Actor Tom Cruise stole the show in the closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics 2024. Tom Cruise was dramatically launched into the Stade de France to close the Paris Olympics and signify the hand-over from France to the Hollywood state of California . Los Angeles will host the 2028 Games and, after a closing ceremony celebrating the athletes and successful French hosting, the final part changed gear dramatically when it switched to the next destination for the summer Games.
Cruise, who famously starred in Mission: Impossible , was left waiting on the top of the roof in a harness while clutching a wire as the official handover section of the ceremony began. The Olympic flag was passed between the Mayors of Paris and Los Angeles, Anne Hidalgo and Karen Bass, before a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner . The lights then turned red on the part of the stadium from which Cruise was waiting and, defying his 62 years, he abseiled down at speed with a landing that would have impressed even the watching Simone Biles .
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