closing ceremonies

the closing ceremonies are done, the flame is out and the winter olympics are done. quite a show. more russian history featuring a circus and a ballet performance. plus the handover ceremony from sochi to pyeongchang, south korea - the next winter games in 2018. the presentation wasn't too bad. so that is it for another winter olympics. canada finishes with 10g, 10s and 5b for 25 medals. that puts them third in gold totals and 4th overall. russia and norway finished first and second with 13 and 11 golds respectively. russia, the u.s. and norway finished ahead of canada with 33, 28 and 26. oh yeah, a pretty good fireworks show. next games coming up are the summer games in rio de janeiro in 2016 and the winter games in 2018 in pyeongchang. see you then

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