Inflatable figures of Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers are guided by performers dressed as Mounties, providing a singularly Canadian image to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony Sunday night. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Singer Michael Buble commands the spotlight at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony Sunday night. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Neil Young performs at the base of the Olympic flame at BC Place during Sunday night’s closing ceremony in Vancouver. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
A parade of performers and figures at the closing ceremony Sunday night evokes the Canadian experience. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Performers portraying French Canadian voyageurs and dancing maple leaves join outsized replicas of beavers at the closing ceremony at BC Place. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
As Neil Young performs “Long May You Run” at the closing ceremony at BC Place, his image is projected on a huge screen. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
More colorful sights at the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on Sunday night at BC Place. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
