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[Replay] Pure enjoyment: Full replay of the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

We stayed up late again to watch the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics for everyone.

Compared to the opening ceremony where everyone was dancing, this closing ceremony had a stronger feeling of "summer vacation is over, time to relax and unwind."

To put it simply, this closing ceremony featuredAliens, acrobatics, and public karaokeThe rhythm is very loose, and the main theme is "disperse, disperse and go home".

This was followed by the Olympic flag handover ceremony, also known as the Los Angeles Eight Minutes, although this time the "Los Angeles Eight Minutes" actually lasted 12 minutes.

The director of the closing ceremony and the opening ceremony was the same person, Thomas Jolly. According to the director of the closing ceremony, because the opening ceremony was so controversial, the script of the closing ceremony was revised more than a dozen times before finally presenting the current effect. It is reasonable to suspect that some content was deleted and then the band was brought in to save the show.

The closing ceremony lasted three hours, and the content is all below. After reading this article, you will have watched the closing ceremony (and even the next Olympics in advance).

The picture first shows the main torch in the Tuileries Garden, which burned for 16 days. This hot air balloon torch contributed countless beautiful pictures to the Olympics and became the king of the "aesthetic accumulation" tag.

In contrast to the free-flowing opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will be held in a traditional format.Stade de France, main venue of the Paris OlympicsHeld in (the stadium with the purple track).

Singer sings "Under the Paris Sky"

French super popular swimmer Léon Marchand collected the flame from the main torch. Next, he will deliver the flame to the main venue and hand it over to Los Angeles, the host of the next Olympic Games, three hours later.Marchand won four gold medals and broke all the records in this Olympics., and became famous in one battle.

The camera cuts back to the Stade de France, where Macron and IOC President Thomas Bach enter. Although it is insulting to say that the French are "relaxed" now, there is really no other word to describe Macron: his brother went on vacation to the Mediterranean with his family at the end of July! He, a president, took a leisurely vacation at a major event that the whole world was watching!

A friend said, like "Last Year at Marienbad"

The interior of the Stade de France is still beautiful. This silver-white thing that looks like a modern installation art is the main stage for the next 3 hours. If you look at it horizontally, it is a map of the five continents, and if you look at it vertically, it is a knight holding a spear and riding a horse.

As dusk fell, the symphony orchestra entered the venue and played the French national anthem, La Marseillaise. The piece was adapted to echo the 8-minute version in Paris, but under the baton of conductor Zahia Chioani, the passion was discarded and the flute andMarinThe bassoon played a gentle theme. In 1998, Cioiani founded the Orchestre Divertimento ("Divertimento"), an orchestra she founded.

The extinguished torch is like a scene in a dream

Next comes the joyful entrance of the athletes.This time, admission is not limited to any country., athletes can even choose to enter with friends from other countries. Unfortunately, many athletes have already left the Paris Olympic Village, because the Olympic Village emphasizes housing turnover and needs to leave within 2 days after completing the competition. Athletes unload the burden of the competition, relax and take selfies, which often causes this link to exceed the time limit.

The French team sat down to perform when they entered the stadium

The director of the closing ceremony simply arranged a medley of karaoke hits for the whole audience at this time. The lyrics were played on the big screen in the venue: French classic "Emmenez-moi" Take Me Away, "Les Champs-Elysées" Champs-Elysées, GALA's Freed from desire, and Queen's We are the Champions.

+1 for the audience’s life achievement: Sang at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Are you wondering why there is no art at the closing ceremony? Don't worry, the large-scale science fiction show "Aliens Fall from the Sky, Searching for the Lost Olympics on Earth" will be performed soon... This show is really difficult to comment on. First of all, please comment on what this thing that fell from the sky is:

A: The Monkey King

B: Cockroach Man

C: Mosquito

Actually, the official pictures are pretty good (probably).

