The Olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of Paris as fighter jets flew over the Eiffel Tower.
The ceremony also included the final medal ceremonies of the Games, for the men’s and women’s marathon winners.
The Olympic flag was passed to Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo before the ceremony cut over to a celebration in France, where the French Air Force’s Patrouille de France flew fighter jets around the Eiffel Tower spouting red, white and blue smoke as athletes and other Parisians gathered and French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic slogan, “Higher, faster, stronger.”
After Olympic organizers spoke and officially declared the Games closed, the Olympic torch was extinguished and the ceremony ended with a sign in lights reading “Arigato,” the Japanese word for “thank you.”“I declare the games of the 32nd Olympiad closed,” International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said onstage at the ceremony. “See you in Paris.
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