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2007 PAN AM GAMES CLOSING CEREMONIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO

Sergio Cabral, Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro and Ceasar Maia, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (R) console each other after handing the Olympic games flag and the Pan Am games flag to Emilio Gonzalez, Governor of Jalisco and Dr. Alfonso Petersen Farah, Mayor of Guadalajara (L) with Mario Vasquez Rana, President of Pan Am Sports Organization in the middle at Maracana stadium during the closing ceremonies of the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 29, 2007. Guadalajara will host the 2011 Pan Am games. (UPI Photo/Heinz Ruckemann)

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