PARIS — It was a tale of two scandals, of 27 medals across 15 sports, of 49 top-five finishes and just eight cases of COVID in an Olympic family fronted by 315 athletes and backed by a legion of coaches, administrators, volunteers, support staff, families and friends.

It was arguably the finest Canadian parade to the podium at a Summer Games because everybody who was anybody showed up, save the Russians and their Belarusian lackeys, who were prevented from invading the podium here.