Paris Closes the 2024 Olympic Games

The Olympic Games in Paris have come to an end. The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics took place on Sunday, 11 August.

This was reported by France 24.

Like the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics lasted more than two hours and was attended by athletes who competed at the Games in Paris and remained in France at the time of the last competition day.

The closing ceremony was accompanied by festive events prepared by the organisers, including light shows and music.

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Unlike the opening ceremony, which took place in the centre of Paris and was held on boats on the Seine River, the closing ceremony was held at the Stade de France arena, where the athletics medals were awarded.

Ukrainian athletes also took part in the closing ceremony. The flag bearers were Liudmyla Luzan and Parviz Nasibov, silver medallists at the Paris Games.

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The traditional moment was the awarding of the marathon winners. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, women's marathon runners, including Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, the 2024 Olympic champion, received awards on the day of the closing ceremony.

One of the highlights of the closing ceremony show was the participation of masked people who put the flag of Greece, the country of origin of the Olympic Games, on the flagpole.

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, also delivered his traditional speech. This time, he came out with the leading athletes of the Paris Games, including judoka Teddy Riner, who became the Olympic record holder for the number of gold medals in his