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Turkish athletes won a total of eight medals in Paris, leaving the Olympic Games without a gold medal for the first time in 40 years.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France as Paris said farewell on Sunday to an Olympics hailed as one of the most successful in history.

Cruise descended on a wire in front of 71,500 spectators, grabbed the Olympic flag and jumped on a motorbike, to the delight of athletes and fans.

Tom Cruise participated spectacularly in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

The Hollywood star symbolically “passed the baton” for the 2028 Olympic Games to the next host city, Los Angeles, offering the audience a one-of-a-kind show.

Paris handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, setting the stage for the next Games in 2028 during a closing ceremony.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced that by decision of the Head of Mission, Petros Synadinos, Emmanuel Karalis and Evangelia Platanioti have been designated as the flag bearers for the Greek delegation at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.

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Los Angeles Plans to Take the Olympic Torch from Paris with Star-Studded Lineup at the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, August 11.

Artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and Billie Eilish will perform from Los Angeles in a mix of pre-recorded and live performances.

Hatice Akbaş of Türkiye lost 5-0 to China's Chang Yuan in the women's 54kg weight class of boxing at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 8, settling for the silver medal.

Akbaş, 23, looked to put the bout behind her and focus on the future.

"It wasn't my best fight," admitted the boxer, who won Türkiye's only second silver and fifth medal in total in Paris.

Long jump gold medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou on Thursday declined the Hellenic Olympic Committee's (EOE) offer to be the flag bearer for the Greek delegation at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games.

Instead, Tentoglou expressed his desire to be the Greek flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Travis Fimmel, known as Ragnar Lothbrok from the History Channel series “Vikings,” is vacationing in Greece, specifically on the island of Paros.