final olympic medal count:Historic Olympic Flag Handover in Paris
At the Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Paris, the Olympic flag was passed from the first female mayor of Paris to the first female mayor of Los Angeles, symbolizing empowerment. The event featured a Hollywood-style flag handoff, musical performances, and record-breaking audience engagement, setting the stage for the upcoming Games in Los Angeles in 2028.#Olympics #GirlPower #HollywoodHandoff #MusicalExtravaganza #ParisToLA
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00:00History was made in Paris at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics, when the Olympic flag
00:06was passed from one female mayor to another.
00:10And Hidalgo, the first female mayor of Paris, handed the flag to Thomas Bach, president
00:16of the International Olympic Committee, who then passed it on to Karen Bass, the first
00:20female mayor of Los Angeles.
00:24Bass received the flag to loud cheers and walked to the side of the stage to hand it
00:28to U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, who held it proudly as the U.S. national anthem played.
00:34Bass, feeling honored and responsible, stated, I hope it sends a message to girls around
00:40the world that you can do anything.
00:43The excitement didn't stop there.
00:46In a very Hollywood handoff, Tom Cruise appeared on the roof of the Stade de France and was
00:50lowered down to the arena floor on a cable.
00:55Making his way through the athletes, he took the Olympic flag and, amid some movie magic
00:59including a motorcycle and a plane, transported it to Los Angeles.
01:05The camera zoomed out to reveal the Olympic rings incorporated into the Hollywood sign.
01:12The ceremony also featured a musical extravaganza with artists from both France and the U.S.
01:18French bands Phoenix and Air kicked off the evening, later joined by U.S. indie rock
01:23band Vampire Weekend.
01:26The Los Angeles handover included a performance of The Star-Spangled Banner by her, followed
01:31by Tom Cruise's dramatic ride out of the stadium, soundtracked by By the Way by the Red Hot
01:36Chili Peppers.
01:39The band later performed Can't Stop on a Beach, which transitioned to a calm moment with Billie
01:44Eilish's Birds of a Feather.
01:47Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre closed the musical acts with a medley of greatest hits.
01:54Amid the festivities, Tony Astanguette, head of the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee,
01:59proudly announced that the Paris Games matched records for audience size, attendance, and
02:04decibel levels, and fittingly, broke the record for the most marriage proposals at an Olympics.
02:12After two and a half weeks of thrilling competition, the closing ceremony at the Stade de France
02:16was a grand farewell and an exciting preview of what's to come in Los Angeles in 2028.