(12 Aug 2024)
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Outside Stade de France, Saint-Denis – 11 August 2024
1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE (English) David Hayward, American tourist from Florida, Closing Ceremony Attendee:
“Beautiful. Heart-warming. It was… so much so we’re thinking of moving to France."
2. 00:08 SOUNDBITE (English) Teresa Miller (spouse of David Hayward)
"My daughter and myself, we were in tears, several times as we watched this show. And the climax with Tom Cruise was fantastic. And the handoff to L.A. which we are looking forward to being there."
3. 00:18 Various of people leaving stadium area
4. 00:23 SOUNDBITE (English) Karl Hoffman, Tourist from Ireland:
“To see the athletes and, you know, an amazing show. And Tom Cruise, taking a dive off of the roof close to where we were, was just the icing on the cake."
5. 00:36 SOUNDBITE (English) Nancee Winslow, US tourist from Seattle:
"Well I thought for sure when those other acrobats came out of the sky that we all had it wrong, that Tom Cruise wasn’t going to be here and like this is why they thought that. But he really did come down from the ceiling. He does his own stunts. I was amazed."
6. 00:52 SOUNDBITE (French) Amandine Bora, Closing ceremony attendee:
"It was superb. It was like the image of all of the Olympic Games and we’re very proud."
7. 00:58 Police watching as people leave stadium area
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STORYLINE:
It was… so much so we’re thinking of moving to France”
“ My daughter and myself, we were in tears, several times”
People shared how moved they were after attending the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Capping two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion, Paris’ boisterous, star-studded closing ceremony in France’s national stadium mixed unbridled celebration with a sombre call for peace from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
Following in Paris’ footsteps in 2028 promises to be a challenge: It made spectacular use of its cityscape for its first Games in 100 years, with the Eiffel Tower and other iconic monuments becoming Olympic stars in their own right as they served as backdrops and venues for medal-winning feats.
But the City of Angels, like the City of Light, showed that it, too, holds some aces.
Cruise — in his Ethan Hunt persona — wowed by descending from the top of the stadium to electric guitar “Mission: Impossible” riffs. Once his feet were back on the ground — and after shaking hands with enthralled athletes — he took the Olympic flag from star gymnast Simone Biles, fixed it to the back of a motorcycle and roared out of the arena.
The appetite-whetting message was clear: Los Angeles 2028 promises to be an eye-opener, too.
Still, this was largely Paris’ night — its opportunity for one final party. And what a party it was. Thousands of athletes danced and sang the night away — revelling in the artistic show that celebrated Olympic themes and its firework flourishes.
Even Bach got the party bug, jokingly calling the Paris Games “Seine-sational” — a nod to the Seine River that, despite water quality concerns, staged Olympic triathlon and marathon swimming and the wacky and wonderful opening ceremony.
At what will be his last Games after announcing his intention to step down next year, Bach also made a sombre appeal for ”a culture of peace” in a war-torn world.
Multiple French athletes crowd-surfed. U.S. team members jumped up and down in their Ralph Lauren jackets.
Reappearing later in the stadium to spectators’ chants of "Léon, Léon," Marchand then blew out the flame. The Summer Games were over.
Their next stop: LA in 2028.
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