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Recapping the Olympics closing ceremony: Bidding farewell to Summer Games in Tokyo

USA TODAY Sports

TOKYO — After more than two weeks of competition in 33 sports across 46 disciplines in 43 venues – for a total of 339 medal events – the Tokyo Olympics formally came to an end Sunday with the closing ceremony.

Conducted one year behind schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic, Japan pulled off these Games despite more than 400 cases connected to the event. However, Tokyo experienced record-high infections as the Games were held here.