query: when is the closing program for the olympics

pos: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony extinguished. 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on 25 February 2018 at 20:00 KST (UTC+9). The flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by "ganada" order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. Marching alongside the athletes were Soohorang, the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic mascot, and Hodori, mascot of the 1988 Summer

pos: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on 25 February 2018 at 20:00 KST (UTC+9). The flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by "ganada" order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. Marching alongside the athletes were Soohorang, the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic mascot, and Hodori, mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February 2014 from 20:14 to 22:25 MSK () at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. It was designed to show Russian culture, through a European perspective, and featured performances by Yuri Bashmet, Valery Gergiev, Denis Matsuev, Hibla Gerzmava, and Tatiana Samouil, among others. The closing program presented "Reflections of Russia"; that is, highlights of Russian culture, presented through a European perspective. It was directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca. Konstantin Ernst served as creative director and Andrei Nasonovskiy was the executive producer. Throughout

neg: The Marriage Ref (U.S. TV series) than the CBS Network television reality show "Undercover Boss" even with the Olympics closing lead-in. The pre-empting and tape delay of the remainder of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony after late local news in order to broadcast the premiere of "The Marriage Ref" was immediately criticized by viewers over social networking websites such as Twitter. The week after its debut, "The Marriage Ref" dropped to number three in the ratings; losing to the CBS program "The Mentalist" and the ABC Network program "Private Practice". The program had been in first place in its first week, but fell 21 percent

neg: Renato Sorriso dance with his broom in the spacing between the schools' parade floats, Renato Sorriso paraded for Portela samba school in 2009, dressed as a "malandro". He recorded TV commercials and appeared in samba shows. Renato opened the transition program dedicated to Brazilian music during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London, then again in the final segment of the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. Renato Sorriso Renato Luiz Lourenço Feliciano, known as "Renato Sorriso", is a popular Brazilian street cleaner and samba dancer. Beginning in 1995, he worked in Rio de Janeiro, for Comlurb ("Companhia

neg: 1952 Winter Olympics Three nations participated: Finland, Norway and Sweden. Each of the three teams won one game and lost one game; with Sweden winning the competition based on number of goals scored, followed by Norway in second place, and Finland in third place. Two of the games were played at Dæhlenenga Stadium and one at Bislett Stadium. At the 1952 Winter Games the closing ceremonies were a distinct program listing, unlike previous Winter Games when the closing ceremonies were held directly after the final event. The closing ceremonies were held in Bislett Stadium, on Monday evening, 25 February. The flag bearers entered

neg: Anton Sikharulidze the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Observers were impressed by their rapid progress. Ekaterina Gordeeva selected the pair as her and Sergei Grinkov's skating doubles in a documentary on the legendary team after her husband's death. At the Olympics, the pair had one fall in the short program but their other elements were of high quality. In the long, they put themselves back in contention for the gold medal with a strong performance, until five seconds from the end when they had a surprising fall as Sikharulidze set her down from a closing star lift. Although disappointed by suddenly

neg: 2018 Winter Olympics sold. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 9 February 2018; the US$100 million facility was only intended to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics, and is scheduled to be demolished following their conclusion. The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Six new events in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic program in Pyeongchang: men's and ladies' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling,

neg: Misha issues, as well as being denied the copyright to Misha, Chizhikov declined to help when asked by the organizers of the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. A short clip of the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony of Misha's departure was shown in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, afterward the giant animatrionic polar bear Mishka blew out the 2014 Games Olympic torch and sheds a tear (in a nod to Misha's tears during the end of the 1980 Games). The main character of manga series, Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru is named after Misha. , is an anime

neg: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics program. Except for the last day, the first session (qualification and elimination) was conducted from 10:00 to 13:00 , and the second session (repechage, bronze medal and gold medal) was conducted from 16:00 to 19:00 . Due to the closing ceremony on the last day (21 Aug) in the evening, the timing for the first and second session were 08:30–11:15 and 12:45–15:15 respectively. This is the official list of referees from 2016 Summer Olympics: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 14 to 21 August at the Carioca

neg: Marcie Van Dusen to the five-two score lead. Van Dusen was unable to score in the closing seconds, and ultimately lost in the match for the second time against Rentería, since the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. After the Olympics, Van Dusen retired from her sporting career, and worked as a program coordinator and coach for Beat The Streets (Los Angeles) Wrestling Program. She also became the first female head coach on the collegiate level, when she served her two-year role as the women's coach at Menlo College in Atherton, California. Marcie Van Dusen Marcie Van Dusen (born June 25, 1982

neg: 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal Pelletier of Canada. During the short program, Salé and Pelletier had tripped and fallen on their closing pose. Because the fall was not on an element, it did not receive a deduction, but it marred the program enough to land the pair in second place behind Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze. In the free skate, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze made a minor, yet obvious, technical error when Sikharulidze stepped out of a double axel. Meanwhile, Salé and Pelletier opted to skate to "Love Story", a free skate program they had used in previous seasons and that had been well received at the Grand

