Goodbye Beijing, Hello Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026. After two weeks of competitions we closed today (Sunday) the 24th Winter Olympics in a spectacular ceremony.
At the same time, the countdown to the games that will take place in four years in Italy begins.
The ceremony was no less impressive and glittering than the opening, when the snowflake motif was displayed in the center of the Bird's Nest Stadium and during which he also paid tribute to the volunteers and the great moments of the games and after the delegations entered, The signal for the great graduation celebration.
The mayor of Beijing has traditionally handed over the Olympic flag to the mayors of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, where in four years the next Olympics will be held, which will be the first in history to be held in two separate cities, with all the halls and cortina in the snow.
Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing, Photo: EPA
In the best tradition at the graduation ceremony, the medals were awarded to the winners of the 50 km cross-country competition for men and 30 km for women, which is considered the winter equivalent of running the marathon.
At the top of the medal table, Norway finished in first place with 37 medals in total, 16 medals in gold, 8 in silver and 13 in bronze.
In second place was Germany with 27 medals in total (12 gold, 10 silver and 5 bronze) and third was the host China with 15 medals in total (9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze).
Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing, Photo: EPA
The Israeli delegation can sum up the best winter games ever in which they participated for the eighth time in total, with the record ranking being that of alpine skier Bernbash (Bernie) Solosh in the combined competition, when he was ranked sixth and was 1.07 seconds away from the podium.
Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said at the ceremony: "In the last 16 days we have admired your great ability, everyone has reached your peak and we were excited to see it, you not only respect each other but also your supporters, even with your countries in conflict. we are all equal".
"You gave Peace a chance, who will give and inspire politicians, when it breaks our hearts the athletes who could not be with us here because of the plague, we need to continue to be united, the Olympic spirit can shine so significantly because of the stage given by the Chinese."
Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing, Photo: EPA
Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing, Photo: EPA
Winter Games Closing Ceremony in Beijing, Photo: EPA
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