Au revoir! Paris hands over to Los Angeles in spectacular Olympics closing ceremony.

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The best pictures from the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The star-studded event featured Angèle, Phoenix, Air, Alain Roche and a stunt by Tom Cruise.

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00:00The Paris Olympics have come to an end, and for a fourth consecutive time, the US have
00:07taken the top of the table.
00:10The Americans finished first thanks to a victory in the women's basketball final against France
00:17by only one point and in the very last event of the Games.
00:21The dream almost vanished earlier on Sunday when Italy snatched the women's volleyball
00:27gold from the defending American champions.
00:31China ranked second, winning 40 golds like the United States, but fewer silver medals.
00:40France finished as the top European and EU country.
00:44The hosts nearly doubled the number of medals won at the previous Olympics in Tokyo.
01:06The closing ceremony at the State de France was attended by more than 70,000 people and
01:148,000 athletes.
01:19It featured international artists like Phoenix, Air, Angel and Hélène Roche, who performed
01:27on a suspended piano, as well as a spectacular stunt by Tom Cruise, who carried the Olympic
01:40in a symbolic handover to Los Angeles 2028.

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