The 2024 Paris Olympics came to a close on Sunday, with athletes from many of the countries that took part in the Summer Olympics taking part in the closing ceremony.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo handed the Olympic flag to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, who then handed it over to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
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US gymnast Simone Biles holds up the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on August 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Bass was accompanied on stage by gymnast Simone Biles, who was wearing a walking boot after suffering a calf injury earlier in the Olympics, to hear her sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in front of the Stade de France crowd.
Actor Tom Cruise then descended from the stadium’s beams onto the grounds and received a big kiss from a woman there, before collecting the Olympic flag and setting off on his movie-themed motorbike from Paris to Los Angeles.
The television special showed Cruise hurtling through the streets of Paris on the back of a cargo plane, before he made his way to the Hollywood sign emblazoned with the Olympic rings, and professional mountain biker Kate Courtney walked down the steps of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to hand the flag to former US sprinter Michael Johnson.
Tom Cruise holds the Olympic flag during the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France on August 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Actor Tom Cruise is on the roof of the Stade de France during the Closing Ceremony of the Summer Olympics on August 11, 2024 in Saint-Denis, France. (Pool photo via Fabrizio Bensch/AP)
Johnson carried the flag through Beverly Hills to Olympic skateboarding medalist Jagger Eaton, who kicked and pushed the flag on the way to Venice Beach, where the Red Hot Chili Peppers were waiting.
The band kicked off their LA 28 concert which also featured Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.
The Los Angeles Olympics will open on July 14, 2028. It will be the first Summer Olympics to be held in the United States since Atlanta in 1996. Los Angeles also hosted the same games in 1984.
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