The answer is:Golden Traveler。

In 1977, when the two Voyager spacecraft entered deep space, they carried two identical phonograph golden records containing selected sounds and images, including animal calls, wind sounds, andthunder, hello in 55 languages, 90 minutes of music and pictures of male and female bodies to show the Earth civilization to the aliens who discover them. Neither Voyager spacecraft is flying towards a specific star, but Voyager 1 will pass by the star Gliese 445, currently located in the constellation Camelopardalis, in about 40,000 years. This is the closest star to Earth, about 17.6 light-years away.

This record was made in France.

This thing is called Voyager Golden Records, and the one that came down from the sky is called Golden Voyager, which can be regarded as a kind of record personification. In addition, the record cover also includes a piece of high-purity uranium 238. Since it is known that the half-life of its decay into thorium 234 is about 4.47 billion years, the alien life that captures this record can use it to calculate the launch date of the probe.

The Golden Traveler's appearance was inspired by the famous French sculpture "Liberty", which is located on top of a tall column in the Place de la Bastille. Perhaps this is why the CCTV commentator called it "the genius of the Bastille"...

In the future, mankind has perished and the Olympics no longer exist. Aliens who have captured the Golden Record come to Earth to look for the Olympics (seriously, is there nothing else to look for besides the Olympics?).

The aliens landed on the ground, and the lights outlined the contours of the five continents, with Mount Olympus in the center where the gods lived. The parkour masked man and the mechanical Jeanne d'Arc appeared again and handed the Greek flag to the aliens.

Very niche picture

Then an inflatable goddess of victory slowly rose.

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, originally found on the island of Salamis in the northern Aegean Sea, is considered a masterpiece of ancient Greek sculpture and is engraved on every Olympic medal.

Many alien henchmen appeared on the ground, dug out five rings from the ground, and danced and performed acrobatics in abstract white clothes (no wonder the Internet commented that they were ant spirits). The actors came from multiple groups, including the National Circus Art Center and the Paris Fire Brigade Gymnastics Team.

The Fire Brigade’s gymnastics team actually has a history of over a hundred years, and serves as a mascot to strengthen the firefighting system.

A ball of fire fell from the sky - the flaming piano from the opening ceremony reappeared, and this time it wasVertical PianoThe performer was Alain Roche, the world's first vertical piano player, who, together with tenor Benjamin Bernheim, performed the "Ode to Apollo", a song that dates back to the Olympic Games in ancient Greece.

The long rag on the right is Alain Roche’s performance costume, which came from an old tape of the performer’s mother. The person in the center of the circle is the singer.

After the "Ode to Apollo", the scattered rings on the ground began to rise to the sky, and finally formed a complete five rings. The lost Olympics finally returned to the sky. After the lights were lit, looking down from the sky, the silver device on the ground became the image of a knight.

After that comes the concert segment. If you want to watch the recording of this part, I suggest you find a night because it is a wild concert.

Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig also joined the performance, adding an Americana touch.

Angel Van Laken is a Belgian singer.

Air.

At the closing ceremony, they also found a way to give womenmarathonThe athletes were awarded prizes. It is worth mentioning that the route of the Olympic marathon is the same route as the Versailles Parade initiated by women during the Paris Revolution. The organizers are thoughtful.

Judging from the results, this was definitely a successful Olympics. Not only did it break the tournament records and world records many times, it also left many moving and wonderful moments.

This Olympics has 32 major events and 329 minor events, with a total of 10,500 athletes participating.China and the United States tied for first place in the gold medal list, in terms of total medals, the United States ranked first and China ranked second.

Despite the high temperatures in Paris, this Olympic Games broke many historical records.

Swedish athlete DuplantisMen's pole vaultIn the final, he won the gold medal with a score of 6.25 meters and broke his own world record; Hungarian athlete Gulyas broke thewomanModern Pentathlonworld record; American star McLaughlin inWomen's 400m HurdlesThe project successfully defended the title and broke the world record held by himself;Track CyclingWomen's Team SprintIn the competition, New Zealand, Germany and Britain each broke the world record within three hours, and in the end Britain narrowly won.