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was IOC president. However, 4 years later he called the Sydney Olympics the best ever, suggesting that this was an intentional omission 4 years earlier. Before Samaranch declared the games officially closed, R&B singer Stevie Wonder sang a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" in memory of the victims of the Cenntennial Olympic Park bombing. This part of the program culminated in the "Antwerp Ceremony" (so called because the original Olympic flag, which was used for transfer of the Games, was first used at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp), which is the transfer of the Olympic Flag, from the mayor

neg: Vedrana Malec women's program, 30 km freestyle mass start event where she finished 53rd. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Zagreb. Vedrana Malec Vedrana Malec (; born 24 March 1990 in Zagreb) is a Croatian cross country skier who has been competing since 2006. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which were her first Winter Olympics. She was selected to carry Croatian flag at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Malec has competed at two Nordic World Ski Championships. Her best finish is 58th place in skiathlon event at the 2013 Nordic World Ski

neg: Yang Lan hand sanitizer (2010), Masterkong mineralized Water (2013), and Deli stationery (2015). 1993.09 --- Representative for the 2000 Olympics bid delegation team for China 2001.07.13 --- Olympic Goodwill Ambassador & Presentation Speaker 2004.06.09 --- 2004 Athens Olympic torchbearer 2007.01 --- Executive producer and host of "Olympic Songfest", a TV program to select the Olympic songs and music 2007.08.08 --- Host of Beijing 2008 One-year Countdown 2008.05.04 --- 2008 Beijing Olympic torchbearer 2008.08.24 --- Host at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Yang Lan Yang Lan (; born March 31, 1968) is a Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show

neg: Chronological summary of the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympics medal table. Chronological summary of the 2016 Summer Olympics This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first matches in the group stages of the Football events were played on Wednesday 3 August. The opening ceremony took place on Friday 5 August. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was on Sunday 21 August. With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at

neg: Luxembourg at the 2006 Winter Olympics not sent a delegation to any Winter Olympics from 1948 to 1984. They also skipped the immediately prior Winter Olympics. The Luxembourgian delegation to Turin consisted of a single figure skater, Fleur Maxwell. Georges Diderich served as the chef de mission of the Luxembourgian delegation to Turin. Maxwell was the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. Fleur Maxwell was 17 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics. She was entered into the ladies' singles event, where the short program was held on 21 February and the free skate on 23 February. In the

neg: Closing credits at that moment is seen at the start of that program; for other networks that use this practice, whether they use a double-box or generic credit format, the closing credits for the preceding program is seen during the opening of the next program. A few networks such as Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, Logo and TV Land have even moved the production company cards (displayed in a small box) in their network-generated credits (in the case of Nick at Nite from 2010 to 2011, this was done only when the generic closing credits are shown at the beginning of an

neg: Beijing National Stadium originally called for a capacity of 100,000 people; however 9,000 were removed during a simplification of the design. The new total of 91,000 was shaved further when 11,000 temporary seats were removed after the 2008 Olympics; bringing the stadium's capacity to 80,000. The farthest seat is 460 feet (140 meters) from center field. Temperature and airflow of every surface were optimized to increase ventilation. Beijing National Stadium hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletic events, and football final of the 2008 Summer Olympics from 8 to 24 August 2008. The stadium also hosted the Opening and Closing ceremonies and athletic

neg: Chronological summary of the 2016 Summer Olympics Chronological summary of the 2016 Summer Olympics This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first matches in the group stages of the Football events were played on Wednesday 3 August. The opening ceremony took place on Friday 5 August. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony was on Sunday 21 August. With 306 sets of medals, the games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in

neg: Haile Gebrselassie Athletic Championships 5000 metres medalists (including Bekele) all ran faster than the second 5000 metres split in the previous week's 10,000 metres.) "The difference between the closing 5000 metres splits (12:57.24) and the 5000 metres World record (12:39.36) was 17.98 seconds, which is a record. The previous best of 18.4 seconds (13:31.4 for the closing 5000 metres when the World Record was 13:13.0) was recorded in the 1976 Olympics." In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Haile sought to become the first man in history to win three straight Olympic gold medals in the 10,000 metres. He was unable to do so;

neg: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony on the Canadian Albums Chart. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin", performed by Garou is the only track from the opening ceremony included. 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28, 2010, beginning at 5:30 pm PST (01:30 UTC, March 1) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The production's director David Atkins previously directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and the 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The

neg: 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony the Peace!" () covering the highlights of that Olympiad. A short clip of the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony of Misha's departure was shown in the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, afterward the polar bear mascot blew out the 2014 Games Olympic torch and sheds a tear (in a nod to Misha's tears during the end of the 1980 Games). 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at 19:00 Moscow Time (UTC+3) on 3 August 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. It was attended by the

neg: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 28, 2010, beginning at 5:30 pm PST (01:30 UTC, March 1) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first Olympic Closing Ceremony held in an indoor venue since the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The production's director David Atkins previously directed the Sydney 2000 Olympic and the 2006 Doha Asian Games ceremonies. The choreographer for the finale was Jean Grand-Maître, artistic director of the Alberta Ballet. A joke was made about the hydraulic system failure with the indoor

