A volley of fireworks lit up the night sky over Tokyo, bringing an end to the Olympics
After postponing the Tokyo 2020 Games for a year, organisers said the event would serve as a symbol of world triumph over the pandemic. But with strict pandemic countermeasures and as COVID-19 variants have surged back around the world, the Olympics fell short of the triumph and financial windfall Japan had wanted.
The scene was meant so the visitors could "experience Tokyo", organisers said, a poignant reminder of the many restrictions of the Games. The president of the International Olympic Committee thanked the Japanese people and acknowledged the difficulty of staging the Games during the pandemic.
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