Live coverage of the 2024 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony

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On September 8, 2024, at 8:30 PM, the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Stade de France will pay tribute to Parisian nightlife by bringing together 24 artists from the French electronic music scene. This grand event will celebrate the athletes and their achievements, presenting an unprecedented format for a Games ceremony!

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It's time to say thank you

Thanks everyone for having been here with us reading this liveblog of the Closing Ceremony in music and with fireworks! Thank you so much those who made these Games happening and a special thank you to the digital team - and all the departments at the Paris 2024 headquarters - who worked hard to propose tons of stories, content on social network and a warm welcome on the competition sites. We'll miss these moments shared together, we hope you enjoyed this month of competitions in Paris... but we'll see each other in two years, with the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milano Cortina! Ciao tutti and have a nice evening ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

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Alexandre Lรฉautรฉ ft. Martin Solveig

The French cyclist, who won two gold medals during these Paralympics, started the last song of the night. ONE MORE TIME!! ๐ŸŽถ

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Hiiiigher

Victor Le Masne's song, 'Higher', is a pure hit!

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๐ŸŽต Cause I want you to be mine ๐ŸŽต

Ofenbach, The Avener, Kungs... The last artists to sing at the Stade de France are ready to make the crowd dance!

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Some great photos from the partyyy ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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KAVINSKYYY ๐Ÿฅฐ

We heard 'Nightcall' during the Olympic Closing Ceremony, now it's time to 'Roadgame'. Enjoy!! ๐ŸŽถ

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Everybody is part of the party!

The crowd at the Stade de France takes also part in the festivities thanks to luminous LED wristbands. Amaziiing ๐Ÿ˜

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Breakbot & Irfane, Nathalie Duchene, Alan Braxe....

During this series of legendary back-to-backs, the Paralympic athletes take to the stage, transformedย into a dancefloor, joined by Olympic โ€œguestsโ€. This sequence is also a light show, making the wholeย stadium France's biggest disco. With this gigantic party, the last night of the Paris 2024 Games hasย only just begun. Paris is a party! ๐ŸŽค

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Jean-Michel Jarre on the stage

Jean-Michel Jarre, the father of electronic music in France, introduces this unique show at the centre of the stage, 23 other artists, celebrating the diversity of French electronic music, take the relay, giving a unifying dimension to this ultimate celebration of the Games.

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It's time to partyyyy! ๐Ÿ•บ

To mark the end of the Paralympic Games, the Stade de France has become the stage for the Journey of the Wave, an odyssey designed by Victor le Masne. Like the musical wave, electronic music is constantly changing and feeding off the different scenes that make it up. Like the Relay of the Paralympic Flame, the wave passes from one artist to another, uniting this group in a collective harmony. To embody this journey, Victor le Masne and Romain Pissenem called on 24 electronic artists from the French electronic scene.

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The Flame is extinguished ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Aurรฉlie Aubert, Paralympic champion in Boccia, blows the Flame. At the same time, in the sky aboveย the Jardin des Tuileries, the Cauldron, still rising, is also
extinguished. The Paralympic Games Paris 2024 are over.

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Frรฉdรฉric Villeroux gives the Flame to Ugo Didier

The French Para athletes gave a lot of chills during this Closing Ceremony.

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The Flame will be extinguished soon...

At Jardin des Tuileries, gathered around the Cauldron, Amadou and Mariam, accompanied by a string quartet, perform 'Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais', a composition by Serge Gainsbourg inspired by the French poet Paulย Verlaine. In an intimate and poignant atmosphere, this performance expresses, with its poetic elegance, what we are all feeling as the Games of Paris 2024 draw to a close.

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As for the Paris Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, LA promises to be a great venue for 2028

Violinist and Broadway composer Gaelynn Lea andย 
rapper, songwriter and athlete Garnet Silver-Hall, perform an original piece of poetry linking our themes of dreaming, disability, and community.

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The American National Anthem ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

This handover sequence continues with the American National Anthem, which accompanies the raising of the American flag. This is followed by the Los Angeles 2028 artistic sequence.

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The Paralympic flag leaves Paris ๐Ÿ˜ข

The Paralympic Anthem is played and the Paralympic flag is lowered by officers of the French Army. The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, join Andrew Parsons and Tony Estanguet on the centre stage. The Mayor of Paris hands over the Paralympic flag to the IPC President, whoย passes it on to the Mayor of Los Angeles.

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Breaking, a new sport added at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris 2024 had chosen to add Breaking as an additionnal olympic sport, with a great success as it set La Concorde urban park alight.ย Samuka, Angelina and Perninha performed during the Paralympic Opening Ceremony, while Haiper performed during the Olympic Opening Ceremony.

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Breaking enters the stage

This Closing Ceremony is an opportunity to highlight this modern dance and its power of inclusion.ย In this sequence, eight dancers, some of them with disabilities,ย celebrate the diversity of breaking with solo or group performances, in a spirit of โ€œdemonstrationโ€ and celebration, to the sound ofย Cut Killerโ€™s set.

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Thanks to the volunteers!!! ๐Ÿ™

The protocol sequence continues with a tribute to all the Paris 2024 volunteers. The 2,000 of them at the centre of the stadium are cheered by the crowd, to the sound of Johnny Hallyday's iconic song 'Que je t'aime'. Through their energy, commitment and good humour, the volunteers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games contributed to the success of the event.

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The newly elected members of the IPC athletes' council

The Ceremony continues with the presentation of the six newly elected - with two already there before - members of the International Paralympic Committee Athletes' Council. These members, elected by their peers during the Paralympic Games, take to the centre stage.

The IPC Athletes' Council is a group of athlete representatives elected by their peers who are the voice of the Paralympic athlete community to the IPC.

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And now, the IPC president!

Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, then takes the floor.

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An emotional moment for those who helped the Games work

While giving hisย closing speech, Tony Estanguet invites 2,000 volunteers to join him and share thisย moment. The crowd gets wild!!

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Here is the president of the Paris 2024 Games!

Tony Estanguet, President of the Organising Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, enters the stage in an amazing ovation.

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