Paris 2024 Games Closing Ceremony: Leon Marchand Extinguishes Olympic Flame - In Pics

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Leon Marchand extinguished the cauldron at the Jardins des Tuileries during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. The 22-year-old walked up to the cauldron with a lantern and also lit the lantern, and made his way with it to the Stade de France. The hometown hero won gold medals in men’s 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, and 400m individual medley.

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Updated on: 12 August 2024 5:22 pm

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Paris Olympics: French swimmer Leon Marchand carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame | Photo: AP/Rebecca Blackwell

French swimmer Leon Marchand carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame during the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.

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Leon Marchand, carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame as the cauldron is slowly extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Olympics | Photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda

French swimmer Leon Marchand, left, carries a lantern containing the Olympic flame in the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is slowly extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris, France.

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French swimmer Leon Marchand | Photo: AP/Vadim Ghirda

French swimmer Leon Marchand walks toward a plinth where a lantern containing the Olympic flame sits in the Tuileries garden on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris, France.

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Paris Olympics: People watch outside the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is extinguished ahead of the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony | Photo: AP/Louise Delmotte

People watch outside the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is extinguished, on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics, ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris, France.

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Paris Olympics: French police set up barricades to close the road outside the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is extinguished | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin

French police set up barricades to close the road outside the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris, France.

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Paris Olympics: Cauldron is extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin

People watch as police stop them from moving ahead after closing the road outside the Tuileries garden as the cauldron is extinguished on the final day of the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of the closing ceremony in Paris, France.

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