The closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will take place on Sunday, August 11th.
The organizers of the Olympics are preparing a surprise for the closing of the Games.
ICTV facts tell where and when in Ukraine to watch the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics.
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2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony: where to watch
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics is scheduled for 22:00 on August 11, Kyiv time.
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics Paris will be broadcast by Suspilne Sport, Channel One of the Suspilne broadcaster, and local Suspilne TV channels.
You can also watch the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics on the Suspilne Sport YouTube channel.
What is known about the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics
The organizers of the Olympics are expected to try to surprise the audience: the ceremony will take place in a futuristic atmosphere, where the Olympic Games have already become history. The evening will culminate with a performance by the legendary French bands Phoenix and Air, who are known for their experiments with sound.
According to the publication Variety, Tom Cruise will be present at the closing ceremony, who will perform a dangerous stunt. Tom Cruise's jump may become a feature of the Olympic closing ceremony.
The organizers hint that at the closing ceremony, each of the spectators will be able to travel to Ancient Greece. This will be a kind of journey through time. Famous performers, acrobats and circus performers will also perform at the closing. An interesting performance in a dystopian environment with unusual choreography and woven rings that symbolize the five continents of the world is expected.
As Ukrinform writes, it has also become known about the Ukrainian athletes who will carry the flag of Ukraine at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Paris. The blue and yellow flag will be carried by silver medalists — wrestler Parviz Nasibov and rower Lyudmila Luzan.
It is noteworthy that Lyudmila Luzan has the honor of carrying the flag of Ukraine during the closing ceremony of the Olympics for the second Olympics in a row. Last time it was at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
Ukraine's results and medals at the 2024 Olympics
The last athlete from Ukraine to compete on the final day of the Paris Olympics on August 11 was Ukrainian wrestler Murazi Mchedlidze. In freestyle wrestling in the 97 kg category, Mchedlidze lost to a representative of Azerbaijan for the bronze medal.
Thus, Ukraine completed its performance at the 2024 Olympics with 12 medals:
- 3 gold;
- 5 silver;
- 4 bronze.
Gold medals won:
- Sabre fencers Olga Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, Elena Kravatskaya and Yulia Bakastova won team gold;
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold in the high jump;
- Boxer Oleksandr Khizhnyak won gold in the 80 kg weight category.
Silver among Ukrainians received:
- Sergey Kulish – in rifle shooting in three positions, distance 50 meters;
- Gymnast Ilya Kovtun – in exercises on parallel bars;
- Parviz Nasibov won a silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the weight category up to 67 kg;
- Lyudmila Luzan and Anastasia Rybachok – in canoe-pair at a distance of 500 meters;
- Irina Kolyadenko won a silver medal in the final of the competition in Freestyle wrestling in the 62 kg weight category.
Bronze for Ukrainians:
- Olga Kharlan won bronze in individual sabre;
- Iryna Gerashchenko won bronze in high jump;
- Mikhail Kokhan won bronze in hammer throw;
- Zhan Beleniuk won bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 87 kg weight category kg.
