and Film Producer Tom Cruise rides on a Motorbike with the IOC Flag during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: Actor Tom Cruise jumps from the roof of the Stade de France during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch- Pool/Getty Images)
Olympic Flag Handed Over to Los Angeles
The Olympic flag is officially handed over from Paris to Los Angeles, the host of the next Summer Games in 2028.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: American Actor and Film Producer Tom Cruise interacts with Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, and Simone Biles of Team United States as he receives the Olympic Flag during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Time for Light Show
The lights are going down. The orchestra is tuning in. A light show is displayed on the roof of the Stade de France.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: A general view of the outside of the stadium as a Pyrotechnics Display takes place as French Singer-Songwriter Yseult (not pictured) performs “My Way” during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Léon Marchand Carries the Olympic Flame
French swimmer Léon Marchand, wearing a black suit and tie, walks around the Olympic cauldron.
He picks up a lantern carrying the Olympic flame. At the same time, the Stade de France is roaring as Marchand is shown on the giant screens. Marchand is perhaps the most celebrated athlete at the Paris 2024 Olympics with 4 gold medals and 1 bronze medal.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: Léon Marchand of Team France high fives spectators during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Zaho de Sagazan Belts ‘Sous le ciel de Paris’
The show is under way. French singer Zaho de Sagazan is singing the famous French song “Sous le ciel de Paris” in the Jardin des Tuileries, next to the Olympic cauldron, in the heart of Paris.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: French Singer-Songwriter Zaho de Sagazan performs during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
Paris Olympics Games Set to Close
While the opening ceremony was held on the river Seine, the closing ceremony is staged in the 80,000-capacity Stade de France which hosted athletics events after rugby sevens.
The Olympic flame will be extinguished and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will give the flag to her Los Angeles counterpart Karen Bass, a symbolic handover to the next hosts for the 2028 Games.
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: A general view of the inside of the stadium as Athletes complete the parade during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 11: A general view of the lit Paris 2024 Olympic Games Cauldron prior to the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
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