Closing Ceremony: IOC President Thomas Bach gives speech
Addressing the athletes, IOC President Thomas Bach, 1976 fencing Olympic champion, says: "Despite all the tensions in our world, you came here from all 206 national Olympic committees and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, to make the City of Light shine brighter than ever before.
"Your performances were amazing. You competed fiercely against each other. Every contest on the edge of perfection. Every performance sparking excitement around the world. You showed us what greatness we humans are capable of.
“The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were a celebration of the athletes and of sport at its best.
“The first Olympic Games delivered completely under our Olympic Agenda reforms: younger, more urban, more inclusive, more sustainable. The first Olympic Games with full gender parity.
“These were sensational Olympic Games from start to finish – or dare I say: Seine-sational Games.”
