Forbes StaffThe headline act of the closing ceremony was Tom Cruise, a splendid event that proudly declared a message about protecting the Games’ spirit.
The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024 looked like a dream. It featured a science-fiction-inspired light show that stunned everyone present, and it closed with Tom Cruise flying through the air from the stadium’s roof and whisking the Olympic flag off to Los Angeles.
Paris Olympics 2024 says goodbye.
Paris Olympics 2024 comes to an end. It had its stunning closing ceremony last night on Sunday with a stunt-filled final ceremony. It began with a mysterious, golden, intergalactic traveler exuding the proper spirit of the Olympics. It had ghostly dancers and acrobats, some fire-service gymnasts who descended from the Stade de France stadium roof and leaped onto giant Olympic rings. Swiss musician Alain Roche performed Hymn to Apollo floating in the air, playing a vertically suspended piano. Yseult, the French singer, gave a mesmerizing performance of My Way, a French song rearranged in English for Frank Sinatra.
Message on protecting the spirit of the Games.
In the closing ceremony, Paris said goodbye to the Olympics 2024 and emphasized the importance of protecting the spirit of the Games in an uncertain world torn by conflict. Paris Olympics 2024 saw record-breaking ticket sales, TV viewing figures, and a historic number of marriage proposals among athletes. The ceremony began before dusk, and over 70,000 spectators in France’s biggest stadium were seen roaring and cheering as it started.
Tom Cruise on a motorbike.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, abseiling in, made off with the Olympic flag on a motorbike and transferred it to Los Angeles, the next host of the Olympic Games in 2028.
