Paris Paralympics 2024 ends with electro-party
The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games ended on Sunday with an electro-party at the Stade de France.
Paris hosted the Olympics earlier in the summer.
| (Thibaud Moritz/AFP): Spectators were treated to a firework show over the Stade de France
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Some 24 French DJS, including Martin Solveig, Jean-Michel Jarre and Cassius, played at the event.
Earlier, the 169 delegations paraded to the sound of French classics.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo handed the Paralympic flag to International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons, who then passed it on to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Los Angeles will hold the next Summer Games in 2028.
Broadway star Ali Stoker sang the US national anthem during the event.
| (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP): Paris has handed the Paralympic and Olympic flags over to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games
"Nobody wants these Games to come to an end," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said.
Estanguet said the games had created a "historic summer" and urged spectators and viewers not to forget "this summer when France was happy."
The Olympic cauldron, which was scheduled to be lifted up by a hot-air balloon from the Jardins des Tuileries near the Louvre Museum, was grounded due to the rain.
The Paralympics took place in mainly full stadiums, beating previous fears about ticket sales.
"Nobody wants these Games to come to an end," Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet said.
Estanguet said the games had created a "historic summer" and urged spectators and viewers not to forget "this summer when France was happy."
The Olympic cauldron, which was scheduled to be lifted up by a hot-air balloon from the Jardins des Tuileries near the Louvre Museum, was grounded due to the rain.
The Paralympics took place in mainly full stadiums, beating previous fears about ticket sales.
Source: dw.com
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