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But he did use Italy as a backdrop in more than a third of his plays including “Romeo and Juliet,” which he set in Verona, transforming a city once known for violent feuds between noble families into a locale synonymous with romance.

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And his lament over the pain of farewells likely will be felt by many of the athletes gathering Sunday for the Olympic closing ceremony at Arena di Verona, a 1st century Roman amphitheater.

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“It’s been everything and more,” U.S. figure skater Isabeau Levito added.

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These were a Games that saw two forty-something American bobsledders, Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaillie Humphries, win medals in front of their children while Mexico’s Sarah Schleper, competing in her seventh Olympics, skied alongside one of her kids, making them the first mother-son to duo to participate in the same Winter Games.

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Norway was the big winner, getting six titles from cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and winning a record 18 gold medals overall.

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