France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from the opening and closing ceremonies.

The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs Elysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

As France prepares to bid a final farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees, President Emmanuel Macron announced his intention to create a "national day of sport" every year on Sept.

Athletes, volunteers, and workers will parade on the Champs-Elysées on Saturday evening, in a celebration that will include a concert at the Arc de Triomphe monument.

Tens of thousands cheered, clapped, danced and sang to celebrate French athletes and to relive, one last time, the Games that uplifted a nation.

France is to bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from the opening and closing ceremonies.

The curtain will come down on the Paris' feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by a concert.

France's Olympians and Paralympians are full of pride and emotion, as they greet the public on the Champs Elysees, in the closing chapter of the Paris Olympics.