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Paris: The closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024, full of excitement and thrills that lasted for almost three weeks, began on Sunday at 12:30 pm Indian time and 9:30 pm local time. Manu Bhakar and Sreejesh have been chosen as the flag bearers of the Indian team at the closing ceremony held at the Stade de France stadium. Sreejesh is the greatest goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team. Shooter Manu Bhakar became the first post-independence Indian athlete to win two medals in a single Olympic Games when the hockey team won its second consecutive bronze medal.India is ranked 71st in Paris.
Talking about India’s performance, the Indian contingent finished 71st with one silver and five bronze medals. However, wrestler Vinesh Phogat has appealed his disqualification from the women’s 50 kg wrestling final, which is yet to be decided. Pakistan also achieved a significant feat in these Olympic Games and finished 62nd with its first individual Olympic gold medal in athletics. It is worth noting that this time Pakistan was higher than India in the Olympic medal tally. Arshad Nadeem’s victory in the men’s javelin throw final was a historic moment for Pakistan.

PM Modi praised the efforts of the Indian team.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the efforts of the Indian contingent and wished the players all the best for their future endeavours. Prime Minister Modi said that all the players have given their best and every Indian is proud of them. Modi posted on social media platform ‘X’, ‘As the Paris Olympics draw near, I appreciate the efforts put in by the entire Indian contingent during the Games.’

Five-time Grammy winner ‘Her’ sang the song
Five-time Grammy winner Gabriela Sarmiento Wilson, better known as ‘Her’, sang the US national anthem at the Stade de France as part of the ‘handover’ for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. ‘Her’ has won Oscar, Emmy and Grammy awards during her illustrious career. The 27-year-old California singer won the 2021 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for ‘I Can’t Breathe’. Los Angeles will host the Olympics for the third time in 2028, after 1984 and 1932. The city will also host the Paralympics for the first time.

The U.S. leads the medal count with 126 medals.
The United States (USA) tops the medal count at the Paris Olympics. On the final day of competition at the Olympics, the United States defeated arch-rival China by a narrow margin. In the women’s basketball finals of the Paris Olympics, the United States scored a thrilling 67-66 victory over host nation France. The victory earned a gold medal for the basketball team. Along with this, the United States continued to lead the medal table for the fourth consecutive Olympics. The United States leads the Paris Olympics medal count with 126 medals, including 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze. China ended its Olympic campaign with 40 gold medals, for a total of 91 medals.


A man climbed the Eiffel Tower, it was evacuated.A man was seen climbing the historic Eiffel Tower in Paris just hours before the closing ceremony of the Olympics today, prompting authorities to evacuate the tower. A man was seen climbing the 330-meter (1,083 ft) tower shirtless in the afternoon. It is not clear where he started his climb, but he was seen on another part of the tower just above the ‘Olympic Rings’.