32nd Summer Games conclude with closing ceremony in Tokyo

Tokyo: After a spectacular 16-day action, curtains came down on World’s biggest sporting event, the 32nd Summer Games with a closing ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo yesterday.

The Tokyo Olympic Games was delayed by an year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mega quadrennial event officially opened on 23rd July with a glittering opening ceremony in the Japanese capital.

Due to coronavirus protocols, the opening as well as closing ceremonies were held without spectators.

The festivities in the closing ceremony began with the raising of the Japanese flag and its national anthem.

It was followed by a parade of athletes featuring a single flag bearer from each country.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia who bagged a Bronze in Tokyo Olympics, led the Indian contingent out during the parade of athletes at the closing



ceremony.

The biggest Sporting event saw record-breaking history being made across multiple sporting events.

India’s campaign in the Tokyo edition was the most successful one yet that brought the country a first-ever gold medal in track and field as Neeraj Chopra secured a top podium finish in the Javelin throw.

Overall, India finished with seven medals — one gold, two silver and four bronze — the country’s best ever finish at the Games.

In the end as always, the biggest sporting games aim to underscore the message of the Founder of modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin that the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.