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on August 4, 1996, at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, United States at approximately 8:00 PM EDT (UTC -4). It was produced by Don Mischer. The official motto of the closing ceremony is "An American Day of Inspiration". The closing ceremony began after a 126-second countdown in tribute to all the past Summer Olympic Games with the Atlanta Olympic Band, led by John Williams, performing "Summon the Heroes." The R&B group Boyz II Men sang The Star Spangled Banner. The presentation of the medals

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony and dance along with the music. Among the performers were: A fireworks display officially closed the segment, though the performers continued to play music. 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on August 4, 1996, at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, United States at approximately 8:00 PM EDT (UTC -4). It was produced by Don Mischer. The official motto of the closing ceremony is "An American Day of Inspiration". The closing ceremony began after a 126-second countdown in tribute to all the past Summer Olympic Games with the Atlanta Olympic Band,

neg: Last Call with Carson Daly On April 3, 2013, NBC officially announced that Jimmy Fallon would succeed Jay Leno as the host of "The Tonight Show" following the 2014 Winter Olympics. Daly was again passed over for host of "Late Night" when Seth Meyers was announced as Fallon's successor on May 12, 2013. In September 2013, NBC announced that Daly would be moving to "Today" and leaving "Last Call"; it was not revealed if the program would continue without him. It was eventually decided that Daly would limit his role on "Last Call" to the opening and closing segments as of the 13th season. All

neg: 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at 19:00 Moscow Time (UTC+3) on 3 August 1980 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium. It was attended by the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev. IOC President Lord Killanin closed the Games for the final time and passed the position on to Juan Antonio Samaranch. As with other Olympic closing ceremonies held before and after, it was also originally planned to include the traditional handover to the next host city for the 1984 Summer

neg: 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony took place on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. The Closing Ceremony attracted 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern Olympic Games history. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared that the 2000 Olympic games were best Olympic Games ever. Michael Knight, President of the President of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Organizing Committee (SOCOG) was awarded the Gold Olympic Order as an expression of gratitude for a perfect organisation. In addition, The International Olympic Committee has decided to award the Olympic Cup to the people of Sydney for their enthusiastic

neg: 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest". It was directed by Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou and began at 20:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 24 August 2008. The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. The Ceremony also included the handover of the games from Beijing to London. Guo Jinlong, the Mayor of Beijing, handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. There was also a performance organized by the London Organising Committee for the

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony performers were initially reluctant to appear, and other high-profile acts turned down invitations to perform at the ceremony. NBC in the United States and Prime TV in New Zealand were criticised by viewers for their broadcasts of the ceremony. There was also a concert in Hyde Park to close the Olympics, featuring Blur, New Order, and The Specials. The creative director and choreographer was Kim Gavin, with Es Devlin responsible for design and David Arnold as musical director. When Arnold was announced in his role he said that doing the closing ceremony was an honour and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, while

neg: 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge calling them "magnificent" This again departed from former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch's tradition of declaring each games "best ever" and continued Rogge's tradition of assigning each games their own identity in his comments. During the closing ceremony, in the Olympic Stadium, medals were presented for Cross country skiing at the cross-country skiing men's 50 km

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the flag bearers of 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the

neg: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the world

neg: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the flag bearers of 207 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Maracanã Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the

neg: 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers by the BOCOG. 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers The flag bearers of 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium, during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing on 24 August 2008. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be

neg: 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers The flag bearers of 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into the main Olympic Stadium, during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing on 24 August 2008. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of

neg: 2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag to Rogge, who then handed it to the Mayor of Torino, Sergio Chiamparino, in preparation for the 2006 Olympics. 2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics took place at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, the United States, on 24 February 2002. The flag bearers of 78 National Olympic Committees entered Rice–Eccles Stadium informally in single file, ordered by the English alphabet. Behind them marched all the athletes, with no grouping by nationality. SLOC President Mitt Romney delivered a speech, thanking everyone. IOC President Jacques Rogge delivered a speech, awarding the Olympic Order

neg: 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony speech to commemorate Sarajevo's situation, before giving Heiberg the IOC's gold medal, and declaring the games "the best Olympic Winter Games ever". Artistic presentations followed, revisiting many of the themes from the opening ceremony. The mascots of the 1998 Winter Olympics, the "Snowlets", were also presented. Of the 2,200 people performing in the opening and closing ceremonies, only 50 were professionals. The Anthems of Greece, Norway, and Japan were heard at the ceremony. 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was held in Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Norway on 27 February 1994. All spectators were handed a

neg: Office Olympics he learns that backing out of the deal will cost him a substantial amount of money. When Michael and Dwight return, the coffee cup race quickly dissolves, and the office returns to normal. Michael isolates himself in his office, still upset over the closure of his condo. When Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) throws away his gold medal, Jim and Pam organize the "closing ceremonies", believing them important to the office staff. Michael is awarded a medal for closing on his condo, and the gesture appears to give him some reassurance of his decision. Michael feels touched by this and

neg: Michael Bublé the theme for the BBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics. He performed with other Canadian celebrities at the closing ceremony, singing a version of "Maple Leaf Forever" and appearing as a Mountie but having his uniform torn off to reveal a white tuxedo. He appeared in the TV special "Michael Bublé's Canada", which aired on Australian cable television in January, ahead of the 2010 Winter Games. He was a guest on the comedy TV program "Colbert Report" for Colbert's 2010 Vancouver Winter Games coverage. In 2009, he appeared with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on the television program "My Musical Brain", which

