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Tokyo doused its Olympic flame yesterday in a ceremony that echoed the restraint of a Games held without spectators and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil. 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. Tokyo handed its Olympic flag to Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, setting the stage for the next Games in 2024 at a closing ceremony that featured park scenes of both cities, emphasis

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