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Mixed feelings in Tokyo as Olympics end with record medal haul for Japan and a Covid-19 surge | South China Morning Post

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The closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on August 8, 2021, echoed the restraint of a Games that was transformed by Covid-19. Inside the Olympic bubble, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach thanked Japan for rising above the difficulties of hosting the delayed Tokyo 2020 event in the midst of a sp…

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