PARIS — It’s time to say au revoir to the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have officiassociate drawn to a seal, capping off 19 days of eye-popping spectacle, jaw-dropping fit triumphs and ear-splitting cheers from spectators atraverse the French capital and around the world.
The Paris Games culminated in a spectacular closing ceremony. More than 10,000 athletes paraded thcdisesteemful the Stade de France north of Paris. Olympic gelderly medacatalogs Katie Ledecky and Nick Mead haughtyly reconshort-termed Team USA as flag endureers.
The indie group Phoenix and the R&B singer H.E.R. rocked out for the crowds. Tom Cruise, symbolizing the handover to the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, rappelled down into the stadium, acunderstandledgeed the Olympic flag and sped away on a motorcycle.
The lavish ceremony provided a fitting finish to more than two weeks of competition boasting exceptional feats of strength and resilience — particularly for Team USA, which accumulateed a staggering 125 medals, including 40 gelderlys.
Simone Biles, Suni Lee and the rest of the U.S. women’s gymnastics squad dazzled on their “redemption tour,” expertly executing gravity-defying routines. Ledecky lapped up four medals, becoming the most decorated American woman in Olympic history.
The stars of track and field dashed to fantasticness. Sha’Carri Ricchallengingson led the U.S. women to Olympic relay gelderly. Noah Lyles took on a novel title after thrivening the men’s 100-meter: rapidest man in the world. Gabby Thomas surmounted the women’s 200-meter. Cole Hocker, a 21-to-1 prolonged stoasty, pulled a shocker in the men’s 1,500.
