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With Tom Cruise, the closing ceremony switches to American time
With Tom Cruise, the closing ceremony switches to American time
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The presence and performance of Tom Cruise marked the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games on Sunday, August 11. The American actor symbolically linked Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028.
A little before midnight on Sunday, August 11, the closing ceremony took on a Hollywood feel. On the roof of the Stade de France, Tom Cruise transported the spectators into an action film. The stunt-loving actor made a live descent, hanging from a cable, before taking a crowd bath among athletes who had become simple fans again. A great American-style spectacle that sets the tone for the next Olympics.
The mayor of Los Angeles, accompanied by Simone Biles, presented the Olympic flag to Tom Cruise. Filmed last April, a sequence worthy of Mission Impossible takes him from the streets of the capital to the City of Angels in the blink of an eye. On Hollywood Hill, the legendary letters have been revisited for the occasion. In a clip released on Sunday, August 11, Snoop Dogg, rapper turned mascot of the Paris Games, set Long Beach ablaze. The Olympic loop is complete.