Closing Ceremony Ended Olympics On A High Note
France is known for it’s flair for the dramatic and high theater. And it was on full display as the closing ceremony ended the Olympics on a high note. A huge crowd of people waited outside the Stade de France to be allowed entry. While that was happening, France’s own multi-gold medal swimmer Léon Marchand walked the Olympic lantern through the Jardin des Tuileries.
Once inside the stadium the French national anthem was played followed by the parade of athletes. Then everyone in the stadium participated in a karaoke session. After that everyone went silent as the stadium transformed into the grand theater. The premise of the production was the role the French played in restarting the Olympic games.
The stage filled with many costumed performers acting out a world without the Olympics, highlighted by a character called the Golden Voyager. And then the rebirth of the Olympics culminating with the raising of the five Olympic rings.
The audience was then treated to a mini-concert headlined by the group Phoenix. It then was time for the games to be passed to Los Angeles. Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, along with gold medalist gymnast Simone Biles were on hand for the passing of the Olympic flag. Mayor Bass walked off to the side of the stage. And singer, HER, took the stage and sang the U.S. national anthem while playing the guitar.
Closing Ceremony Ended Olympics On A High Note
Suddenly we heard faint echos of the Mission Impossible theme song. Ethan Hunt, a.k.a. Tom Cruise repelled himself down to the stage from the top of the stadium. All while HER played a guitar riff. Cruise walked through a corridor of athletes slapping hands and taking photos. He made his way to the stage where Bass and Biles awaited him with the flag.
Then he mounted a motorcycle and drove it out of the stadium. He took to the streets of Paris passing iconic Parisian symbols like the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe. And drove the motorcycle into the belly of a jumbo plane. So because it’s Cruise he had to parachute out of the plane.
Once on the ground he ran to the Hollywood sign which was altered to include the Olympic rings. The flag was taken on a journey through LA by multiple people until it arrived in Long Beach.
There on the beach the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a set, followed by Billie Eilish. Following that Olympics fixture Snoop Dog showed up and performed a song. Then he was joined on stage by Dr. Dre and they performed The Next Episode. At the end of the song a puff of Olympic ring like clouds were released.
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With the turning over of the flag completed we returned to Paris. Léon Marchand walked to the stage and joined the Olympics president Thomas Bach and a few other athletes. Bach then pronounced the XXXIII Olympic Games closed.
And they all came together and the Olympic lantern flame was blown out.
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