Source: THE AS­SO­CI­AT­ED PRESS

The Paris Olympics will soon come to a close.

U.S. gym­nas­tics star Si­mone Biles made a tri­umphant re­turn, tak­ing her Olympic gold tal­ly to sev­en. French swim­mer Léon Marc­hand won five medals — four of them gold — ful­fill­ing com­par­isons to Michael Phelps. Ar­mand “Mon­do” Du­plan­tis won an­oth­er gold medal, but the re­al show for the 80,000 at the Stade de France — which will be the site of Sun­day’s clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny — was when he broke the world record for the ninth time.

There’s been con­tro­ver­sy, too. Box­er Imane Khe­lif of Al­ge­ria has been in the spot­light be­cause of mis­con­cep­tions about her gen­der.

Or­ga­niz­ers of the Paris Games have, for the most part, suc­cess­ful­ly show­cased the beau­ty of the French cap­i­tal. Beach vol­ley­ball has tak­en place next to the Eif­fel Tow­er. Hold­ing events in the pol­lut­ed Seine Riv­er, how­ev­er, has proven more dif­fi­cult.

Who is win­ning the 2024 Olympics?

The Unit­ed States leads the medal stand­ings, with Chi­na next in line. Aus­tralia, France and Britain are vy­ing for the third spot. Here is Wednes­day’s Olympic sched­ule of events, as well as the over­all list of medal win­ners.

What’s the last event of the 2024 Olympics?

The women’s bas­ket­ball gold medal game is the last event be­fore the clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny. It’s sched­uled to tip off at 3:30 p.m. CEST (9:30 a.m. EDT) at Bercy Are­na.

When is the 2024 Olympics clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny?

The clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny is sched­uled to be­gin at 9 p.m. CEST (3 p.m. EDT) on Sun­day at Stade de France just north of Paris. It’s ex­pect­ed to last un­til 11:15 p.m. CEST (5:15 p.m. EDT).

What will hap­pen dur­ing the clos­ing cer­e­mo­ny?

It will fea­ture tra­di­tion­al high­lights, in­clud­ing the ath­letes’ pa­rade and the han­dover of the Olympic flag to the or­ga­niz­ers of the 2028 Los An­ge­les Games. There will be a medal pre­sen­ta­tion cer­e­mo­ny — for the women’s marathon from ear­li­er in the day.

It’s a more tra­di­tion­al set­ting af­ter the Seine Riv­er was used for the au­da­cious open­ing cer­e­mo­ny, but don’t ex­pect it to be dull. It fea­tures the same artis­tic di­rec­tor — Thomas Jol­ly.

Or­ga­niz­ers said in a re­cent state­ment that it will in­clude “over a hun­dred per­form­ers, ac­ro­bats, dancers and cir­cus artists.” There will be mu­si­cal per­for­mances and “the par­tic­i­pa­tion of world-renowned singers will com­plete the pic­ture. ... Part of the show will take place in the air, while the gi­ant sets, cos­tumes and spec­tac­u­lar light­ing ef­fects will take spec­ta­tors on a jour­ney through time, both past and fu­ture.”

Jol­ly added: “It’s a very vi­su­al, very chore­o­graph­ic, very ac­ro­bat­ic show with an op­er­at­ic di­men­sion to give a great vi­su­al fres­co and say good­bye to ath­letes from all over the world.” —PARIS (AP)