Vancouver Winter Olympics lowers curtain with joy and sorrow
11:55, 1 March 2010
VANCOUVER. March 1. KAZINFORM As the Vancouver Olympic Flame was extinguished by "snow" falling from the ceiling of the British Columbia Place, the 17-day winter sports gala went to a touching ending here on Sunday evening in downtown Vancouver; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge declared the 21st Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver closed.
"And now, in accordance with tradition, I declare the XXI Olympic Winter Games closed, and I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Sochi to celebrate the XXII Olympic Winter Games," said the IOC chief at the closing ceremony; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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