パリ五輪、熱戦に幕　日本、海外最多金２０―国・地域別３位と躍進〔五輪〕

　パリ五輪は１１日、フランス競技場で閉会式が行われた。１７日間にわたって繰り広げられた熱戦に幕を下ろした。
　日本選手団は、陸上女子やり投げ金メダリストの北口榛花（ＪＡＬ）と、開会式に続いてブレイキン（ブレイクダンス）男子の半井重幸（ダンサー名ＳＨＩＧＥＫＩＸ）＝第一生命保険＝が旗手を務めた。約１８０人の選手、役員が参加し、他の選手団と交流の輪を広げた。
　日本は今大会、金メダル２０個を獲得し、大会前に掲げた目標を達成。銀１２、銅１３を含むメダル総数は４５個に上り、金と総数は海外開催の五輪で過去最多となった。国・地域別で、金は米国と中国の４０個に次ぐ３位。総数は６位だった。
　日本はフェンシングが金２を含むメダル５個と躍進。レスリングは金８個を量産した。スケートボードは金２、銀２と東京大会に続き活躍した。
　次回の２０２８年ロサンゼルス大会は、同年７月１４～３０日に行われる。（2024/08/12-07:14）

The Paris Olympic Games came to an end Sunday night with the closing ceremony at the Stade de France near the French capital, bringing down the curtain on the 17-day competition.
   Serving as flagbearers for Japan's delegation at the ceremony were javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi, who became the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field on Saturday, and Shigeyuki Nakarai, known as B-Boy Shigekix, who finished fourth in men's breaking.
   Japan earned 20 gold medals, ranking third among over 200 countries and regions that participated in the Paris Games, after the United States and China, which clinched 40 golds each.
   The total medal count for Japan reached 45, including 12 silvers and 13 bronzes. The overall tally and the total of gold medals were both the highest for the Asian nation in an Olympics held overseas. Japan came sixth among all participants in the total medal rankings.
   Japanese fencers made a breakthrough with five medals, including two golds. The wrestling team was Japan's leading medal earner, winning 11 medals including eight golds. The Japanese skateboarding team continued its success from the previous Tokyo Olympics with two golds and two silvers in Paris.