TOM Cruise has closed the 2024 Olympics with a jaw-dropping Mission Impossible style stunt as Paris handed the baton to Los Angeles for theactor left viewers and sports stars gobsmacked as he slid dow
n a rope from the roof of the Stade deTom seemed completely unfazed despite the 115ft-high drop as he was greeted by the elated athletes.A pre-recorded video showed Tom riding past classic Parisian landmarks like the Eiffel Tower before arriving at an airport.The star then trekked the flag up to the famous Hollywood sign before he passed it on to US cyclist Kate Courtney.
A second said: “Well it was definitely worth sitting through all that weird stuff. Tom Cruise take a bow and now Red Hot Chilli Peppers!”Team GB gold medal hope pulls out of event minutes before startSunday's extravagant event opened with a rendition of Under The Paris Sky, from the 1951 film of the same name, performed by French singer Zaho de Sagazan and an accompanying choir.
The sing-along section included Les Champs-Elysees, Gala Rizzatto's Freed From Desire and Queen's classic We Are The Champions. The section pays tribute to the records set by the athletes as well as the "golden record" which served as a time capsule when it was sent into space in 1977. The voyager was later joined on stage by a group of acrobats who were dressed as alien-like creatures who helped the voyager discover the Olympic rings which were hoisted from the stadium floor into the air.
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