Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live Updates: Manu Bhaker, PR Sreejesh To Be India’s Flag Bearers | Olympics News

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: 91 countries have won a medal

91 different nations have won a medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. That’s two less than in Tokyo 2020 and five more than Rio 2016.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: 10 minutes to go!

It is likely just 10 more minutes till the Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony will commence. Tom Cruise? Billie Eilish? Snoop Dogg? We’ll soon find out which stars grace the Stade de France tonight.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg to come?

As per Billboard, singer Billie Eilish and rapper Snoop Dogg are expected to star in the Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Hear from Manu and Sreejesh

Here’s what India’s flagbearers, Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh, had to say before the closing ceremony:

PR SREEJESH & MANU BHAKER IS READY FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY AT PARIS OLYMPICS..!!! pic.twitter.com/MJUPZknUGW

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 11, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Eiffel tower ordered to be evacuated

Meanwhile…

– Authorities order the evacuation of the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris monument hours before the Olympics closing ceremony. pic.twitter.com/pMcE7WBdoO

— The Informant (@theinformant_x) August 11, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Manu, Sreejesh felicitated

Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh are being felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) ahead of the closing ceremony.

#WATCH | India’s Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh, who have been announced as the official flag bearers for the Paris Olympics closing ceremony, were felicitated by the IOA

Indian Men’s Hockey Team Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh says “It is a great honour. It is my last tournament and I… pic.twitter.com/G4YHtl82SW

— ANI (@ANI) August 11, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Tom Cruise is here!

The much-anticipated star guest of the closing ceremony is in Paris. Will Tom Cruise perform tonight?

#TomCruise at the stadium where the Olympic closing ceremony will take place! Maybe he’s at a rehearsal? pic.twitter.com/8NMSOdMVQB

— Tom Cruise • fan account (@tomcruisse62) August 11, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Medals table

The USA pipped China to top spot in the Paris Olympics 2024 medal table with gold in the final event of the Summer Games – women’s basketball. Having trailed China throughout the event, USA tied them on 40 golds each, and took first spot thanks to more medals in total.

Paris Olympics 2024 Closing Ceremony Live: Stade de France

The stadium which once saw Zinedine Zidane take France to FIFA World Cup glory in 1998 will now see off the Paris Olympics 2024 with its closing ceremony.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: A historic first

The passing of the Olympic flag from the mayor of Paris to the mayor of Los Angeles will be historic. Both cities have a woman mayor for the first time in their history – Anne Hidalgo of Paris and Karen Bass of Los Angeles.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: 1 hour to go

We are approximately one hour away from the start of the closing ceremony.

As India waits patiently for the verdict on Vinesh Phogat, the nation has one more chance to truly celebrate its medal-winners this year.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: The nations’ parade

The flag bearers of each country will perform the parade, as is customary. The Olympics flag will be lowered, and the Olympic flame will be extinguished.

The torch will then be passed on to the Paralympics, as the Paralympic flame will be lit. The Paralympics begin on August 28, 2024 and end on September 8, 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: What to expect in closing ceremony?

While most of the details about the closing ceremony has been kept under wraps, it has been speculated that over one hundred different performers will take centre stage. Artistic director Thomas Jolly has revealed that the theme of the ceremony will be “records”.

Some outlandish reports have even stated that Hollywood icon Tom Cruise might make a death-defying stunt appearance in the ceremony.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Closing ceremony hype!

The closing ceremony is not too far away. It will be held at France’s iconic Stade de France, the stadium where Neeraj Chopra won silver for India a few days back.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India’s near-misses

Six medals also came with six fourth-place finishes for India in Paris 2024:

1) Arjun Babuta (10m air rifle – men’s)

2) Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat (Archery – mixed team)

3) Manu Bhaker (25m pistol – women’s)

4) Maheshwari Chauhan and Anantjeet Singh Naruka (Skeet shooting – mixed team)

5) Lakshya Sen (Badminton – men’s singles)

6) Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting – women’s)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Recapping India’s medals

Here’s a recap of India’s six medals in Paris 2024.

