VERONA, Italy ¨C Italy launched its Olympic farewell on Sunday with a fitting tribute to opera music in the ancient Verona Arena at the end of a Games that have been lauded as a showcase of how to stage such events.
The closing ceremony is entitled ¡°Beauty in Action¡± and will also ?feature leading Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle in what is a celebration of Italian art as well as sporting achievement.
The ?initial video ?sequence featured Deborah Compagnoni, an Olympic champion from the 1990s, wearing an evening dress but with her ?skis with her. The Games, formally co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d¡¯Ampezzo, and spread across a large area of northern Italy have been hailed as ¡°incredible¡± by International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry, and the atmosphere has been further buoyed by a record medal ?haul for the Italians.
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