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On Sunday, August 11, the highly-anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 culminated with a star-studded evening featuring celebrities from different arenas. While the athletes outperformed during the 15-day global event on the world stage, it was Hollywood celebrity, Tom Cruise who lit up the French capital on Sunday in the closing ceremony.
Known for his on-screen heroics, a similar scene was visible to millions and billions in the French capital when he performed a life-threatening stunt. The legendary actor jumped from the roof of the Stade de France, where the ceremony was held and transferred the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles, where the next edition is set to be held. Emulating the Mission Impossible style, the actor took the Olympic flag on his bike and took it to the airport, from where it is set to jet off to LA.
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Earlier, the Mission Impossible actor’s promo got a standing ovation from the crowd at the Stade de France. The 62-year-old American actor was seen painting the Hollywood logo in the colour of the Olympic rings in a pre-recorded video.
Speaking of the closing ceremony, around 75,000 spectators were witness of it at the Stade de France. The three-hour-long ceremony, which was created by Thomas Jolly, began with a musical performance as an Ode to the Games’ host city. French singer Zaho de Sagazan sang the famous 'Sous le ciel de Paris', meanwhile, coming from the iconic Louvre Museum, a torchbearer seized the lantern that contained the Olympic Flame and sets off to the Stade de France. The closing ceremony celebrated the power of diversity and solidarity.
