81. Also left for further discussion was a proposal to have the athletes grouped together by sport when they march in the closing ceremony. 82. And the longest applause of the audience and jury went to Greenpeace activists who ran across the stage with anti-nuclear banners at the closing ceremony. 83. APTV has coverage of the spectacular closing ceremony. 84. At the closing ceremonies, Russian Olympic Committee President Vitaly Smirnov read a message from IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who visited the games earlier in the week. 85. At the operations center recently, Barker laid six computer models atop one another to reach his closing ceremony prediction. 86. As the participants streamed out of the Sunway Lagoon Hotel Resortballroom after the closing ceremony, the overall mood slanted towardsrelief, calm and satisfaction. 87. Australia said goodbye to the games last night with a citywide explosion of light and a festive closing ceremony. 88. Before the closing ceremony, Samaranch cast a look back over the Atlanta Games and said the Olympic movement must re-examine the kind of commercial ties seen here. 89. But the night, telecast to hundreds of millions worldwide, belonged otherwise to buoyant athletes, rocking musicians and the time-honored ritual of the closing ceremony. 90. Closing ceremonies draw fewer Olympic spectators than the opening, but are less formal and more fun. |