On the last day of the Olympics, I went to Holland Heineken House to see the venue and find out if there will be any special events taking place. Unfortunately the whole team seemed to be exhausted from 3 weeks of hard partying, which is probably why they favoured a relaxing Sunday, just offering the closing ceremony in the Great Hall.
The closing ceremony was compared to the opening one very different and focused more on British music and British celebrities. The Spice Girls, One Direction, Jessie J, Tinie Tempah and Taio Cruz, Ed Sheeran and George Michael were just a few of the names who took to the stage and impressed the audience with their talents. Great Britain has produced some of the best pop songs over the years and this was the moment to show it to the world and be proud for it.
The three-hour concert was cheesy enough with all the colours and different musical genres. Of course, the athletes could not be absent from the stage. Every single athlete came on waving their national flag, proud of what they had achieved in the past few days. It must have been such a brilliant feeling staying there and being applauded by so many people. They have been training hard for this moment and now they are standing there where they always wanted to be.
Unfortunately the Olympics are at an end. Tomorrow everything will be back to the way it was before. I mean London will never have a lack of tourists, but, still, the Olympics have been a remarkable event in the city and no one will ever forget it. As Seb Coe from the organizing committee said very correctly: “When our time came, Britain, we did it right.” Team GB achieved so many medals (29 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze) and came in third place overall! Congratulations Team GB, you did really well!
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