On 13/08/2012 14:20, Recliner wrote:

Yes, it over-ran quite a bit, just like the opening. Apparently the
main delay with the closing ceremony is that the thousands of athletes
took much longer to file into the stadium than anticipated -- they
were gazing around the stadium and taking pictures while dawdling
along, instead of the brisk jog that the organisers had perhaps
expected of athletes.

Foreigners in London who move slowly in large groups and pause to take
photos of everything. Who would ever predict that such a thing might
happen?

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK