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Jimmy Fallon, Mike Tirico, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir to Team Up for Closing Ceremony at 2024 Paris Olympics
Fallon and Tirico will co-host the ceremony from the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium, on Aug. 11
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From Left: Jimmy Fallon; Mike TiricoAs the kickoff for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris grows nearer, NBC has unveiled its lineup of superstar talent that will host this year's Closing Ceremony.
On August 11, late-night host Jimmy Fallon will team up with NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico for NBCUniversal's coverage of the Closing Ceremony of the Games.
The ceremony will mark Fallon's debut as an Olympic commentator.
PEOPLE can also confirm that former Olympic skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, as well as NBC Sports commentator Terry Gannon will return to call the Ceremony alongside Fallon and Tirico.
In a statement to PEOPLE, Weir, 39, said, "I have looked forward to the Closing Ceremony of every Olympics as a fan, then as an Olympian and now as a broadcaster. It is such a wonderful celebration of triumph and achieving one’s dreams."
He added, "Now, I am just hunting down enough weave to build my Marie Antoinette hairstyle!"
Lipinski, 41, said she's thrilled to return to the Closing Ceremony with Weir and Gannon in a statement to PEOPLE. “I am so excited to work another Closing Ceremony with Johnny and Terry, and interacting with Jimmy and Mike will make it even more of a party," she said.
"The Olympic Games will always have my heart and to be part of such a wonderful portion of it fills me with so much joy," Lipinski continued.
"The Closing Ceremony is one of my favorite Olympic events that happen during a Games, it was when I participated as an athlete and still is today as a broadcaster and fan. To be in Paris looking ahead for the L.A. Games in 2028 makes it even more special!” she concluded.
NBC and Peacock will present live coverage of the Closing Ceremony from the Stade de France, the country’s national stadium, on Sunday, August 11, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Primetime coverage will begin at 7 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and Peacock.
President of NBC Olympics Production Molly Solomon said, “We are excited for Jimmy to make his official Olympic debut in an iconic setting at the biggest party in the world with Mike, while Terry, Tara, and Johnny return to provide a fashionably fun take on the pageantry and parade of athletes who competed in Paris,” in a statement on Wednesday.
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In March, Fallon invited Tirico, Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning to appear on his show to announce that they'll be hosting the Opening Ceremony in Paris this summer.
“It’s an honor to be able to announce for the first time anywhere that this year at the Summer Olympics in Paris, the opening ceremony will be hosted by yours truly, Peyton Manning and Kelly Clarkson,” Tirico said on the show.
When Fallon asked Tirico if there's anything in particular that they should watch out for this Olympics, he noted that the the opening ceremony is going to be much different than people expect.
"The opening ceremony is going to be so different and unique," Tirico said. "Down the Seine, down the river with the athletes on a boat. So it’s not the stadium where they walk in. It’ll incorporate Paris."
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics kicks off on July 26.
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