Paris prepares to hand over Olympic baton to Los Angeles

Paris prepares to hand over Olympic baton to Los Angeles

Paris will bring down the curtain on a Summer Games that brought dazzling sport to the heart of the French capital and restored the Olympics’ mojo, handing over the baton to Los Angeles at the Stade de France national stadium. The ceremony’s star-studded line up signals how Los Angeles will hope to lean into one of its key selling points: its multiculturalism and the razzle dazzle of Hollywood.

LA28 has said musicians and native Californians Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg, the US rapper who has been contributing to NBC Primetime’s coverage of the Games, will be performing in the closing ceremony.

Grammy-winning artist H.E.R. will perform the US national anthem live in Paris, while rumours have swirled around Paris that Tom Cruise will also be involved.
This is the biggest moment in LA28 history to date, as the Olympic flag passes from Paris to LA,” LA28 Chairperson and President Casey Wasserman said in a statement.

The ceremony, which begins at 9pm local time and concludes two weeks of sporting drama that saw China and the United States duke it out for top spot in the medal table right down to the last event.

Source: SUpersport

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