SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - There will be no single snappy phrase to describe the Sochi Olympics at the closing ceremony on Sunday, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said, breaking with the organisation's tradition of decades.
Predecessors Juan Antonio Samaranch and Jacques Rogge used one or two adjectives to describe or rank the Olympics with spectators and television viewers always eagerly awaiting the verdict in their closing speeches.
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