Among them, Chinese playersPan ZhanleIn the men's 100m freestyle, he won the championship with a time of 46.40 seconds. In the subsequent men's 4x100m medley relay,Xu Jiayu、Tan Haiyang、Sun Jiajun, Pan Zhanle and others worked together to get a score of 3 minutes 26.46 seconds. The Chinese team broke the world record held by the American team for 40 years. In the relay, Pan Zhanle even broke the record he set a few days ago, swimming a score of 45.92 seconds.This is the first time a human has broken the 46-second barrier。

besides,The Chinese delegation also broke 9 Olympic records, and continue to make breakthroughs on the road to higher, faster, and stronger.

Image source: Xinhua News Agency

Many exciting "miracles" also took place at the Paris Olympics. The Chinese diving team, known as the "Dream Team", swept all the gold medals in the Olympic diving events; the Chinese table tennis team won all five gold medals. South Korea played to its traditional strengths and won all five gold medals in archery.

Table tennis gold medalist Sun Yingsha took the stage at the closing ceremony as a representative of athletes｜Migu Sports

In addition, the Chinese shooting team won five gold medals, two silver medals and three bronze medals, setting a record for the best performance in the Olympics; the Chinese weightlifting team won five gold medals in six events; the Chinese badminton team won two gold medals and three silver medals; and the women's hockey team defeated a strong opponent and won another silver medal. These achievements demonstrate the strong strength and tenacity of the Chinese delegation.

As for the star athletes, French athlete Marchand broke Olympic records in all four events and won four gold medals, making him one of the most popular athletes in this event. Belgian cyclist Effie Nepoel won both the road time trial and road group championships, becoming the first person to achieve this achievement. Chinese swimming star Zhang Yufei won 6 medals, becoming the medal king of this event. On the tennis court, Chinese athlete Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese and even Asian athlete to win the women's singles gold medal.

Image source: International Olympic Committee

In addition to medals, there were more impressive breakthroughs. In women's rugby sevens, the Chinese team won the sixth place in this event that few people usually pay attention to, creating the best result in history. Chinese cycling team rider Lv Xianjing participated in the road group competition and finished 68th, becoming the first Chinese athlete to finish in this event since 1996.

Blood boiling

Friendship comes first, competition comes second. After the women's singles badminton match, Chinese playersHe BingjiaoShe held a small Spanish flag badge in her hand, which was a tribute to the Spanish athlete Marin who withdrew from the semi-final due to injury. Afterwards, Marin wrote an article to thank He Bingjiao. The Spanish Olympic Committee also thanked He Bingjiao on the official platform, praising her sportsmanship that is above all else.

Image source: International Olympic Committee official website

Sportsmanship exists not only in athletes, but also in volunteers and every ordinary person.

There are 45,000 volunteers for this Paris Olympics, from 150 countries and regions, with a basically 1:1 gender ratio. Among them, 30% are foreign volunteers, 20% are under 25 years old, and 10% are over 60 years old.

In the marathon held at the end of the Olympics, in addition to professional marathon runners, there was also a mass marathon competition for marathon enthusiasts. Huang Xuemei, a programmer at Xiamen International Bank, ran a time of 2 hours, 41 minutes and 03 seconds, which was not inferior to that of professional runners, and won the women's mass marathon championship. Luan Yushuai, a courier from JD.com, finished the race in 2 hours, 46 minutes and 17 seconds. It is worth mentioning that Winter Olympic champion Gu Ailing also participated in this race, and her final result was 3 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds.

Luan Yushuai arrived at the scene

There were too many wonderful moments and too many regrets in the Olympics. Some athletes missed the gold medal, and some athletes failed to leave a shot. However, the touching moments they brought us and their sports spirit of "going forward even if there are thousands of people against them" will always inspire us and bring us back to the summer of Paris in 2024 again and again.

