The 2024 Olympic games came to an end in Paris after weeks of memorable moments in Olympic history.
Team USA took home gold in both Men and Women’s basketball. USA took home 126 total medals. 40 GOLD, 44 SILVER and 42 BRONZE. China came in second with 91 total medals.
The one and only Tom Cruise handed over the Paris Olympics to Los Angeles (2028) with a highly anticipated stunt in which the movie star flew from the roof and delivered a handshake to LA Mayor Karen Bass.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said, “Despite all the tensions in our world, you came here from all the 206 National Olympic Committees and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, to make the City of Light shine brighter than ever before. Your performances were amazing. You competed fiercely against each other. Every contest on the edge of perfection. Every performance sparking excitement around the world. You showed us what greatness we humans are capable of.
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During all this time, you lived peacefully together under one roof in the Olympic Village. You embraced each other. You respected each other, even if your countries are divided by war and conflict. You created a culture of peace.
This inspired all of us and billions of people around the globe. Thank you for making us dream. Thank you for making us believe in a better world for everyone. We know that the Olympic Games cannot create peace. But the Olympic Games can create a culture of peace that inspires the world. This is why I call on everyone who shares this Olympic spirit: let us live this culture of peace every single day. These Olympic Games could only inspire the world, because our French friends have prepared the stage. And what an amazing stage it was!
Millions of people celebrating the athletes in the streets of Paris and all across France. Millions of spectators in iconic venues creating an overwhelming atmosphere. More than half of the world’s population sharing this spectacular celebration of the unity of humankind in all our diversity.
The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were a celebration of the athletes and sport at its best. The first Olympic Games delivered fully under our Olympic Agenda reforms: younger, more urban, more inclusive, more sustainable. The first ever Olympic Games with full gender parity.
These were sensational Olympic Games from start to finish – or dare I say: SEINE-sational Games. The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were Olympic Games of a new era.”
