2024-08-12 12:40:06
From Paris
The outcomes often provoke nostalgia, uprooting and a feeling of emptiness. Sporting events frequently go through these sensations, mainly the two most important ones on the planet, such as the World Cup and the Olympics.
The city of Paris was the center of the scene for the latter, since July 26, with episodes that moved people to go through. happiness, sadness, frustrations and even some surprises.
The period to reach Los Angeles 2028 It will be four years again, unlike the three that passed since Tokyo, due to the pandemic situation that delayed it by one.
The closing in the French capital was once again emotional, in the same way that happened on that date with the opening, when the delegations paraded along the River Seine. The Stade de France in the Saint Denis district was the venue for the farewell, which was almost completely full (it holds 80,000 people).
The local singer-songwriter Zaho de Sagazan It was the one that started the show from the Tuileries Garden, where the cauldron was located, and the swimmer León Marchand, The winner of four gold medals was the one who took the candlestick with the flame to carry it to the stadium and then was in charge of extinguishing it, to the acclaim of the public.
The Marseillaise was sung by a symphony orchestra, after the greeting between the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the German Thomas Bach.
The participating countries displayed their flag bearers, and Argentina did so with the cyclist Jose Torres Gil, first in BMX, and Eugenia Bosco, who together with Mateo Majdalani won silver in sailing. The main assembly in the center of the field, in the shape of the five continents, He was surrounded by 205 delegations, which had nine thousand athletes and technical teams.
The female marathoners were awarded amidst the festivities. The Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan received the gold medal Bach’s award; Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa won the silver; and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won the bronze.
The French pianist Alain Roche He interpreted the “Hymn to Apollo”sitting on a piano suspended vertically in the air, together with the lyrical tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who elevated the closing ceremony with his voice.
Music and the play of lights were present throughout the Parisian night. The recognition of the volunteers was met with great applause from the entire stadium. The 270 artists performed their performances with five golden rings that later ended up forming the Olympic symbol.
The Phoenix Show, a French indie rock band formed in Versailles, At the end of the 1990s, it was another of the highlights.
The president of the Organizing Committee of the Games, the former athlete Tony Estanguet, Bach gave his final speech thanking everyone for the efforts that had been made to carry out the competition. Bach later highlighted the Olympic spirit that had taken place in Paris, and promised keep evolving in sports matters.
Los Angeles – the gymnast Simone Biles was the one that received the flag with the rings – will be from now on the next goal. The exact figure is 1460 days, so that in the capital of cinema –Tom Cruise appeared from the top of the stadium- American rekindle the Olympic flame.
What Paris left behind was sublime, not only because of the memory of the 100 years that have passed since the last time she was the protagonist, but because of the imprint of an unrivaled city.