Olympics viewers finally work out meaning behind stage design at closing ceremony

Olympics viewers have just worked out the meaning behind the stage design at this year's Closing Ceremony.

The 2024 Paris Olympics has come to a close and the French capital is celebrating with the traditional Closing Ceremony.

People were confused by the stage design (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

But watching at home and some viewers were left confused over the stage design.

Many confessed they were baffled over what they were looking at, while others questioned what it could be.

Some floated the idea that it could have been a 'geometric cat' while another person suggested a horse and even 'slices of pie'.

However, after staring at it for long enough, viewers finally worked out what they were looking at.

"Is this stage designed loosely like a world map?" One person asked.

While another said: "Took me a good 15 minutes to work out that stage is the world map."

And a third said: "'OH! It's a map!' the entire living room says at the same time after debating if it was a horse, chess pieces, a Star Trek Diorama or slices of pie competing in the fencing."

And a fourth added: "Just realised that the central stage is the world map, not a geometric cat."

The stage represents a world map (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

Fans were also left confused when the Olympic flame was put out 'too early' into the evening.

The Olympic flame is a key part of the games and according to The Olympic Museum, is 'a manifestation of the positive values that Man has always associated with the symbolism of fire'.

At this year's games, the Olympic flame was carried away by Team France swimmer Leon Marchand, but people were alarmed to see it go so soon.

One wrote: "The most underwhelming Olympic flame there's ever been IMO. Missed seeing it in the stadium."

While another said: "I thought the flame stayed lit until near the end of the Closing Ceremony."

And a third added: "That's a really underwhelming extinguishing of the flame and too early in the ceremony. Should have had it fly one more time."

Others were confused when they tuned in to see that the flame had already been put out, with another adding: "The flame is out already?!? That was quick!"

And another said: "I wasn’t ready for the Olympic flame to be extinguished this early during the closing ceremony."

While a third wrote: "Oh. Is the Olympics Vasque out already? Paris not hanging about extinguishing the flame."

The next Olympic Games will be hosted by Los Angeles in 2028.