Closing Ceremony in Photos

Arriving at the Closing Ceremony was a bit emotional, realizing this would be the last time I would see the cauldron lit.

Showing the outside cauldron on the screen and then the flame is extinguished.

But the party continues.

Pitbull

Many of you qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games here in Toronto.

"You can imagine and dream of one day hosting the Olympic Games"

Hamilton Children's Choir perform 

Transfer of the flag to the next host nation Peru

Serena Ryder

Kanye West

Crowds enter the reflecting pool after watching the closing ceremony at City Hall.

Track and Field at the Pan Am Games

The Track and Field competition was very exciting on the two evenings I attended. I was lucky to see some of Canada's top athletics competitors including past and future Olympians.

My seat wasn't ideal for the medal ceremonies, finish line or some field events but was perfect for the second turn of track events, high jump and start of victory laps.

Melissa Bishop - start of last lap

Melissa Bishop - start of victory lap

Beautiful night to sing O Canada (Melissa Bishop)

No great racing shot - waiting for results to be posted

Andre de Grasse - Pan Am Champion

Damian Warner - decathlon eventual Pan Am Champion

Happy moment...until the disqualification

Derek Drouin - Olympic bronze medallist

Gold and Silver - Derek Drouin and Mike Mason

4x400m gold for Canada
Brianne Theisen-Eaton,  Taylor Sharpe, Sarah Wells, Sage Watson 

Trampoline at the Pan Am Games

Trampoline was one of the sports held at the Toronto Coliseum at Exhibition Place with a beautiful view of the CN Tower. 

Gold and Bronze for Rosie MacLennan and Karen Cockburn

Jason Burnett's fans didn't get to see him on the podium as he finished in 4th

Keegan Soehn - Pan Am Champion

Victory celebration at City Hall

Archery at the Pan Am Games

I have never seen archery live (or on television/livestream for that matter). I'm so thankful for the Pan Am Games to give us the opportunity to see all these sports.

I loved it! I was shocked to see how far the archers are from the targets (70 metres) and how small the target is (122 centimetres with the centre being 12.2 centimetres). Athletes are paired up and compete one against another with the winner moving on.

Olympian Crispin Duenas - unfortunately eliminated in a shoot off (one arrow, closest moves on).




Binoculars or zoom lens are helpful.







Spirit isn't dampened too much after being eliminated. Olympian Crispin Duenas getting the crowd cheering for his teammate during the quarters. (Team Canada archer) Patrick Rivest-Bunster's mother is enjoying it.





Two Canadians going head to head meant we were guaranteed that one of them would move on. 2008 Olympian Jason Lyon would also win 2 next matches and would head to the semi-finals on another day.



Patrick Rivest-Bunster comes up in the crowd after his loss.




Funny story, a few days later, I am waiting for the streetcar at Yonge and Queen as I'm heading out for dinner with friends on Queen Street West. A Pan Am car stops at the red light in front of me. Their windows are open. I recognize them and say "Archery!". They smile and say yes. I tell them that I saw them compete the other day and add "congratulations" knowing that Jason Lyon won a bronze medal that day.

He held up his medal for me to see. What a great moment! How often are Canada's archers recognized in public?

As the streetcar passed by City Hall, I saw the archery team signing autographs and posing for photos as they arrive to the victory celebration.