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The 2024 Paris Olympics got here to a detailed on Sunday as athletes from the handfuls of nations that competed within the Summer time Video games took half within the closing ceremony.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo introduced the Olympic flag to Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who in flip introduced it to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
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American gymnast Simone Biles holds the Olympic flag through the closing ceremony of the Summer time Video games on the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on August 11, 2024. (AP picture/Natacha Pisarenko)
Bass was joined by gymnast Simone Biles, who wore a working shoe after injuring her calf earlier within the Olympics. The 2 stood onstage to listen to HER sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the group on the Stade de France.
Then actor Tom Cruise abseiled down from the stadium ridge beams to the grounds and bought an enormous kiss from a lady. He then obtained the Olympic flag and commenced his cinematic journey from Paris to Los Angeles on a bike.
The TV function confirmed Cruise racing by the streets of Paris on the again of a cargo aircraft, in some way making it to the Hollywood signal, which was adorned with the Olympic rings. Skilled mountain biker Kate Courtney got here down the steps of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and handed the flag to former American sprinter Michael Johnson.
Tom Cruise carries the Olympic flag through the closing ceremony of the Summer time Video games on the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on August 11, 2024. (AP picture/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Actor Tom Cruise poses for a photograph on the roof of the Stade de France through the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer time Olympics, August 11, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Fabrizio Bensch/swimming pool picture by way of AP)
Johnson waved the flag by Beverly Hills to Olympic skateboarding medalist Jagger Eaton, who kicked and shoved his technique to Venice Seashore, the place the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers had been ready.
The band opened a live performance at LA 28, which additionally featured performances by Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
The Olympic Video games in Los Angeles will start on July 14, 2028. They would be the first Summer time Video games to be held in the US since Atlanta in 1996. Los Angeles beforehand hosted the Video games in 1984.
Snoop Dogg is seen through the males’s skateboarding ultimate on the Summer time Olympics in Paris on August 7, 2024. (AP Photograph/Frank Franklin II)
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America hopes to complete 2028 with essentially the most gold medals after ending tied with China in 2024.
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