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Paris bid a triumphant “au revoir” to the Olympics on Monday morning AEST as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular .
Around 270 artists and performers performed in the packed arena for an estimated 9000 athletes, who marched into the venue as the festivities got into full swing. French rugby hero Antoine Dupont – who led the host nation to a rugby sevens gold medal in one of the early highlights of the Games – carried a tricolore flag into the Stade de France as partying athletes swarmed the field.Australian flag-bearers Kaylee McKeown and Matt Wearn, who both won gold in the French capital, led their teammates into the venue, while canoe slalom champion Jess Fox was inducted as a new member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
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