After the better part of three weeks spent in front of the television, learning about drones and developing unexpected expertise in triple jump – I just knew that was a foul – it is time to reconcile a cold, hard truth. It is ending.

Soon, we will have to leave the couch and move, slowly, blinking, back into society. These 2024 Paris Olympics delivered on the promise of keeping us captivated, but before we get back outside, let’s take a moment to remember some of what we have just witnessed.