Vancouver ended his time hosting the 2010 Olympic Games on a bright note, with a closing ceremony featured floating dancing Moose, Mounties and the Gold Medal Team Canada won hours above which carry gigantic cut-out hockey players.
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The upbeat end was in stark contrast to dark beginning these games which were marred by protests, the death a Georgian Luger and then by unusually warm weather, the organizers delay events and truck in snow on Cypress Mountain exit.
"Makes a stubborn mountain with all your took", said Vancouver Organizing Committee CEO John Furlong lauding the games, blue clad staff in a speech during the ceremony. "The final result: Blue Jackets 1; Cypress Mountain weather NULL. "
During the closing ceremony, Vancouver passed the management to Sochi, Russia that winter will host 2014.
Write toPhred Dvorak at phred.dvorak@wsj.com
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