Closing Ceremony Winter Olympics

Olympic Winter Games are about to

come to a close. Let's join our

commentators, Sir Matthew Pinsent

and John Hunt.

Thank you, balding, the final shots

have been fired, 17 days of intense,

edition giveaway to the traditional

celebrations for two is Pyeongchang

says goodbye, and Beijing is about

to say hello in 2022. The counts

down, much more likely, you may run

under the more austere countdown

ceremony with a bell, well, this

represents the barn that is ahead as

we and its 35,000 crowd countdown to

one, and are expecting some fun

tonight.

I think it is going to be

great, I am looking to the Gangnam

Style, the crowd really getting

involved, and of course the athletes

when they come to say farewell.

The

accent very much on winter turning

to spring and hope for the future,

traditional themes, you will see

plenty of them, but a key component

of the night is youth, without a

shadow of a doubt, acts aplenty from

real youngsters tonight, talented,

some as young as 11, and here, with

more than a nod to the painters and

decorators everywhere around the

world, we get our first visual, and

it is colourful, and it sets the

tone for a lot of fun ahead.

File appropriate in Korea, of

course, skating very much the first

centrepiece of the closing ceremony.

-- highly appropriate.

I think you can probably work out

what is coming!

CHEERING

Robin Cousins told us at the opening

ceremony how he loves a firework -

well, I hope he is watching, we will

see plenty of those.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the President of the Republic of

Korea, Moon Jae-in, and the

president of the International

Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach,

Olympic champion, fencing 1976.

A

shake of the hand with Ivanka Trump,

special guests here from North

Korea, somewhat controversially, Tim

Young Charl is also in attendance

tonight.

A theme we will come back to later

in the ceremony, this joining of

North and South is so important

something that Pyeongchang has been

able to put forward.

Snow globes

presented by two children born on

the 7th of July 2011, the very day

Pyeongchang learned that they had

the games. And now the entrance of

the Korean national flag.

These children are students at two

elementary schools.

23 children, representative of the

total number of Olympic Winter

Games, including this one in

Pyeongchang. We have seen so many of

those happy, smiling young faces.

The flag now handed over to the

traditional guard of honour. We saw

them plenty in the opening ceremony

as well.

as well.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please stand for the Korean national

anthem, performed by Jang Sa-ik and

our children's choir.

# Donghae mulgwa baegdusan-i maleugo

dalhdolog

# Haneunim-i bouhasa ulinala manse

mugunghwa samcheonli hwalyeogangsan

# Mugunghwa samcheonli

# Hwalyeogangsan

# Daehansalam daehan-eulo

# Gil-i bojeonhase

All of these schoolchildren dressed

in traditional Korean colours, of

course, the colours of the Korean

flag. Now something to wake you up a

little bit on a Sunday morning, this

13-year-old places unique variation

on Window from

on Window from Vivaldi's Four

Seasons.

Seasons. -- winter.

And this is Korean post-rock mixed

with traditional music, Jambinai.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ten past 11 on a Sunday morning,

proper hangover cure, that one,

wasn't it?! I am sure you get the

gist of it by now, the modern and

the traditional very much colliding

here, as we enjoy some of the

flashback memories from the Games

before the parade of athletes.

MUSIC PLAYS

# Shine a light on the world.

# Sync it to the world.

# Everybody sing.

# Let's clap our hands together.

# Lets send this up together.

# ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH. To the

world.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the flags of the delegations of the

2018 Winter Olympic Games.

The flags

and flag-bearers will come out en

masse. Time now for families of any

of the 58 who competed, sitting on

the edge of their seat, desperate

for a glimpse. Time to move closer

to the TV for the next 20 minutes.

I

can see Billy

to the TV for the next 20 minutes.

I

can see Billy Morgan. Went very big

on big air and apparently went very

big on a celebratory

on big air and apparently went very

big on a celebratory night out.

Four

years ago, apparently, on this

night, he had a toilet seat around

his head. So clearly on better

behaviour tonight. What an honour.

How will the other

How will the other athletes

revealing?

Carrying the flag is a

huge honour. It is not a formal

procession. The idea is the opening

ceremony, you walk as a country and

represent your country. Whereas,

after the games, you come in en

masse. Competing athletes will come

in and take their seats to watch the

rest of the ceremony.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the athletes of the 23rd Olympic

Winter Games.

CHEERING

A huge roar from the crowd.

The first of the athletes come into

the Mina. -- arena.

A huge Canadian representation. What

a games they had, Matthew. Tessa and

Scott there big story in the absence

of success from the hockey teams.

