The Paris Olympics ended with a lavish and futuristic closing ceremony on Sunday and the handover to the 2028 hosts Los Angeles. “The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were Olympic Games of a new era,” International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said. He praised them as “an amazing stage” with “iconic venues” in which the fans created “an overwhelming atmosphere.” “These were sensational Games from start to finish – or dare I say, Seine-sational Olympic Games from start to finish,” said Bach at the end of the third Games in the French capital, the others being in 1900 and 1924. The refe…