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

  1. 'A seriously impressive gold'

    My moment of the Games

    Rebecca Adlington
    Double Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer

    British – Men’s 4x200 freestyle relay retaining their title with the same four men. A seriously impressive gold medal and such a great race.

    Internationally - we have a new superstar of the swimming pool. Léon Marchand is now a global superstar winning four golds and one bronze. Two of those gold medals were won in the same night.

  2. 'The amateur acrobatics were striking'

    My moment of the Games

    James FitzGerald
    BBC News reporter at the Stade de France

    Parisians stand on a wall to watch sporting actionEPA

    It's been a privilege over the last fortnight to roam the French capital asking what Parisians have made of the Games.

    As well as some spectacular feats from the pros, I was struck by all the amateur acrobatics I saw back on day one when the cycling time trials snaked through the city and residents tried to get the best view they could.

    Lamp posts, cycle stands, bins, post boxes: it seemed there was no piece of street furniture that spectators were unwilling to climb to catch sight of the action. Not to be tried at home.

    It was fascinating to see how many of the city's residents changed their minds after that opening ceremony. As one man told me: he'd been "grumpy" but was soon filled with the Olympic spirit of bonhomie.

    You can read more of my favourite fan moments here.

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    How many more pianos are going to be ruined?!

    Anon

  4. A quick round of handstands on the last of the five rings - the other four are already suspended in the air - before this sequence is complete.

    Pesky aliens.

    Formation and Raising of the Olympic RingsReuters

  5. The Golden Voyager is glad to have all his alien friends on stage now as they are very kindly helping to assemble the Olympic rings, but not until they've had a roll around in them.

    I guess he needs to be grateful for the help?

    Performers during closing ceremony.Reuters

  6. You didn't think it was going to that straightforward, did you?

    Benjamin Bernheim was accompanied by Alain Roche and his floating piano.

    Roche also looked to be wearing some bin bags.

    Budget not stretch for his outfit?

    Piano floatingReuters

  7. Benjamin Bernheim has just very beautifully performed the Hymn to Apollo.

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    Bryony PageGetty Images

    Favourite moment I watched live - Bryony Page winning trampoline gold. Her surprise and sheer delight was joyous, to top her superb and rightfully triumphant routine. And now she's off to join the circus!

    Glenn, Ashton Keynes

  9. 'Stories like this that make it fun to watch'

    My moment of the Games

    Chris Boardman
    Olympic cycling champion

    Women’s cycling team sprint. Three rides, three world records and the opening gold for GB on the track.

    But most enjoyably, the trio was led off by Katy Marchant, who only returned to racing in 2023 after having her son, Archie. It’s stories like this that make it fun to watch and about more than winning.

  10. The best images of Day 15

    Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim competes in the men's high jump final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-DenisGetty Images
    Japan's Moe Higa and Japan's Tomoka Sato compete in the duet free routine of the artistic swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics CentreGetty Images
    Turkmenistan's Davranbek Hasanbayev competes in the men's -102kg weightlifting event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris ArenaGetty Images

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

    Performers take to the stage during the Olympic closing ceremony

    Night has fallen here in Paris, and a real hush has fallen on the stadium, too. This ceremony - so carefully masterminded by artistic director Thomas Jolly - has just taken a turn for the sci-fi.

    The phone cameras are out as we progress into this (checks notes) "dreamlike quest to the very foundations of humanity".

  12. Meet the Golden Voyager

    French dancer performs a moveGetty Images

    If you missed our entry at 19:57, a reminder that French dancer Arthur Cadre is the man in the Golden Voyager suit.

    Cadre was approached by artistic director Thomas Jolly on Instagram eight weeks ago and he's the star of the show tonight.

  13. Our Golden Voyager is no longer alone.

    They have been joined on stage by some acrobats dressed as aliens?

    The music is tense and the dance moves are questionable.

    Maybe we are starting to get towards the levels we saw in the opening ceremony.

    Closing Ceremony - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 11, 2024Reuters

  14. Hello from Tom Cruise

    Will we be seeing more of the Hollywood megastar later?

    Tom CruiseGetty Images

  15. Second album syndrome is a big issue for musicians - trying to follow up that breakthrough debut with something even better.

    I'm wondering if the organisers might be struggling with that issue tonight?

    Topping that opening ceremony was always going to be tough.

    Still a while to go, though.

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    John: Waits for the memes...

    Mace: This is like watching an episode of Dr Who.

  17. The Greek flag has just been attached to a pole and handed over to our Golden Voyager, who stabs the base into the ground and we're treated to a light show.

    This is ramping up.

    A performer holds Greece's flag during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de FranceGetty Images

  18. Here come ours masked individual.

    In fact, we've got two of them!

    I felt let down that we didn't discover who it was at the end of the opening ceremony. Are we going to find out tonight?

    That would be my "moment of the Games".

  19. We had the joy of watching a masked woman show off her best Parkour through the streets of Paris with the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony.

    Tonight... we have the golden voyager.

    They have just descended down from the top of the Stade de France.

    It's a remarkable outfit and is bringing back memories of the one boxer Deontay Wilder wore when he made his ringwalk to face Tyson Fury in 2021.

    The Golden Voyager descends into the Stadium as a light show takes place during the Closing CeremonyGetty Images
    The Golden Voyager descends into the Stadium as a light show takes place during the Closing CeremonyGetty Images

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

    The Stade de France in darkness

    Oohs and aahs as this great sporting cathedral is plunged into darkness for the next stage of the ceremony.

    I could look at the programme notes to see what's next - but it feels more fun to wait and see.