/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2165902139.jpg "Light Show and arrive of the Golden Voyager from the Sky during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166389772.jpg "Dancers perform during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166389669.jpg "Performers accept the Greek flag during the Closing Ceremony Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166389600.jpg "A general view inside the stadium during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Stade De France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166362038.jpg "Athletes of various nations gather inside the Stade de France during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12441269.jpg "Confetti falls during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 11 August 2024. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12441157.jpg "Athletes of France high five spectators during the parade in the stadium during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 11 August 2024. EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2165903375.jpg "General view of fireworks being lightened during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 12, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Rene Nijhuis/BSR Agency/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166388367.jpg "The final rings are lifted into place to assemble the Olympic Rings during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166379674.jpg "A general view of the inside stadium during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Amin Mohammad Jamali/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166376056.jpg "A athlete from Team France gestures as the Olympic Rings are seen in the background during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166378082.jpg "A photograph of Swimming Gold medalist Leon Marchand of Team France celebrating winning the Men's 200m Individual Medley Final is projected in Montmartre overlooking the fireworks during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony at Stade de France as part of Parisienne Projections on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Parisienne Projections is a Getty Images project which displays the heroics and tragedies of 16 days of Olympic competition throughout the host city of Paris. Parisienne Projections is a Getty Images project which displays the heroics and tragedies of 16 days of Olympic competition throughout the host city of Paris. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166369379.jpg "French Indie Rock Band Phoenix perform during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166371523.jpg "Thomas Mars, Singer of French Indie Rock Band Phoenix interacts with the athletes during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2166375949.jpg "A general view of the outside of the stadium as a Pyrotechnics Display takes place as French Singer-Songwriter Yseult (not pictured) performs “My Way” during the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12441270.jpg "French band Phoenix perform during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 11 August 2024. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12441332.jpg "US actor Tom Cruise carries the Olympic flag on a motorcycle during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 11 August 2024. EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/12441291.jpg "US recording artist H.E.R. performs the US national anthem during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 11 August 2024. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON DM")
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A general view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Cauldron, air ballon prior to the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)