I

think the ice skating duo were a

huge story back in Canada. They got

an amazing gold medal. I have to

feel for them a little bit because

all they have been asked about since

winning is, are you a couple? And

they have had to say no a thousand

times since.

But

they have had to say no a thousand

times since.

But it was amazing.

Absolutely fantastic. Canada winning

11 gold medals and 29 all told.

Third place on the overall medals

table. The medal in the figure

skating taking them past their

previous record of 27 medals. The

five-man team from Ireland go

through. The Danish still struggling

for medals. Extraordinary that, with

Norway and Sweden doing so well.

Denmark just cannot seem to get it

together.

It is very difficult to

know. Every country will have a

review of what they have done on the

sporting field. And decide, can we

do better? I have to say, this is

not the normal format of a closing

ceremony. They are being more

grouped into countries. Yes, this is

not normal. Pyeongchang doing

something slightly different with

controlling the flow and grouping

countries together, which is not

normal.

I did not expect that. No,

indeed.

indeed. We will be seeing a

successful Finn very shortly. There

are two medal presentations tonight.

Canada getting plenty of exposure.

Kingsbury fantastic in the men's

moguls.

One sadness about this shot

of the stadium is it looks as if the

seats are empty. Those LED screens

in every seat, while they are

fantastic for the backdrop of flags,

they slightly deprive the viewer of

the idea

the idea it is full.

Interesting

welcoming music.

welcoming music. Almost without

exception, Matthew, Joy across most

faces.

I think, if you are here, you

have come for a good time. They are

showing off! The people perhaps most

disappointed by their experience,

coming to the closing ceremony, will

be the last thing they want to do.

You have to say to yourself for a

couple of hours, you have to join

the party.

It depends on when you

compete. Not every athlete is here.

Lizzy Yarnold is home by now, we

know. Well done, again, if you are

watching. So a fair proportion would

have gone home. The majority of

people who are still here, they will

be here tonight. It is not

compulsory, nor is the opening

ceremony, of course. And it is

nothing like as cold as some of the

weather we have had. I think you can

tell. There have been days when

being outside without gloves would

be unthinkable, whereas, tonight,

be unthinkable, whereas, tonight, it

is barmy. -- balmy.

China just went through.

An early bit of Gangnam Style. He

has gone early.

He is clearly their Billy Morgan.

That is the Austrian team.

A huge

surprise early on in the games for

them in the luge.

And another

surprise the athlete who fell away

in the last run in the skeleton.

Very difficult for her to take in.

Marcel, two gold medals.

He must've

felt it was not going to happen.

He

had an average running on the

circuit coming here. But, then,

history is littered with people who

either won a gold medal with no

track record, or had all the

ingredients and came to the Olympics

and do not quite do it.

Norway have

entered the stage. Really gaining

number one stock. The Germans have

had a fantastic Olympic Games. But,

Norway top of the shop. 14 gold

medals and 39 medals all told.

And

the amazing statistic about Norway

in 1988. They won zero gold medals.

The trajectory of them from zero to

the current day, this performance in

Pyeongchang, fantastic.

A lovely

shot five, six athletes from

different nations all dancing

together. It really should all be

this. Do you prefer this approach to

the closing ceremony? The formulaic

approach, or the bunfight of

yesteryear?

The bunfight had its

moments. There was a Summer Olympics

when Team GB were told not to turn

up in uniform, they were so worried

about our behaviour.

The Japanese

team. We will be in Tokyo before you

know it for the summer games in

2020.

The figure skating, a big draw for

Japan. The athlete followed by a

deluge of Winnie the Poohs. And they

are gathered up and given away for

charity, so it has to be a good

thing.

All of these nations clearly doing

one circuit of the arena and then

taking their seats.

That is right.

They come in and take seats. In the

summer format, often the athletic

Stadium, but this has been just for

ceremonies, as it often is in

winter.

Flags going through.

Frimpong, one of the stars of the

games. And the United States, under

fire about the lack of success, but

everything is relative.

They have

won 23 medals in total, nine of them

gold medals. It is supposed to be

their worst return in almost two

decades. They are saying, we will go

home and recoup. We like the way

that Norway performed. And we can

see the Brits, behind the American

team. Hopefully we will get a longer

shot of them.

shot of them.

Chloe Kim was

brilliant for the United States in

the women's halfpipe. Red Gerard, an

early medal. Looking like something

out of Scooby-Doo. I think that is

the skip of the curling, a

successful men's team against

Sweden.

Switzerland, 15 medals, five

of them gold medals.

