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Hafsa Adil

Bilesmania, gender row: Five viral moments that define Paris Olympics 2024

Hijab-clad distance runner Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands shows off her gold medal during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, in the outskirts of Paris [Oli Scarff/AFP]

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise gave the 2024 Olympic Games a dramatic ending with a memorable action sequence that moved the attention from Paris to Los Angeles, the US city that will host the next edition of the games.

As the Olympic flag was passed on from one city to another, Paris wrapped up the show with a glittering display of fireworks that have come to define the closing of the games in recent editions.

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