Julius OkorieThe closing ceremony of the 33rd Olympics lived up to expectations with breath-taking performances by musical groups and dancers alike.
The event had more the enough for spectators to see and marvel about.45, 000 volunteers from 150 different countries helped make Paris 2024 happen, around a hundred of them entered the stadium to receive thanks from the crowd.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe 2024 Paralympics are up next on the Olympic calendar, set for 28th Aug to 8th Sept in Paris. The next Winter Games are headed to Italy to be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in February 2026, and the next Summer Olympics will be in Los Angeles in 2028.
Tom Cruise helped transition the Olympics from Paris to LA 2028. He did a stunt from the top of Stade de France down to the bottom of the stadium. Cruise then takes the Olympic flag from Biles and puts it into the back of a motorcycle before riding off into the distance. A Hollywood ending you would say.
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Meanwhile, the United States emerged winners of the 33rd Olympics at the last count and candle out but it was just by the skin of their teeth.
They topped the 2024 Games medals table by winning 40 gold medals after the final of the last event of the Games was decided on Sunday.
But they only finished above China by virtue of winning more silver medals than the Asian giants, scooping 44 while their foes had 27.
China were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when they did it on home soil at the 2008 Beijing Games.
The U.S. women’s basketball team helped to seal their country’s dominance by edging hosts France to win the final gold medal of the Games.
Japan were third with 20 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze for a total of 45, while Australia were in fourth place with 18 gold, 19 silver and 16 bronze for a total of 53.
Hosts France was in fifth place with 16 gold, 26 silver, and 22 bronze, totaling 64.
Kenya Is Africa No. 1 With 4 Gold, Two Silver And Five Bronze
Only 12 African countries featured in the medal table with kenya leading with four Gold, two Silver and five Bronze, followed by Algeria with two gold no silver and one bronze, While South Africa came third on the African table with one gold, three silver and two bronze.
Others that made it to the medal table include Ethiopia, Egypt,Tunisia, Botswana, Uganda and Morocco. Cote d Ivoire, Cape Verde and Zambia round seals the line with a bronze each.
Nigeria failed to make the medal table after failing to win in all the disciplines entered for in Paris.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
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