Olivia Reiner Team USA's Molly Seidel receives marathon bronze at closing ceremony The Patrouille de France, France’s elite air display team, will fly overhead. This isn’t just any flag – it’s the world’s largest at nearly the size of a football field. Then, a flag of the 2024 Paris Olympics will unfold on the side of the Eiffel Tower. In this section, viewers will tour portions of Paris, including the Hôtel de la Monnaie de Paris, the Musée d’Orsay, the Grand Palais and the Opéra Garnier. Then, Self-Defense Forces representatives will raise the French flag and the French anthem will play in the background.įollowing the flag handover, an artistic segment dedicated to the next host city begins. For the next three years, the Olympic flag will be displayed in Paris’ town hall. On the center stage, Koike will hand the Olympic flag to Bach, who will then pass it on to Hidalgo. To close the Tokyo Games, the Olympic flag will be lowered by representatives of the Self-Defense Forces while Japanese soprano vocalist Tomotaka Okamoto performs the Olympic anthem.Īfter the flag is lowered, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will join IOC President Thomas Bach for the Olympic flag handover ceremony.
While the Games have come to an end, the abbreviated quadrennial is just beginning and event organizers are already looking ahead to the 2024 Paris Olympics. There’s a very specific intent to this display – “ARIGATO” is written in the same font used to spell “SAYONARA” at the Closing Ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
The phrase “ARIGATO” will be shown on the LED screens in the stadium. A preview for the event will play on LED screens, and as the video ends, fireworks will go off above the stadium. Finally, with the flame extinguished, the 2020 Paralympic Games are officially on the horizon.
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