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony in Sochi, Russia most of the 88 nations competing selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Morocco chose the same athlete (Adam Lamhamedi) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Luxembourg had already left the Olympic village, and therefore a volunteer carried the flags for those countries. Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name

neg: Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics from Samaranch and Axworthy. They both ordered the Canadian flag flown at half-staff for the remainder of the Olympics, as the state funeral didn't take place until 3 October. Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 294 competitors, 150 men and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports. The final days of the Olympics for Canada was shadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, their 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their

neg: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres the semifinal advanced to the final. The final was held on August 10. The Yugoslavs won the gold thanks to a closing spurt that pushed them past the Romanians after 400 m. Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres The men's C-2 500 metres event was an open-style, pairs canoeing event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program. Eleven teams entered in two heats on August 6. The top three finishers from each of the heats advanced directly to the final and the remaining five teams were relegated to the semifinal.

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers world together as "one nation." The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony. Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the flag

neg: 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony Dennis (rowing) 6) Stefan Szscurowski (rowing) 7) Kerrie Meares (cycling) 8) Mark Renshaw (cycling) The 'Closing Night Harbour Spectacular' marked the end of the ceremony, with a 25-minute fireworks display over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was the largest fireworks display staged in the world at that time, and required the work of five different pyrotechnic companies. Soundtrack: Australia - Seven Network on Channel 7; United States - NBC 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The 2000 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony took place on 1 October 2000 in Stadium Australia. The Closing Ceremony attracted 114,714 people, the largest attendance in modern

neg: 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony their performance of "Strawberry Swing" alongside the Paraorchestra, and concluded that the performance of "Run This Town" was "weirdly appropriate" when viewed in the context of the Games. 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, also known as The Festival of the Flame, was held on 9 September at the Olympic Stadium in London. Kim Gavin (who also directed the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics) served as director for the ceremony, while Stephen Daldry served as its executive producer. The ceremony was themed around festivals and the four seasons, and was set

neg: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony in Vancouver, the 82 nations selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Albania chose the same athlete (Erjon Tola) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Algeria had already left the Olympic village, and therefore had its NOC assistant carry the flag. Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted in the order in which they appeared in the parade. This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the

neg: Philippines at the 2014 Winter Olympics composed of Michael Dimalanta and Gracielle Jeanne Tan and snowboarder Eden Serina. The sole competitor for the country was Michael Christian Martinez, who is also the first South East Asian figure skater to qualify for the games. Martinez served as the flag bearer for the Philippines in the opening ceremony, while a volunteer served as flag bearer in the closing ceremony. Audrey Alcaraz, another Filipino figure skater made a non-competitive performance in the closing ceremony during the handover of hosting duties of the Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang, South Korea, the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics The Philippines has

neg: Tonga at the 2014 Winter Olympics its Olympic debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and has appeared at every Summer Olympic Games since then. These Sochi Olympics were the Kingdom's debut at the Winter Olympic Games. The 2014 Winter Olympics were held from 7–23 February 2014; a total of 2,780 athletes representing 88 National Olympic Committees took part. Bruno Banani, a luger, was the only athlete Tonga sent to Sochi. Banani was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and closing ceremony. Tonga qualified for a place in the men's singles when Bruno Banani finished in the top 38 (with a maximum of

neg: Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics Games. Several of the venues are located at the Barra Cluster Olympic Park. The largest venue at the games in terms of seating capacity is the Estádio do Maracanã, officially known as Jornalista Mário Filho Stadium, which can hold 74,738 spectators and served as the official Olympic Stadium, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as well as football finals. In addition, five venues outside Rio de Janeiro hosted football events, in the cities of Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Manaus, Salvador and São Paulo. For the first time since the 1900 Summer Olympics, the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Summer Olympics

neg: Tianshan Snow Lotus Group Evening program. They also performed at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Tianshan Snow Lotus Group Tianshan Snow Lotus Group () is an Uyhghur music group specializing in a fusion of music styles that integrates traditional Uyghur classical, Latin, Arabic, Turkish, European, and pop music. They are particularly noted for their unique music style, brisk pace, dance on stage, and charismatic performances. The all-female music group is composed of five girls from Xinjiang; their group is named for the snow lotus that grows in the Tian Shan mountain range in Xinjiang. The music group members are all graduates of local

neg: Eddie McGuire in 2012 in an AFL commentary and program panellist role, while still remaining at the Nine Network to host "Millionaire Hot Seat" and the station's Olympic coverage. In July 2017, amid poor ratings, he was returned to "The Footy Show", replacing Craig Hutchison alongside long-time fellow co-host Sam Newman and Rebecca Maddern. His company, JAM TV, produces the show. he co-hosts the show with Sam Newman. During the 2012 London Olympics, McGuire presented his Triple M radio program from London each weekday. In addition, he called events for the Nine Network and Foxtel and co-hosted the opening and closing ceremonies

neg: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony in Vancouver, the 82 nations selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Albania chose the same athlete (Erjon Tola) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Algeria had already left the Olympic village, and therefore had its NOC assistant carry the flag. Below is a list of all parading countries with their announced flag bearer, sorted

neg: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony actual dancers who will be in the 2017 Rio Carnival. Brazil - Globo TV; United States - NBC 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 from 20:00 to 22:50 BRT at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (Brazil) and following (Japan) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and the leader of the Games' organizing committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the official handover of the Olympic

neg: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 from 20:00 to 22:50 BRT at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (Brazil) and following (Japan) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and the leader of the Games' organizing committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the official handover of the Olympic flag from Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, whose city will host the

