Yep, it's done. By past standards, it was a pretty good Olympics, too... while you still had the occasional questionable judging issue, no athletes died, and only one errant Swede got his medal revoked for poor sportsmanship on the podium. The host country got the most gold, we got the most medals overall... a nicely balanced showing for all.
The closing ceremony was nice, but not nearly so awe-inspiring as the opening (not too surprising, considering they only had a few hours to work in the stadium between the end of events and the start of the ceremony). Of course, the snark in me can't go without mentioning the London part of the ceremony... a double-decker bus that transforms into a Chia pet? Spastic dancers writhing to a tortured version of Greensleeves? "Whole lotta love"? I mean, sure, measuring up to China's presentation would have been no mean feat, but... that's the best you have to show for what London's going to give us in 2012? Really?
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