Unlike the unique opening ceremony, the Paris Olympics closing ceremony took place in a more traditional setting at Stade de France
The event began with Leon Marchand carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern from Tuileries Garden to Stade de France
That was followed by an athletes' parade at Stade de France, with all the flag-bearers walking out together followed by the athletes
PR Sreejesh and Manu Bhaker were picked as India’s flag-bearers for the closing ceremony
The closing ceremony also witnessed one final medal handed out — to Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan for winning the women’s marathon in addition to the 5000m and 10000m races
The closing ceremony witnessed a number of artists perform in what was a star-studded affair at Stade de France
Among the artists performing at the closing ceremony was Swiss pianist Alain Roche, who played a piano that was suspended vertically
Phoenix, a French Indie rock band from Versailles, also performed a number of their chart-busters
Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass would later receive the Olympic flag as a symbol of the official handover from Paris to LA
Olympic Rings were raised at Stade de France during the closing ceremony, with performers attacking the individual rings to hooks once by one as part of their routine
The show-stopper, however, was Hollywood mega-star Tom Cruise, who was widely rumoured to perform in the closing ceremony and made an entrance for the ages by abseiling from the stadium’s roof
Cruise would later take the Olympic flag from LA mayor Bass and would ride out of the stadium in a motorcycle
IOC president Thomas Bach, who is set to step down as the Olympic chief next year, declared the Paris 2024 Games “closed” towards the end of the ceremony
The final act of the evening was French singer Yseult performing Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’
That was followed by a round of fireworks to bring the 33rd Summer Olympics to a dazzling conclusion