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Who received the Olympic flag on behalf of Tokyo during the closing ceremony?
Yuriko Koike
Shinzo Abe
Thomas Bach
Eduardo Paes
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Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo, received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The flag was handed to her by IOC President Thomas Bach, symbolizing the transition from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo as the host city for the next Summer Olympics.
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