Sooner or later, everything comes to an end, and so did the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, after the 329 events in 32 sports that it offered, athletes and spectators alike are left with memories worthy of a lifetime. So to recap the prestigious competition, we have collected the wild reactions people from across the globe have shared on social media. From highlighting easy-to-miss fashion statements to joining passionate celebrations, here are the memes that capture the emotions of this remarkable event. “Humanity is beautiful when it comes together,” said theater and opera director Thomas Jolly of his stadium show about celebrating “respect and tolerance” in a fragile world. He described the Games and the closing performance as “a unique opportunity to share, reconcile and repair.”
However, some of the organizers’ creative team, including the director Jolly, were under special protection because of online death threats that followed it. With the motto “Games Wide Open,” the City of Light brought sport out of the stadium and into the streets. It was aimed at drawing a line under the last Games in Tokyo, which were held largely without spectators during the Covid pandemic.
She had acknowledged before the closing ceremony that the French capital had set a high bar but reassured her city was a worthy successor.
The stadium stood silent, disturbed only by the clings and clangs of stage workers dismantling the set. As for 2036, the host city remains undecided, with contenders like Ahmedabad in India, Berlin — potentially marking 100 years since the 1936 Games — and even Santiago in Chile considering playing their part.
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