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The closing ceremony was created by Kim Gavin, Es Devlin, Stephen Daldry, David Arnold and Mark Fisher. The worldwide broadcast began at 21:00 BST () and finished on 13 August 2012 at 00:11, lasting three hours and eleven minutes. The stadium had been turned into a giant representation of the Union Flag, designed by Damien Hirst. Around 4,100 people partook in the ceremony; which reportedly cost £20

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony coverage of the ceremony and highlights were incorporated into its morning news programme, "Good Morning Club". Many artists appeared live, yet others were recordings. 54 bands played live and were recorded in total. 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as A Symphony of British Music, was held on 12 August 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. The closing ceremony was created by Kim Gavin, Es Devlin, Stephen Daldry, David Arnold and Mark Fisher. The worldwide broadcast began at 21:00 BST () and finished on 13 August 2012 at 00:11, lasting

neg: 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony billion" (Reuters), "experts estimated ... more than two billion" (Wall Street Journal), "2.3 billion" (MindShare), "Billions...probably the largest live television audience in history" (Bloomberg), "3 billion" (Sky News), "nearly 4 billion" (Xinhua, "as many as 4 billion" (The Washington Post), "estimated 4 billion" (McClatchy). This included an estimated 842 million viewers watching on host Chinese broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), with polls ranging from 63 and 69 percent of the Chinese viewing population, exceeding that of the 51-58 percent who watch the network's annual closing ceremonies forms. 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony was held

neg: Ariana Chris the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Ariana Chris Ariana Chris (born Ariadni Christodoulopoulos; ; on 26 September 1975 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Greek-Canadian mezzo-soprano. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and received additional training as a member of both the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal and the Apprentice Program for Singers of The Santa Fe Opera. In 2005, she represented Greece in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. On 19 October 2007, she made her debut with New York City Opera as Lola in Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana". On 28 February 2010, she

neg: Closing the loop When at the end of their lifespan, scrap mobile phones are mainly dumped and become a hazard for the environment and the health of local people. For example, in landfills like Agbogbloshie, e-waste is dumped and locals try to make a living by burning the e-waste and collecting metals. Active in seven countries, Closing the Loop has recycled 312,445 mobile phones in Africa and Asia and gave 22,378 mobile phones a second life. Mobile phones are bought from informal local collector networks. Recently, Closing the Loop received a PYMWYMIC investment of €360,000 to scale up their recycling program. Closing the

neg: 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The 1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony was held in Lysgårdsbakken in Lillehammer, Norway on 27 February 1994. All spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo" – the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics which was at the heart of the Bosnian War. The first entrants on the stage were Liv Ullmann and Thor Heyerdal, followed by the athletes' precession. After the flag had been transferred to Nagano mayor Tasuka Tsukada, speeches were held by Lillehammer mayor Audun Tron, LOOC head Gerhard Heiberg and IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch. The latter used his

neg: Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canada competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 294 competitors, 150 men and 144 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports. The final days of the Olympics for Canada was shadowed by the death of Pierre Trudeau, their 15th prime minister. When the closing ceremonies took place, he was lying in state, allowing Canadians to travel to Ottawa to pay their respects. Canada's archery squad in Sydney consisted of only one man, veteran Rob Rusnov. He lost his first match. Men's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Singles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles

neg: 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony Vancouver. In comparison, Canada's Governor General Michaëlle Jean had attended the Torino Olympics closing ceremony. In Australia coverage was carried on the Nine Network and Foxtel. In Canada, CTV, Omni Television, Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, RDS and V broadcast the ceremony live. However, there were lengthy commercial breaks during the broadcast, one of which excluded the entrance of the Canadian athletes when returning live. Furthermore, the Canadian broadcast also omitted the men's 50 km classical cross-country medal ceremony and the subsequent Norwegian national anthem. The broadcast was the second-most watched event in Canadian television history, with an estimated 24.5 million people

neg: Elena Berezhnaya had a surprising fall as Sikharulidze set her down from a closing star lift. Although disappointed by suddenly giving away their chance at the gold so close to the end of the program, Sikharulidze recovered from his shock and joked, "It's a new finish. If you don't like it, we'll change it, no problem." The quality of the rest of their skating earned them the silver medal ahead of Wötzel/Steuer, while Kazakova/Dmitriev claimed the title. Former Japanese singles skater Yuko Kawaguchi became inspired to switch to pair skating after seeing Elena Berezhnaya at the Nagano Olympics. Following the Olympics, Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze

neg: Olympic Green Olympic Green The Olympic Green () is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Since then, the streets around the park have been used for an exhibition street race of the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011, after a race at Goldenport Park Circuit in the vicinity. It will again serve as an Olympic Park when Beijing hosts the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Beijing National Stadium (国家体育场) or "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢) is the centerpiece of this project. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football finals of the Games. The stadium

