Olympic transformation nearly complete, ingredients for great Games in place

The IOC will continue to worry until after the closing ceremony, just as we do at every Olympic Games.

They were games of heart, of warmth, of smiles and generosity. It was Italy at its best.

Winning tastes good.

Now it will take a couple of weeks to decide if it is worth it to bid again.

If you take the quality of the sites, the quality of the sports, you couldn't do really any better than that. For the atmosphere, there was magic here and there, but not everywhere.