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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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James Wallace

Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony: the Games come to an end – as it happened

The fireworks display during the closing ceremony
The fireworks display during the closing ceremony. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Time for me to say au revoir and merci beaucoup on behalf of all the Guardian live-bloggers who have helmed the coverage over the past fortnight. It’s been great fun and your comments and contributions help make it so.

We’ll be back to bring you all the action from the Paralympic Games, they get under way in the City of Love at the end of the month. Until then, thanks for your company this evening and goodbye to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Updated

Before I clock off - seriously, no medals of any hue necessary – there’s time to plug some final Olympic content from our writers:

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