Here is Great

Britain.

I thought that might have been Laura

Deas. Yes, there is Laura.

Fantastic.

One of the bobsleigh

athletes. Laura there.

athletes. Laura there. It is getting

busier. Dom Parsons, proudly wearing

his medal, as he should.

Most an affected winner here or

fortnight, I think, wasn't he, Dom?

Seemed to take it completely in his

stride.

Nothing surprised him,

certainly.

Izzy Atkin, obviously, was amongst

the British team as well, with a

bronze medal in slopestyle, Billy

Morgan carrying the flag as well.

So

this is the Germans in the red hats.

That is obviously not the Germans!

That is the Jamaicans, much talk

about the...

Women's bobsleigh. That

is the Germans, and the Dutch behind

them, I think, with their orange

jackets. The Dutch brought 34

athletes, and more than half of them

are going home with medals.

Extraordinary. Ireen Wust, of

course, brilliant again.

And it is

North and South Korea, once again

coming in together.

coming in together. And that white

flag, with the old Korean Peninsula

on it, that has become a much waved

emblem of this Olympics, especially

around women's ice hockey, of

course, the one sport where they

competed as a team.

How strange did

you find that whole experience,

watching that team? Because they

struggled badly. From a distance,

did it look as though everyone was

comfortable with it?

Bodily enough,

I think in prospect it didn't look

great. -- funnily enough. It was

done with weeks of notice, and I

think that was upsetting to many of

the team, the coach didn't speak

positively about it to begin with,

and then, actually, by the time they

got to the Games, there was a lot

more of a coordinated effort around

them, and the only time during the

Games when I saw people out on the

streets, welcoming athletes buses,

the Korean women's team was a huge

emblem for the whole of Korea.

That

remarkable band of cheerleaders as

well!

well!

Well, I found that

uncomfortable, I've got to say. I

saw them in venue, and it obviously

looks dramatic, when you see them

arrive, they have got policemen and

security, cordoning them off. I

struggled, I have to say.

You are on

your own there!

Ivanka Trump with President Moon

once again. The omnipresent

once again. The omnipresent mascots

there.

And the Koreans, of course,

did brilliantly at sliding. We saw

them win just today, a joint silver

medal in the four-man bob.

Fantastic, wasn't a comedy gold

medallist in the skeleton? --

fantastic, wasn't he, the gold

medallist in the skeleton?

And the

curling, curling fever! The amount

of restaurant or meals you would

have, and the curling would be gone

in the background.

The

in the background.

The Garlic Girls

proved very, very popular, didn't

they? What a fortnight they had!

There is Akwasi, talk about a man

embracing his opportunity!

embracing his opportunity!

New

Zealand, I'm sure.

Yeah.

Quick flash

of New Zealand, I think they have

won one gold medal at the Winter

Olympics in their entire history,

and two here, both of them

teenagers.

Quite some story, wasn't

it? Zoi Sadowski-Synnott successful

for New Zealand.

16 years old, fantastic.

The youngest athlete here was 15,

from China, competed in the halfpipe

skiing. This music is a bit Chas and

Dave, isn't it?

Just taking a little bit longer for

the athletes to get seated.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What was your highlight, Matt? If I

had to pin you down, one moment of

the Games?

the Games?

Well, I mean, it has got

to be Lizzy

the Games?

Well, I mean, it has got

to be Lizzy, hasn't it? That is

perhaps a bit parochial. I think

Ester Ledecka at the bottom of the

ski run, where she one and stood

there for two minutes standing

staring at the timing, wonderful.

The use of drones here, used so

effectively in the opening ceremony.

She has talked afterwards, surely

the timing system was wrong, I

cannot have won. It was interesting,

how were colleagues didn't even show

her run. I'm not going to say who it

was, but perhaps not bothered about

Czechs sums it up!

Borrowed skis as well, the Ledecka,

the first person to win gold in two

different sports in the same Games.

I should just say, as we watched

this on a relatively still died, the

dress rehearsal for the Games was

wiped out because of high winds. --

relatively still night. They got it

on but abandoned it shortly after

halfway through.

I think somewhere

near us, there is a very nervous

artistic director.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, the athletes!

CHEERING

So the flag bearing job is now done.

Three gold medals each, including

Ioannis Antoniou, another stunning

highlight. Great aerial shots of the

Pentagon. We will see that shape a

little bit later on. This whole area

you are looking down on just used to

be an open athletics track. 15 years

ago, there was a Korean barbecue

around the corner, a photo from the

air, quite astonishing, the

development they have had here over

the last ten years.

