“We were crazy in this project, we were very audacious.” Invited on France Inter, the head of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, shared his joy and relief after this fortnight. “It couldn’t have gone much better.”he rejoiced. “This morning, we must recognize that France is capable of coming together, of experiencing a moment which, I believe, will be historic, will make the history of these Games. (…) Today there are truly congratulations coming from all over the world.”also assures the former triple Olympic canoe champion, enthusiastically. Follow our live.
The closing ceremony turned towards Los Angeles. The Games officially ended with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). Antoine Dupont and Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt carried the French flag during a spectacular ceremony, centered on the athletes. On the show side, the duo Air and the group Phoenix provided the musical part, along with Snoop Dogg, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
French basketball players in silver, like Elodie Clouvel in the pentathlon. On the final day of the Olympic Games on Sunday, the French delegation won two silver medals to bring its total to 64. Elodie Clouvel, already second in the modern pentathlon in Rio, repeated this performance in the park of the Palace of Versailles. After leading, the French basketball team ended up losing by a single point to the Americans, eight-time Olympic champions in a row.
The Olympic cauldron was extinguished, but rekindled for the Paralympic Games. The emblem of the Paris Games that attracted thousands of people every day, the Olympic cauldron was extinguished by swimmer Léon Marchand on Sunday evening for the end of the Olympic Games. However, it will be rekindled for the Paralympics at the end of August, before perhaps settling permanently in the French capital.