The London 2012 Olympics have closed with a dazzling extravaganza of music and dance that rocked a main stadium filled with royalty, celebrities, 10,500 athletes and a sea of exuberant spectators. The three-hour show starred the latest names in pop, a holograph of late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, the Spice Girls, and Monty Python actor Eric Idle. Sebastian Coe, chairman of London organising committee (LOCOG), told the crowd he said on day one of the Games that Britain was determined to show the nation at its best. "Britain, we did it right," he said. The 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium was transformed for the closing ceremony into a mini-London, with model landmarks including Tower...
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