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Vincent Zhou forced to miss Closing Ceremony due to COVID protocols

Vincent Zhou's Beijing Olympics has been almost nothing but heartbreak, right up until the very end.

The American figure skater, who was forced to miss the men's singles event after testing positive for COVID-19, also had to miss the Closing Ceremony due to COVID protocols. In an Instagram post, Zhou revealed that he'd been classified as a close contact and told just before he was to board the bus to the ceremony.

U.S. figure skater Vincent Zhou leaves the Olympics without yet receiving his earned team event medal, unable to compete individually and now kept out of the Closing Ceremony due to COVID protocols.