Bach, who will step down as IOC president in 2025, mentioned Paris 2024 had been “sensational, or dare I say, ‘Seine-sational'” – a play on phrases referencing the river which flows via the host metropolis.
He added that they have been “Olympic Video games of a brand new period” as the primary “delivered fully beneath our Olympic agenda reforms: youthful, extra city, extra inclusive, extra sustainable and the primary Olympic Video games with full gender parity”.
The German praised athletes for his or her “merely wonderful” performances, saying they confirmed “what greatness we people are able to”.
He continued: “Throughout all this time, you lived peacefully collectively beneath one roof within the Olympic Village. You embraced one another. You revered one another, even when your international locations are divided by conflict and battle. You created a tradition of peace.
“This impressed all of us and billions of individuals across the globe. Thanks for making us dream. Thanks for making us imagine in a greater world for everybody.
“We all know that the Olympic Video games can’t create peace. However the Olympic Video games can create a tradition of peace that conjures up the world. This is the reason I name on everybody who shares this Olympic spirit: allow us to dwell this tradition of peace each single day.”
There was additionally particular reward for the 45,000 volunteers who assisted throughout the Video games, which started with a rain-soaked opening ceremony alongside the Seine on 26 July.