London 2012 closing ceremony: dull pop parade did not spoil the party

For all the Saturday night telly aesthetic, the whole thing was shot through with the vivid, simple memory of a glorious fortnightThe euphoria, the miraculous optimism, energy and the sheer sunlit emotional generosity persisted to the very end. But it was close. This closing ceremony was a mixture of the sublime – and less than sublime. The simplicity and grace of the podium ceremony for the marathon event, with Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich receiving his gold medal, was a joy. The Ugandan nation...

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