(12 Aug 2024)
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Paris – 12 August 2024
1. Various of people, including soldiers and volunteers, entering Elysee Palace, Olympic Rings above entrance
2. Wide of crowd gathered in gardens, Macron arriving and walking to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, French President:
“You made these Games a moment of joy, of effort, of surpassing oneself, an extraordinary success which completely conquered the country, and I believe the whole world. A security success, an organisational success, a sporting success, a popular success."
4. Zoom into crowd
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Emmanuel Macron, French President:
“So now, and to end, after two ceremonies, 11 days of competition, 549 events, 20 sites of competition, 4,400 athletes, we are only at half-time! And after having thanked you, I wanted to tell you that we will continue. Yes, the Paralympics Games are coming. And after a few days or hours of rest, we will go on again. 45,000 people will be mobilised for the Paralympics Games opening ceremony. 25,000 members of police forces will be deployed every day during the Games, without any break or holiday. More than one million spectators to transport to the events and make the French delegation win. Here again, we are ready.”
6. Wide of crowd applauding
STORYLINE:
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as an "extraordinary success" as he thanked the public and private actors who worked during the event.
Police officers, gendarmes, soldiers, magistrates, representatives of private security, public transport, hospital workers, firefighters and volunteers were invited to the gardens of the Elysee Palace.
“You made these Games a moment of joy, of effort, of surpassing oneself, an extraordinary success which completely conquered the country, and I believe the whole world," Macron told the crowd.
The 2024 Olympics came to an end Sunday with an elaborate closing ceremony at the Stade de France, just north of Paris.
But the job is not over yet, as the Paris Paralympic Games begin on Aug. 28 and run until Sept. 8.
Many sports will take place in venues near iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, and the Grand Palais.
The Paralympics will bring together 4,400 athletes from 180 countries in 549 events and 22 sports.
AP Video shot by Alex Turnbull
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