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After weeks of intense and exciting competition, international athletes are about to say “au revoir” to the 2024 Paris Games. Unlike the ambitious opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will take a more traditional route. Rather than the open-air venue of the Seine River, the closing ceremony will be held in the 80,000-seat Stade de France.
Some final medals are often handed out during the closing ceremony. The Olympic flame is extinguished. The flame for the Paralympic Games, which take place Aug. 28-Sept. 8, “will be lit shortly after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Stoke Mandeville, the historic birthplace of Paralympic sport,” according to the Olympics website. From Aug. 25 to Aug.
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