academe...They did? I didn't see that...was that when the athletes came out en masse or when they were on the podiums getting medals?[/DIV] [/DIV] [/DIV]Near the end when all the athletes paraded out with their flags, the Italians were carrying small boquets of flowers as well as their own flags. The Canadian flags were in the boquets.[/DIV]I tried to find a pic, but no luck. I thought it was nice.[/DIV]