Tom Cruise and a star studded closing ceremony gives a glimpse of Los Angeles in 2028
Aug 12, 2024, 8:24 AM | Updated: Sep 14, 2024, 3:32 pm
The Olympic Closing Ceremony Rundown . . .
The Closing Ceremony ended with a hand-off from Paris to Los Angeles. Essentially setting up for the 2028 games.
First, the Olympic flag was handed to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, who was accompanied by Simone Biles. Then H.E.R. sang the national anthem and CRUSHED it.
Then it was time for Tom Cruise’s big stunt. He was lowered from the roof of the stadium by a cable and took the flag.
He mounted it on the back of a motorcycle and rode it out of the stadium, through the streets of France and right into a cargo plane.
Then Tom parachuted out of the plane to the Hollywood sign, which was modified to display the Olympic rings.
Then some past Olympians did a relay with the flag until it ended up at a beachside stage where the Red Hot Chili Peppers played “Can’t Stop”.
Then they cut to Billie Eilish Billie Eilish, who performed “Birds of a Feather”. She was followed by Snoop Dogg doing “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, then he finished with “The Next Episode”, accompanied by Dr. Dre.
Then back to the Stade de France, where French singer Yseult sang “My Way“.
Huge fireworks closed out the whole thing.. With the final medal count being:
Team | ||||
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40 | 44 | 42 | 126 | |
2
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40 | 27 | 24 | 91 |
3
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20 | 12 | 13 | 45 |
18 | 19 | 16 | 53 | |
5
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16 | 26 | 22 | 64 |