Summary

  • Paris 2024 comes to a close after 16 days of thrilling action with ceremony at Stade de France

  • Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseils off the roof of Stade de France as flag is handed to 2028 hosts Los Angeles

  • Dr Dre joins Snoop Dogg on stage from Venice Beach in a star-studded occasion also featuring Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Trampoline gold medallist Bryony Page and Alex Yee, who won triathlon gold, are Great Britain's flagbearers

  • Tell us your favourite Paris 2024 moment - #bbcolympics, via WhatsApp on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

Live Reporting

Michael Emons and Bobbie Jackson

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    Leigh: Do California Girls!

    Yousaf: The beach volleyball is going to be great in LA 2028 The surfing will look EPIC! Los Angeles looks amazing!

  2. DR DRE!!!!

  3. It's weird to think that one of the things I'll always associate Paris 2024 with is Snoop Dogg.

    He's been all over the French capital and is tearing it up on Venice Beach.

  4. Snoop Dogg!

  5. Los Angeles really is pulling out all the stops to get us excited for 2028.

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    Sucks if you’ve paid to go to the Closing Ceremony, only to watch the biggest stars on a screen - could’ve had a better view at home!

    Anon

  7. From the veterans that are the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Billie Eilish.

    Venice Beach is the place to be it seems.

  8. Massive fan of Anthony Kiedis' moustache.

    A very strong look.

  9. Bassist Flea might be 61 but he's got some moves.

    A shake of the hips as the very familiar tones of 'Can't Stop' hits.

    Top-tier band right here.

  10. The flag is passed from four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson to skateboarder Jagger Eaton and it ends up at the beach where we have the Red Hot Chili Peppers!

  11. A quick scramble up the Hollywood hills and to the famous sign before handing over the Olympic flag mountain biker Kate Courtney.

    This is pure Hollywood.

  12. He jumps out of that plane, of course.

  13. If that leap of faith wasn't enough, Tom Cruise has to top it off by jumping on a motorbike to head out of the stadium.

    We're watching a video of him flying around the Paris streets with the Olympic flag in tow.

    And loads that bike and the flag on to a plane.

    Where is this going?

  14. James FitzGerald
    BBC News reporter at the Stade de France

    The Mission Impossible star has landed! Cruise's appearance had been reported for days and he was swiftly mobbed by the athletes in the stadium who'd no doubt read the stories...

    Shrieks of excitement as he nabs the Olympic flag and whizzes off on his motorbike.

  15. Hazel Irvine
    Presenter on BBC TV

    It looks like they're already on a mission to make it memorable.

  16. It's Tom Cruise!!

    The Hollywood star has just abseiled down from the top of the Stade de France.

    He's 62-years-old!

  17. H.E.R hits some very recognisable notes on that guitar.

    It's the Mission Impossible theme tune.

    You know what that means...

    Tom Cruise prepares to perform a stunt during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France Stadium in ParisEPA

  18. How many national anthems can be jazzed up with an electric guitar solo?

  19. Here comes the national anthem of the United States.

    H.E.R. has the honour of performing this one.

    She recently performed at the Super Bowl half-time show alongside Usher, so this should be a walk in the park.

    Did you know, H.E.R is a five-time Grammy winning, Academy Award-winning, and Emmy-Award winning music artist?

    At just 27 years-old, the California native is one Tony away from achieving EGOT status.

    These programme notes are coming in very handy now.

    US recording artist H.E.R. performs the US national anthemEPA

  20. Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympics

    Which sports are in - and out?

    ParaclimbingGetty Images

    Paraclimbing will make its debut at the 2028 Paralympics

    In addition to the more familiar Olympic sports, the Los Angeles Games will see a revival of some disciplines not seen for a while, as well as some new additions.

    • Cricket will be played at the Olympics for the first time since 1900. In LA, we can expect to see tournaments in T20 - a shortened format that sees both teams limited to bowling and batting for no more than 20 overs each.
    • Lacrosse is also making a comeback. Despite being one of the oldest sports to be played in North America, lacrosse has not been played at Olympic level for more than a century. A new format will be introduced in 2028, which will see teams of six using their lacrosse sticks to fire a ball into a goal.
    • Baseball/softball- bat-and-ball sports of a similar type, played by men and women respectively, will also return, having been omitted in Paris in 2024
    • Squash is due to make its first appearance at an Olympics after years of campaigning.
    • Flag football will also make its Olympic debut. This is a non-contact version of American football, played on a smaller pitch with smaller teams, in which tackles are made by removing a flag from an opponent.
    • There will also be one new Paralympic discipline: Paraclimbing. This challenges athletes in different classifications to scale a 15m (50ft) wall using hand-holds

    Certain other Olympic sports that are relatively new to the line-up will continue, including surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing.

    But breaking, which debuted at the Paris Games, has not been picked as one of the disciplines.