neg: Richard Sam Bera in Indonesia was aware about the sport of triathlon. Bera also attended both as a spectator and a observer at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Watching the athlete procession from the stands during the closing ceremony, he reminisced an Olympic moment from his Twitter: "Seeing all those athletes down there, abit emotional for me. I used to be down there".. In 2015, Bera elected President of Indonesia Olympians Association and served until 2018. From 2015 to 2017, he was also part of the Board of Commissioner of Ministry of Youth and Sports' High Performance Program called PRIMA. He is

neg: Closing credits one show and the beginning of the following program. TNT and TBS had formerly run the program's end credits in small (sometimes illegible) type at the bottom of the screen while another episode of the same program began at about three-quarters height. Similarly on networks like E! and formerly Style Network, the program-to-program transition is seamless; to do this, the networks have moved the closing credits for their programs to air within the first minute of a show, usually on the bottom 1/3 of the screen in small, translucent type. For E!, the closing credits for the program being seen

neg: George Sapounidis George Sapounidis Yiorgos Sapounidis better known as George Sapounidis is a Greek Canadian musician / troubadour, statistician and a Sinophile living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was also subject of 2005 Canadian documentary film entitled "Chairman George". The documentary, directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin and produced by EyeSteelFilm in association with CTV, BBC's "Storyville" series and TV2, tells the story of Sapounidis as a musician popular in China campaigning for approval to perform at the closing ceremonies of 2004 Athens Olympics when the flag was to be given to Beijing for organizing the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In addition

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics venues, and that "you have to look to the private sector for at least a portion of the funding, and unless you're looking for handouts, you're dealing with people who are investing business assets, and they have to get a return." At the closing ceremony, IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch said in his closing speech, "Well done, Atlanta" and simply called the Games "most exceptional." This broke precedent for Samaranch, who had traditionally labeled each Games "the best Olympics ever" at each closing ceremony, a practice he resumed at the subsequent Games in Sydney in 2000. The financial struggles faced

neg: Greece at the Olympics while Greece has also hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics. During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first and leads the parade to honor its status as the birthplace of the Olympics, with the notable exception of 2004 when Greece entered last as the host nation. Before the Games the Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games, in a ceremony that reflects ancient Greek rituals and initiates the Olympic torch relay. The flag of Greece is always hoisted in the closing ceremony, along with

neg: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers world together as "one nation." The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony. The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the order in which each nation appears in the parade of nations. This table is sortable by country name in English, country name in Brazilian Portuguese, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the

neg: Market Wrap Market Wrap Market Wrap is a show on CNBC that aired between 4pm and 6pm ET, and it was replaced by Closing Bell on Feb 4, 2002. The series was premiered in 1989 as Market Wrap-Up was Anchored by Bill Griffeth and others. In 1996 when Cavuto leaving from CNBC for Fox News Channel and Sister Network financial Unit. European Market Wrap was the equivalent program on CNBC Europe, but it was replaced by European Closing Bell in 2003. There was also a program on CNBC Asia called Asia Market Wrap, but it ended on December 2, 2005, and was

neg: Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics and competed in every Winter Olympics between 1988 and Turin. The United States Virgin Islands have won a medal in Olympic competition only once, by Peter Holmberg in sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The 2006 Winter Olympics were held in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006; a total of 2,508 athletes participated, representing 80 National Olympic Committees. The team the USVI sent to Turin consisted of a single luger, Anne Abernathy. She was the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. In the closing ceremony, she intended to carry her red racing helmet in one

neg: The Power of One (song) 11 Republican debate. Cain has variously attributed the lyrics to "a poet" and has referred to "The Power of One" as "the closing song to the 2000 Olympics." However, the song is not included in the music list for the 2000 Olympics' closing ceremony. Side A: Side B: The Power of One (song) "The Power of One" is a 2000 song composed by Mervyn Warren and Mark Chait. It was performed by Donna Summer and is the theme song for the movie "." "Pokémon: The Movie 2000," subtitled "The Power of One," was released in late 1999 and was the

neg: Inka Martí Francisco Rico. A year later she shared a set with on the daily magazine program ', where she covered film, theater, and music, and with Isabel Gemio on "Un verano tal cual". In 1989 she accompanied Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo in the first edition of Aventura 92, and in 1992 she presented the current events and interview show "Peligrosamente juntas" with . That July and August, coinciding with the Olympic Games, she hosted the daily program "Barcelona: Juegos de sociedad". Along with Constantino Romero, she was the voice of the Barcelona Olympics at the opening and closing ceremonies, which were

neg: 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony free event, one of the last events held at the Games. In a new practice for Winter Olympics closing ceremonies, the medals for this long race were awarded during the ceremony similar to the way the medals for the men's marathon are awarded during the closing ceremonies of Summer Olympic Games. Giorgio Di Centa of Italy, the host nation, won the race and was presented with the gold medal. Eugeni Dementiev of Russia was awarded silver, with Austria's Mikhail Botvinov claiming the bronze. The medal presenter was former Olympian and current IOC member Manuela Di Centa, sister of the gold