In 2028, Los Angeles will be the host of the next Olympic Games. According to tradition, after the opening ceremony, the mayors of Paris and Los Angeles will conduct a handover ceremony of the Olympic flag. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that two female mayors have conducted the ceremony. Let us pause to congratulate these two outstanding women!

As mentioned before, this time the Los Angeles 8 Minutes has 12 minutes, plus the previously rumored Tom Cruise stunt opening and the Hollywood landmarks, we all thought it would be a full display of the American West Coast style. Unexpectedly, it was another watered-down concert.

Los Angeles native singer, Grammy, Oscar and Emmy Award winnerH.E.R.The American national anthem was sung at the ceremony. After the handover ceremony, Tom Cruise descended from the roof of the Stade de France and started the Los Angeles 8 Minutes. He slowly ran across the Stade de France and was doubled by athletes along the way.

Then the camera turned and Tom Cruise got on a motorcycle with the Olympic flag and sped onto a plane. He then parachuted from the plane and passed by the Hollywood sign. He found that Hollywood had become Ollywood.

The flag was then passed from Cruise to Olympian Kate Courtney (mountain biking, 2020), then to Michael Johnson (track and field, four-time Olympic champion, 1992-2000), and finally to Jagger Eaton (skateboarding, two-time Olympic medalist, 2020-2024). They ran through the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which hosted the 1932 and 1984 Olympics and is about to host its third Olympics, through the streets and neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and finally stopped in beautiful Venice Beach. It was like a running version of Lalaland.

There was a concert going on in Venice Beach, and the lineup was so luxurious that we were surprised that Los Angeles was so rich in singers and bands.

Billie Eilish（Billie Eilish）、Red Hot Chili Peppers，Snoop Dogg, took turns to sing songs. Gou Ye sang The Next Episode, which is familiar to netizens, and Billie Eilish sang the song "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" from her latest album.

Billie Eilish performing with her brother

The song is nice, but that’s it.

I still remember the 8-minute martial arts performance in Beijing, the 8-minute Abe Mario in Tokyo, and the 8-minute saxophone Marseillaise in the space station in Paris. Each 8-minute performance was memorable.

In comparison, this time in Los Angeles can be said to be very insincere and not as good as the Strawberry Music Festival.

There will be major changes to the competition events in the 2028 Olympics.

Among the first projects approved were skateboarding, rock climbing and surfing, whileBoxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlonNot listed.

The reason is that these three sports have unresolved problems: the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was stripped of its status as an individual sport association by the International Olympic Committee due to issues such as financial management and referee fairness; the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has doping problems; and the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has issues such as replacement of show jumping and lack of attractiveness.

Modern pentathlon may debut with new rules and appearance, and weightlifting may return to the Olympics after strengthened drug testing, but there is no sign of boxing returning to the Olympics.

However, there will be new events in 2028. On October 16, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the proposal to add five new events to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.Baseball, Softball, Cricket, Lacrosse, Squash, and Flag FootballThe world will soon be on the stage of competition. This is the first time that cricket has returned to the Olympics in 128 years, lacrosse in 120 years, and baseball and softball in seven years. In addition,A new beach race has been added to the regatta。

This Olympic Games emblem has more than 30 designs and will keep changing

In addition, the 2028 Olympics may become the first car-free Olympics. At a press conference on the eve of the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Los Angeles Mayor Bass reiterated the plan for the 2028 "car-free" Olympics, saying that spectators will use public transportation to go to various venues. "We will need more than 3,000 buses." Bass added that Los Angeles will borrow these buses from various cities in the United States.

It is hard to imagine how Americans, who believe that life is impossible without a car, would accept an Olympics where the only option is to take the bus.

Are you satisfied with the Paris Olympics? What is your most memorable Olympic moment?

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