2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

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2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

Snapshots from the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 28, 2010.

Canadian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, a two-time Olympic champion, lights the Olympic Cauldron during the closing ceremony.

Singer Neil Young performs during the closing ceremony.

Actress and comedienne Catherine O'Hara performs.

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne performs.

Canadian singer Alanis Morrisette performs during the closing ceremony.

Michael Buble performs during the closing ceremony.

Canadian actor William Shatner speaks during the closing ceremony.

Actor Michael J. Fox is lowered into the stage during the closing ceremony.

Neil Young performs during the Closing Ceremony.

SEE YOU IN FOUR YEARS: Canadian A-lister Michael J. Fox speaks during the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Canadian band Nickelback performs during the closing ceremony.

Fireworks go off during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

American speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno, an eight-time medalist, waves as he arrives for closing ceremony of 2010 Vancouver Olympics. He leaves these games as the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time.

IOC President Jaques Rogge (second from left), wife, Anne (left), Canadian Prime minister Stephen Harper (second right) and his wife, Laureen Ann Harper, attend the closing ceremony.

Olympic Cauldron lights up stadium for closing ceremony at Vancouver Olympics.

Candian recording artist Suzie McNeil took part in the closing ceremony. Her song "Believe" became an anthem for the Canadian team.

Performers dance around the cauldron during the closing ceremony.

A clown playfully connects two power wires to raise an arm from the Olympic Caudron during the closing ceremony.

A dancer performs with a maple leaf on her back during the closing ceremony.

Jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky sings Canada's national anthem at the closing ceremony. She also sang the anthem during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver.

Sochi, Russia, the next host of the Winter Olympcis, makes a presentation during the Closing Ceremony.

Performers hold boards with reflective flower prints on them during the closing ceremony.

Athletes from competing nations begin to file in for the final parade of the Olympic game.

Norway's gold medalist Petter Northug (center) is flanked by Germany's silver medalist Axel Teichmann (left), and Sweden's bronze medalist Johan Olsson during the medal ceremony for the mass start 50 km classic Cross Country race, one of the final events of the 2010 Olympic games.

Bill Demong, the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in a Nordic event, was the U.S. flag bearer for the closing ceremony.

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Canadian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan, a two-time Olympic champion, lights the Olympic Cauldron during the closing ceremony.

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