1) Bronze: Manu Bhaker (10m air pistol – women’s)

2) Bronze: Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh (10m air pistol – mixed team)

3) Bronze: Swapnil Kusale (50m rifle 3 positions – men’s)

4) Bronze: Hockey Team (Men’s)

5) Silver: Neeraj Chopra (Javelin throw – men’s)

6) Bronze: Aman Sehrawat (57kg freestyle wrestling – men’s)

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India’s flag bearers

They need no introduction! It’s shooter Manu Bhaker and hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. Both are at the opposite ends of their careers, but Paris 2024 has been a happy time for both.

Sreejesh capped off his career with a second Olympic bronze, whilst Bhaker won two bronzes in Paris itself.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Where will India rank if Vinesh gets silver?

If Vinesh Phogat is given her silver, India will rise only three more spots, up to 68th in the Olympics 2024 medal table.

That will put them six spots behind Pakistan.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: India’s worst ranking since the year 2000

India finish Paris 2024 in 71st position, their worst ranking on the Olympics medal table since the year 2000, when India had also finished 71st.

India have dropped 23 spots from their 48th-place finish in Tokyo 2020. Not even a tally of two silver medals saw them drop this low in Rio 2016.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Verdict by 9:30 PM IST on August 13

Once again, we remind you that the verdict will be out by 6 PM Paris time on August 13 (9:30 PM IST). In less than 24 hours from now, India could be rejoicing a second silver medal from Paris 2024.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Landmark case in wrestling?

If Vinesh wins the case, not only could she win the silver medal, the ruling could also possibly be a landmark one in wrestling, that could result in the change of many existing laws.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: All documents submitted in Vinesh case

All documents and every other necessary details have been submitted to the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS), reports RevSportz. Now all that is left is the wait till the final verdict, on whether Vinesh Phogat will get silver.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Here’s how the medals tally looks like!

India finished on the 71st spot with six medals — five bronze and one silver.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Basketball: USA break French hearts!

USA win a consecutive 8th gold medal in women’s basketball. Heartbreak of France. 67-66 in the end. And this brings a close to this year’s Summer Games. This allows Team USA to top the Paris 2024 Olympics medal table

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Basketball: France eye revenge!

Fresh from the men’s team’s loss to USA in the gold medal match, France eye payback in the women’s gold medal match. They currently lead 38-33 with just over four minutes left in the 3rd quarter

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Sebastian Coe eyeing IOC seat?

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted that he might give “serious thought” about throwing his hat into the ring to succeed Thomas Bach as head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coe, whose third and final term as athletics chief ends in 2027, has long been suggested as a successor to Thomas Bach.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: UWW’s take on Vinesh Phogat row!

As India waits for the results of wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s hearing at the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), the United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic shared an important insight as far as the entire weigh-in controversy is concerned. “I am so sorry for what happened, but no matter the size of your country, athletes are athletes. This weigh-in was public, everyone saw what happened. How can we allow someone to compete when we all saw what happened. We don’t have any other choice but to follow our rules,” Lalovic told NDTV.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Cycling: Lavreysen makes history!

Harrie Lavreysen becomes the Netherlands’ most successful summer Olympian with a third Paris cycling gold in the men’s keirin, taking his tally to six. Meanwhile, Ellesse Andrews powered to the women’s sprint title to add to her keirin gold.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Water Polo: Serbia edge out Croatia!

An outstanding performance in the men’s water polo final sees Serbia take home their third consecutive gold meda. They beat Croatia 13-11

#BREAKING Serbia just beat Croatia in water polo 13 : 11 and took the gold at the Paris Olympics.

The Serbian team played an awesome game, proving their dominance over Croatians again. #Paris2024 #Olympics #Serbia pic.twitter.com/U4fgOAgacM

— Global Dissident (@GlobalDiss) August 11, 2024

Paris Olympics 2024 Live, Volleyball: Danes trump Germans!

Denmark take the gold medal in men’s volleyball, beating Germany 39-26 in the final. Juri Knorr with six strikes for his team to set up a comfortable victory.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Dutch take gold in women’s marathon!

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins the bronze in women’s marathon, with Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa and Kenya’s Hellen Obiri taking silver and bronze, respectively.

Paris Olympics 2024 Live: Hello!

Good evening and welcome to our Paris Olympics final day blog. We will continue our build-up to the closing cermony with all the updates from the medals event on the final day. We will also have our focus on the latest developments in Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).