As it happened
After two weeks of competitions, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games come to a close on Sunday evening, with a ceremony at the Stade de France. Join us for live coverage.
12:21 AM (Paris)
Thanks for the blog. Great watching along with it.
Keith
Thank you, Keith, and thank you to all the other readers who sent lovely messages. It was a pleasure to share the ceremony with you all. We received lots of great questions and we are sorry we could not get to all of them!
We are going to wrap up this liveblog at the end of a fortnight that has been extraordinary in Paris and France. We have had tremendous fun bringing you Olympic coverage over these past few weeks, but there's more to come! Stay tuned for more articles on the ceremony and assessing the success of the Games as a whole.
PS: The Paralympics are starting on August 28, with an opening ceremony on the Champs-Elysées and the Place de la Concorde. And guess who's directing the ceremony? Thomas Jolly, again! We'll be covering that too.
12:18 AM (Paris)
Who dressed Yseult? LOVELY!
Sandra
12:15 AM (Paris)
That was the best closing ceremonies ever! Thank you, France & all people who pulled off 15 days of wonder, pride & excitement for the whole world! And to Le Monde for helping us here with details we may not understand :) <3
Kat
It’s been amazing. Thank you, France!
Natalie
La French touch vs Hollywood... Will miss Paris!
Sad
Here are some of your reactions to the ceremony.
12:13 AM (Paris)
The life of Tom Cruise...
12:10 AM (Paris)
Some pictures of the fireworks
12:09 AM (Paris)
Yseult singing "My Way."
12:08 AM (Paris)
And that's it, the ceremony and the Paris Olympics are over. See you in four years in Los Angeles.
12:06 AM (Paris)
But we are going out with a spectacular bang as the Stade de France explodes in fireworks.
12:04 AM (Paris)
The Olympic flame being blown out
12:03 AM (Paris)
I am sad
Sad
We are too!
12:03 AM (Paris)
Appropriately enough, we are going out with "My Way," sung by French singer-songwriter Yseult.
12:00 AM (Paris)
It is the time to pass the relay to the Paralympics. They run from August 28 until September 8 in Paris and France.
11:59 PM (Paris)
Thomas Bach officially announces the games are over
And they ceremoniously blow out the flame. A flame goes out in the heart of France, what an incredible ride.
11:58 PM (Paris)
And there are already cheers from the crowd, shouting "Léon."
11:57 PM (Paris)
What’s happening meantime in stade de France?
Laura
And we are back to Paris and the Olympic flame. Léon Marchand is here and he has the flame in his hand. It is beginning to feel like the end of the Paris Olympics is near.
11:55 PM (Paris)
Snoop started with "Drop Like It's Hot," then he was joined by none other than Dr Dre for "Still D.R.E.". The LA Olympics are taking a different turn.
11:53 PM (Paris)
Snoop Dogg has traveled back to rap on the beach in LA.
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Published on August 2, 2024, at 8:00 pm (Paris) 2 min read
11:52 PM (Paris)
AND IT'S SNOOP TIME!!
11:52 PM (Paris)
Billie Eilish, LA native, sang "Birds of a Feathers."
11:51 PM (Paris)
Tom, no shade, but was that motorbike really necessary? Paris' public transport is very much up to the task, and a €4 ticket is cheaper than all that gas!
Metro fan
Only a few weeks to go before the price returns to €2.15.
What to know
Liveblog by Pierre-Paul Bermingham and Sophie Sassi-Gorman
Cover image: Martin Meissner / AP
The magnificent Paris Olympics come to an end on Sunday, August 11, with the closing ceremony starting at 9 pm (Paris time) and lasting two hours. The last medal event was held on Sunday afternoon, with the USA winning gold in women's basketball.
The closing ceremony was prepared by the same people who gave us the spectacular and unforgettable opening ceremony on the Seine river. This time, we are returning inside a stadium, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
The Los Angeles 2028 organizing committee has announced that Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will all participate. H.E.R. will perform the American national anthem.
During the ceremony, the flame at the floating cauldron in the Tuileries Gardens will be temporarily turned off. It will be reignited on August 28 during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
Read more:
Foreign visitors speak of their experiences in Paris during the Games.
Is France's Olympic joy only an intermission?
See how the medal table evolved over the two weeks.
The best pictures from the two weeks of competition.
You can find all our articles on the Paris Olympics here.
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