Paris throws a final Olympics bash

Paris | Paris on Saturday (Sunday AEST) threw its last Olympics party, a buoyant, nostalgia-tinged celebration of the 2024 Summer Games that drew tens of thousands of cheering spectators to the streets of the French capital for a parade of athletes and an outdoor concert around the Arc de Triomphe.

The festivities started with smoky blue, white and red fireworks, echoing the start of the opening ceremony on the Seine River. Flag-waving crowds then roared and sang France’s national anthem as more than 300 French Olympic and Paralympic contestants paraded up the Champs-Elysees on a giant white runway.