TorchbearerSydney Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 I love that song!!!... But not at a Japanese event....been way too many Western songs in their ceremonies. No J Pop at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Wonderful segment!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Brining us to a beautiful conclusion to a beautiful Closing Ceremony on these amazing Games in Tokyo and across Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Still, it's beautifully staged. But probably it would have a more proper place at Los Angeles 2028. Regardless, I hope, too, that it won't become the new "Imagine". One shouldn't overstrain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 My God, the volunteers even had to disinfect the guardrails. A sobering reminder what task Tokyo and Japan had to fulfill in order to stage Olympic and Paralympic Games during a pandemic. I guess one cannot thank them enough for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Moving beautiful!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Now the flame definitely goes out in Tokyo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 That was really moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 No purple flame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Low-key finish; probably best for 2020/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 No matter what I could comment, but Paralympics ceremonies were soooooo much better than the Olympics ones... Again, no excuses for the Olympic team ceremonies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zigzag Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Simple way to extinguish but powerful enough for plenty of people out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 And so it ends. Eight years of preparation, with a particularly difficult last year-and-a-half. Tokyo and Japan took a monumental task, I think they can keep their head held high and pat themselves on their backs. Although one should not forget the (understandable) opposition against the Games in the Japanese general public and the regrettable fact that they were largely not able to witness the Games that they were paying for in person. So I look back on the Paralympics with the same mixed emotions that I felt after the Olympic Games. Nonetheless, I feel relieved that Tokyo proved to the world that even during a pandemic with increasing infections, it is possible to have a bit of normalcy and still stage a huge sports event like this one. I think that their feat is historic in that regard. And for that, I say: Arigato Tokyo, arigato Nippon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Ok Guys. That was Tokyo 2020 + 1 Games, the historical games!!!! Hope to see you again guys, in January for Beijing 2022 trends!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustralianFan Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Palette86 said: No purple flame! It was there … near the end, just before “What a Wonderful World” song …. then it was extinguished. Thankyou Tokyo! Thankyou Japan! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Fin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zigzag Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Otsukaresama Tokyo 2020! Au revoir à Paris 2024!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Owarimashita! 終わりました！ It has finished! The ceremonies of the Paralympics were better than the Olympics but I think all of the ceremonies were just as perfect as the other. What a happy and moving end to Tokyo 2020. I did shed a tear though. We will always be grateful to what Tokyo and Japan has done for the world throughout the past 8 years. Arigato Tokyo, Arigato Nihon! またね! Mata ne! See you again! Bring on Beijing 2022! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Despite everything which happened, Tokyo proved that under the current circunstances, its still possible to perform these events. While I get sad sometimes thinking about what could had been if Covid didn't happened, the effort put by the entire country was very moving. Maybe Japan won't look back at this event with lots of nostalgia, but at least they avoided a bigger disaster which would had been its complete cancellation. Also, the Paralympics ceremonies while still being very simple were x1000 better than the mess which were the Olympic ones because of the reasons we already know and we don't need to mention again. Sadly, this was a textbook of How Not to Organize your Olympic Ceremonies (Japan seems to be cursed as hell when it comes for sport ceremonies tbh, most of them sucking). Anyway, Rendezvous a Paris 2024. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 That last song was just perfect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Show director was Kenji Kohashi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted September 5, 2021 Report Share Posted September 5, 2021 Thank you Tokyo, thank you Japan. No exaggeration to say you saved the Olympic movement at immense cost to yourselves, all of us should be grateful for a very long time. A chance to host the Games again properly at the earliest opportunity with special cost arrangements and IOC help is the least the movement can do. Let's hope we see Tokyo again, but let's hope we never see another Games disrupted like this again. So, vers Paris. I might be from the other side of La Manche but there's honestly nowhere else in the world that could be more appropriate. As someone else said after the Olympic closing (can't remember who, sorry), the beacon of hope, the city of lights. Let's please get through this pandemic, and then have a glorious, magical, fun, French, normal Olympics. Bring on 2024. Bonne chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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