neg: Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales got the bike really needed it. The scene cuts to Woodstock riding off on the bicycle. When "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was created in 1965, the program was designed as a 30-minute time program. By the 1990s, changes in the delivery of closing credits and increases in advertising minutes on the networks made it impossible for all of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" to be aired in a half-hour time slot. In 2010, the special ran, with commercials, for 35 minutes. CBS made several cuts to the program to keep it in the half-hour time slot, including standardizing the closing credits

neg: Deedee Corradini Republican party, Corradini was a Democrat. This is not unusual for Salt Lake City, which tends to vote Democratic far more than other regions of Utah. Corradini's efforts gave Utah the initial shove that landed the state the 2002 Winter Olympics. Corradini was the first woman to receive the Olympic flag, in front of a television audience of hundreds of millions of viewers, when it was passed to Salt Lake City at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan at the closing ceremonies. Under Corradini's watch, the city's population experienced a tremendous growth spurt, as the metropolitan area of Salt

neg: Bob Costas of the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies came under fierce criticism, with Costas being described as making "a series of jingoistic remarks, including a joke about Idi Amin when Uganda's team appeared" and the combined commentary as being "ignorant" and "banal". Following the Olympics, Costas appeared on Conan O'Brien's talk show and jokingly criticized his employer for its decision to air a preview of the upcoming series "Animal Practice" over a performance by The Who during the London closing ceremonies. "So here is the balance NBC has to consider: The Who, 'Animal Practice.' Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend – monkey in

neg: Xu Lijia Xu Lijia Xu Lijia (; born 30 August 1987 in Shanghai) is a Chinese sailboat racer who won a bronze medal in women's Laser Radial class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she was the flag bearer for China at the closing ceremony. Xu Lijia was born nearly deaf in one ear and nearly blind in one eye. She started swimming at age four and attended a sports school in the Changning District of Shanghai. When she was ten Xu was chosen by coach Zhang Jing to

neg: Rory Morrish sprint. Morrish was selected as the flag bearer for the Irish team in the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. During the 2011 World Championships, Morrish received attention for racing with wooden skis. Rory Morrish Rory Michael Morrish (born January 8, 1968) is an Irish cross-country skier who participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics, as well as multiple world championships. Morrish previously competed in orienteering, becoming a cross-country skier via the discipline of ski-orienteering. In March 2001 Morrish became the first ever Irish competitor to take part in ski-orienteering when he participated in the long and short races at the Rovaniemi

neg: Drew Anthony the US and UK tours of "Hot Shoe Shuffle".' Anthony has worked on countless corporate and large-scale events, both in Australia and overseas. He was associate director of the closing ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and in 2006 relocated to Doha, Qatar, as the associate artistic director of the largest entertainment event staged in the world, the 2006 Asian Games. He most recently served as the associate artistic director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010. Anthony appeared as the Australian Olympic team mascot at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics – recreated the

neg: 2019 Southeast Asian Games ceremonies of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The organizers has announced plans to conduct a digital lighting of the flame during the event but added they have a backup plan for a "normal, traditional opening ceremony". FiveCurrents, the live content creators that produced the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Summer Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, is also tapped as producers for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games opening ceremonies. A specific male Filipino-American artist is also being contacted by PHISGOC who has "waxed countless pop hits". The closing

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony blown out by the Polar Bear, who shed a tear after the flame went out – an homage to Misha and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. A remix of Aleksandra Pakhmutova's "Goodbye, Moscow" played and the Polar Bear extinguished the Olympic flame. The 1,000 members of the Pan-Russian Children's Choir assembled with the mascots carrying small flames in their hands and Abkazian-Russian soprano Hibla Gerzmava sung "Goodbye, Sochi!" with the children's choir to close the games. The ceremony ended with a fireworks display set to the music of Tchaikovsky. Russian DJ Kto hosted the afterparty. 2014 Winter Olympics closing

neg: 1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony Organizing Committee and declared the Games of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona closed. The Mayor of Barcelona Pasqual Maragall handed the Olympic flag to Samaranch, who then handed it to the Mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson in anticipation of the 1996 Games. 1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 August 1992. The flag bearers of 196 National Olympic Committees entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by the Spanish alphabet, and behind them marched the athletes, without any distinction or grouping

neg: 2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony 2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics took place at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, the United States, on 24 February 2002. The flag bearers of 78 National Olympic Committees entered Rice–Eccles Stadium informally in single file, ordered by the English alphabet. Behind them marched all the athletes, with no grouping by nationality. SLOC President Mitt Romney delivered a speech, thanking everyone. IOC President Jacques Rogge delivered a speech, awarding the Olympic Order in Gold to Romney and declared the Games closed. The Mayor of Salt Lake City Rocky Anderson handed the Olympic

neg: 1988 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1988 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on 2 October 1988 at 20:00 KST (UTC+9). The flag bearers of 159 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Seoul Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by "ganada" order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. Barcelona, the host city of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games SLOOG President Park Seh-jik deliver a speech in Korean,

