After 19 days of tough competition, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games come to an end this Sunday, August 11 with an event that will be organized in the Stade de Franceunlike the opening that took place along the Seine River, with the closing of the Olympic competition.
The closing ceremony will be named after “Records” and will feature more than 100 dancers, acrobats and performers, according to the announcement on the official Olympic Games website. Also present will be great artistic figures such as the group Phoenix, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppersand the renowned actor Tom Cruise.
The event will feature its traditional flag parade and the athletes who participated, the classic final speeches and the presentation of the recognition medals. Finally, the long-awaited moment of the Extinguishing of the Olympic flame and the official presentation of the Olympic flag to Los Angeles 2028the next host city.
What will the closing show be like?
After several days of sports, emotions and competitions, the Games come to an end in a grand display in the Stade de France with capacity for 80,000 people who will watch it from the stands, unlike the opening ceremony which featured a 6-kilometre walk along the River Seine. Tickets for the Stade de France range from €100 250 to the 1600 euros.
The event is scheduled for 16:00, Argentina timeand will have a total duration of a little more than three hoursas reported by the International Olympic CommitteeThe ceremony will be attended by more than 100 dancers, acrobats and gymnasts, who generate the expectation that they will perform their performances on metal structures designed to represent the figure of the Olympic rings.
On the same Sunday there will also be closure of sports disciplines with the dispute for the gold medal of Water Polo at 9:00 between men, and finally, the fight for gold in the final of Women’s basketball, at 10:30.
Which artists will be present at the ceremony?
The artistic director is Thomas Jollywho was highly questioned and criticized for the performances he made at the opening ceremony, but that he will still go ahead with the final preparations and hopes that they reflect the human value of the Games.
The musical stars They are a fundamental part of the show, and on this occasion, the presence of two emblematic French bands has already been announced, Phoenix and Air. In turn, it was confirmed that the artists Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the band Red Hot Chili Pepperswill join the event (some pre-recorded and others live) from Los AngelesUnited States, which will have a special musical section as it will be the next venue.
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One of the figures that generated the most expectation was the presence of actor Tom Cruise62 years old, recognized for his action films such as Mission Impossible and Top Gunwhere he will participate in the ceremony by performing a risky artistic demonstration.
Cruise is famous for his preference for risky and on this occasion, will rappel down from the top of the Stade de France and will land on the stadium field, in a cinematic way, to carry the official Olympic flag. After this trick, there will be a sequence in which he will carry and will fly the flag from Paris to Los Angeles, ending with a parachute jump on iconic sign of HollywoodTMZ reported that the sequence was filmed last March.
“On August 11, 2024, the Olympic Games will end and the Olympic flame will be extinguished,” Jolly said, adding that this moment “will remind us how precious these Olympic Games are: a unique monument to a shared, and therefore fragile, experience“.
Who will be Argentina’s flag bearer?
The person in charge of carrying out the flag of Argentina at the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswill be Jose “Malign” Torresgold medal winner in BMX freestyleHe was the first to win a national medal at these Games and aroused pride and excitement among spectators.
After the competition, Maligno traveled to Buenos Aires to meet with the president. Javier Milei. After his meeting he traveled back to the French capital to accept the recognition of the Argentine Olympic Committee to carry the blue and white flag at the closing event.
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