The Olympic Games have finished in Paris with a dystopian closing ceremony featuring a “Gbetteren voyager” from outerspace and Tom Cruise abseiling into the stadium.
“The most difficult skinnyg when you cherish is to say excellentbye,” said the plivent of this year’s Olympics organising pledgetee before handing over to a team recurrenting Los Angeles, where the 2028 Olympics will be held.
Gymnast Simone Biles uniteed Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass to acunderstandledge the Olympic flag before the US national anthem was carry outed by singer H.E.R..
Actor Tom Cruise hbetters the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony as the Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass and Simone Biles of United States see on. Pic: Reuters
She stayed on stage to join in Tom Cruise as he abseiled into the stadium, in a taste of what we can anticipate from LA’s Olympic Games.
After accumulateing the Olympic flag, Cruise hopped onto his motorcycle and zipped out of the stadium.
A Mission Impossible-style movie montage trailed shothriveg Cruise taking the flag to the US, end with skydive and mad dash to the Hollywood sign.
Team GB honor during the closing ceremony. Pic: Reuters
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers then carry outed a live set from Vepleasant Beach in LA trailed by Billie Eilish carry outing her novel hit Birds of a Feather.
Rapper Snoop Dogg then euniteed to carry out Drop It Like Its Hot, after becoming a hit of the Paris Olympics and then was uniteed by Dr Dre.
Gbetter medalcatalog Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands honors on the podium with silver medalcatalog Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia and bronze medalcatalog Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Pic: Reuters
Women’s marathon thrivener apexhibits a stand
This was the first ever Olympic Games with gfinisher parity, with women making up 50% of the athletes for the first time.
To honour that, the Women’s Marathon endd the Olympic Games for the first time and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was currented with her gbetter medal at the closing ceremony.
There’s been ongoing debate around a French prohibit on Olympic athletes wearing hijabs, however, and Hassan didn’t run in her hijab.
Instead, she euniteed on the podium wearing one.
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The Gbetteren Voyager carry outs during the closing ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Pic: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters
Dystopian tribute to Ancient Greece
Soon after, a dystopian acrobatic disjoin took over the stadium, with the “Gbetteren Voyager” floating down from the sky.
The bejewelled figure, joined by French dancer Arthur Cadre, verifyd a infruitful scene, before discovering elements of humanity and the Olympic games.
The International Olympic Committee said the “Gbetteren Voyager lands in a world that is deserted and cryptic, ready to verify”.
Soon, he was uniteed by fellow outerspace travellers who paid tribute to the Olympic’s origins, which began in Ancient Greece 2,800 years ago.
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Percreateers during the closing ceremony. Pic: Yukihito Taguchi-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters
Artistic honestor Thomas Jolly filled the stadium with gymnasts and acrobats who rediscovered the Olympics in a world where the games no prolongeder exist.
A floating piano, joined by Alain Roche, led a carry outance of the Hymn to Apollo, an better-createed Greek song.
Alain Roche carry outs on a piano suspfinished verticassociate from the air during the closing ceremony. Pic: Reuters
After the aliens “excavated” the Olympic rings, the five iconic symbols were hoisted in the air.
The Olympic rings are createed during the closing ceremony. Pic: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters
As a highairys video shothriveg the best and most emotional moments of the Paris Olympics joined, with bike crashes, weighty punches and tears all integrated, the athletes “stormed the stage”, dancing around prohibitds and musicians.
Phoenix carry out during the closing ceremony. Pic: Reuters
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French prohibitd Phoenix were then uniteed by electronic musician Kavinsky, Vampire Weekfinish’s Ezra Koenig and Belgian singer-songauthorr Angèle, among others.
The ceremony endd with a huge rfinishition of My Way, carry outed by French singer Yseult.