neg: 1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1992 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics took place at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain, on 9 August 1992. The flag bearers of 196 National Olympic Committees entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by the Spanish alphabet, and behind them marched the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. COOB President Pasqual Maragall delivered a speech in Catalan and Spanish, concluding the ceremonies and thanking everyone. IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch delivered a speech in Spanish, awarding the Olympic Order in Gold to Mitt Romney, President of the Barcelona

neg: 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony the ceremony live, starting at 5.30 am AEST. In Spain, TVE2 broadcast the ceremony. In Italy, RAI broadcasts the ceremony live at the same time it start started. 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (19:00 UTC) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge calling them "magnificent" This again departed from former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch's tradition of declaring each games "best ever" and continued Rogge's tradition of assigning each games

neg: 1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony 1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics took place on October 24, 1964, in the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The athletes from each country entered informally, despite plans to have a formal entrance. There did not appear to be any backup plan to sort athletes into their respective countries, and as a result the athletes rushed the field, sometimes arm in arm or riding piggyback, in a disorganized and chaotic spectacle. Zambia had just declared independence from Northern Rhodesia on that day and proudly marched under a newly made placard, but other

neg: Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics counterpart in the closing ceremony was Alphonce Felix Simbu, who had earned the nation's best finish at the Games by placing fifth in the men's marathon. Prior to these Games, Tanzania had sent athletes to twelve editions of the Summer Olympics. Since 1964, when it competed under the banner of Tanganyika, Tanzania had sent athletes to twelve editions of the Summer Olympic Games. On 7 July 2016, it became the first country to submit its official team for the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The nation chose judoka Andrew Thomas Mlugu as its flagbearer in the

neg: Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympics medal for Japan and the continent of Asia when he placed second in the slalom. The IOC awarded the 1960 Olympics to Squaw Valley, United States. It was an undeveloped resort in 1955, so from 1956 to 1960 the infrastructure and all of the venues were built at a cost of US$80,000,000. The opening and closing ceremonies were produced by Walt Disney. The Squaw Valley Olympics was the first Winter Games to have a dedicated athletes' village, the first to use a computer (courtesy of IBM) to tabulate results, and the first to feature female speed skating events.

neg: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics to complete the jump again in the closing seconds. Candeloro, with the exception of a step out on his Triple Axel, skated his D'Artagnan program flawlessly to the delight of the crowd to end up second in the free skating. Stojko, who skated last, had the best opportunity to win mainly based on his signature Quad Toe Loop/Triple Toe Loop combination. However, a partial groin tear and the flu prevented him from attempting the combo and he downgraded his Quad to a Triple. Despite the injury, he skated a clean program but finished the free skating third, overall placing second

neg: Predrag Jokić semifinals and then lost to Italy in the bronze medal match. Jokić was the flag bearer for Montenegro during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a silver as a member of Serbia and Montenegro team. Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić (born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the team reached the semifinals, where they were

neg: 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony during the 1972 Summer Olympics. He said that those tragedies will never be forgotten and said: Although this was first official IOC recognition of the Munich tragedy since 1972, commentators mentioned 1972 quite often, mainly because the next Olympics were taking place in Nagano, Japan and Japan last hosted an Olympics that year, hosting the Winter Games in Sapporo. Furthermore, Samaranch thanked Atlanta with the phrase "Well done, Atlanta", and calling them "most exceptional." He broke with precedent and did not say they had been the best Olympics ever, as he did at every previous Olympic closing ceremony while he

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). <nowiki>*</nowiki>Rudy Rinaldi of Monaco was the reserve athlete (and thus did not compete) in the 2-man bobsledding event. 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony in Sochi, Russia most of the 88 nations competing selected one member of their delegation to be the flagbearer. Some countries for example, Morocco chose the same athlete (Adam Lamhamedi) as the opening ceremony. On the other hand, some countries such as Luxembourg had already

neg: 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony closing ceremony had a noticeably darker feel than the other ceremonies of the Olympics and Paralympics in London, but complimented it for having "[a] whiff of the kind of thing you see at 3am in the outlying fields at Glastonbury", unlike the Olympics' closing ceremony, which had "a whiff of a bad night at the Brits." Although he considered some of Coldplay's slower, anthem-like songs to be in conflict with his belief that the Paralympics were not about "pity" (which he associated the songs with through their use on reality TV shows), Petridis praised Coldplay's more upbeat performances, such as

neg: 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony Olympic Games (LOCOG). While the opening ceremony was described as an artistic and serious introduction of China's ancient past, the closing ceremony was described by Western media as "much more lighthearted", "silly" and "fun" than the opening ceremony. By the end of the 16 days of NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics in the United States, it had also become the most-watched U.S. television event of all time, with over 211 million American viewers tuned into the Olympics on NBC according to the Nielsen Media Research; this is 2 million more than the 1996 Atlanta Games, the previous all-time record-holder.

neg: Bermuda at the 2002 Winter Olympics Summer Olympics in Moscow. The only medal the territory has won so far is a bronze in the sport of boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Bermudian delegation to Salt Lake City consisted of a single athlete, luger Patrick Singleton. He was the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. Patrick Singleton was 27 years old at the time of the Salt Lake City Olympics. He had previously raced for Bermuda in the 1998 Winter Olympics, and would go on race skeleton representing Bermuda at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On 10–11 February, the men's singles