Paris bids farewell to the Olympics and gives way to LA28

The orchestra then struck up the Marseillaise before the athletes from each delegation joined together to enter the stadium. As they had done since Melbourne in 1956, if they had entered separately at the inauguration. Why shouldn’t they enter the enclosure together? A sign of the deepening brotherhood after 15 days of competition.

However, after the first medals were awarded in the women’s marathon, Sifan Hassan won the gold medal; the French team, representing the Netherlands, once again showed superb performance skills. Athletes sang and danced, joined the celebrations to the music of various stages in Paris, and even a golden traveler from the future witnessed traces of the past race.

These images of the Paris Games appear, these great feats that shock us and now fill us with nostalgia. Yet they remain on our retinas, even more so when Thomas Bach invites us to meet again four years later in Los Angeles.

Tom Cruise and Los Angeles debut

Tom Cruise descended from the top of the Ile-de-France to carry the Olympic flag into the Olympic Pavilion after it was officially handed over by the Mayor of Los Angeles together with Simone Biles, the symbol of American Olympism today. Riding a motorcycle, flying halfway around the world, until parachuting into the Californian city to the beat of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; the American style was already felt.

American athletes Billie Elish, Dr. Dre and even Snopp Dogg; the country’s rap icons lit up the parties on California beaches and kicked off the Olympics in Los Angeles four years later.