So this next section is called A

Journey to Remember.

Indeed, in

remember Insausti poles come, no

longer with us, in memory of those

who lost their lives recently. The

dandelions are a symbol of new life,

the seeds will blow away to grow

again, and here the turtle

reappears, as at the opening

ceremony.

ceremony. The total of Korea, who

will embark on a journey across life

and death, a symbolic creature in

this country. A poignant two all

three minutes as he makes his way.

MUSIC PLAYS

The sacred turtle conveying the

memories of Pyeongchang to the

heavens.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, the victory

ceremony for cross-country skiing

mass start classic.

So two medal ceremonies that take

place in the closing ceremony.

Please welcome the medallist!

The

two longest cross-country skiing

races.

The women's 30 kilometres and the

men's 50 kilometres.

Ladies and gentlemen, the victory

ceremony for ladies' 30 kilometres

mass start classic.

mass start classic. We get a chance

to see one of the icons, Marit

Bjorgen, getting her gold medal. If

you have not seen this race, go back

and look. The style and dominance.

And the margin by which she won.

Thomas Bach, president of the

International Olympic Committee.

Fencing champion, 1976. The medals

are given out by an IOC member and

for the closing ceremony, the

president takes the role.

And the representative of the sport,

the international skiing federation.

Bronze medallist, Sweden. Stina

Nilsson.

Nilsson.

Stina Nilsson, two silver

medals and a bronze medal, I am

sorry, a gold medal and two silver

medals early in the games and now

this bronze medal.

Every medallist has received a

wooden mountain relief made up of

the traditional Korean alphabet.

Silver medallist, Finland.

Krista

Parmakoski!

Parmakoski!

And Krista Parmakoski

has produced the best performance by

a Finn in this event in Winter

Olympics history. I am sure she did

her absolute best and is delighted

with her silver medals.

-- silver medal.

But there was no denying the

champion today.

champion today. She is 37.

Gold

medallist and Olympic champion,

Norway.

Norway.

Marit Bjorgen.

She takes her

lifetime Olympics medals collection

to eight gold medals, four silver

and three bronze medals.

Everyone is expecting this to be her

last appearance. She is the most

successful Winter Olympian in

history. She has a three-year-old

son. There are wonderful pictures of

her with her son. After the event

today.

Ladies and gentlemen, please stand

for the national anthem of Norway.

NORWEGIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

NORWEGIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

CHEERING

Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic

medallists.

What a moment for them. One of my

small gripes is that medals are not

presented at the time of victory. It

is a strange position that we go off

later, often in front of sparse

crowds to receive the medal.

That is

becoming a Winter Olympic tradition,

especially mountain venues, which

can be far-flung. They now

concentrate on the medal Plaza. We

now see the men coming out for their

ceremony. These ceremonies are, to

me, the reallocated medals from

previous Olympics, especially Sochi,

they should be happening here. There

is a part of me that feel sorry

particularly for the British

four-man bob. Two of whom are out

here on duty because in the wake of

Sochi, I think that should be

happening now. Martins Dukurs should

have another medal coming. Katie

Uhlaender from America. For my

money, in the aftermath of Russia

and everything that went on in

Sochi, part of it should be giving

those medals to the rightful owners

and it should be happening here, and

it is not.

You mentioned Sochi. I go

back four years, the Russians with a

1-2- three and they were feted Miss

ceremony. Someone caught up in that.

With four years of hindsight, we

know that. I am sure that Thomas

Bach, as he puts the gold medal

around the winner, Iivo Niskanen, if

he is not saying it, he will be

thinking, thank you that we had a

Finnish winner rather than an that

would be the Olympic anthem, in this

instance,

instance, for Bolshunov. This race

happened yesterday.

happened yesterday. Iivo Niskanen

and Bolshunov went toe to toe.

Classic cross-country skiing. For

probably 48 of the kilometres. Iivo

Niskanen using the last hill to kick

away and win.

Finland's only gold

medal of the games.

Anyone from

sport, in Finland, who does well,

they always call them the Flying

Finn.

Finn.

That was a great race between

the two of them.

It is the

archetypal test. In cross-country

skiing.

skiing.

Ladies and gentlemen, please

stand for the national anthem of

Finland.

FINNISH NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

FINNISH NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

CHEERING

He got a bit emotional there.

He just got something in his eye,

briefly! The Russians are still

under the Olympic flag to nine.

There have been conjecture down to

the 11th hour whether the Russian

flag would appear this evening.

And

the rumour is that the Olympic

athletes of Russia entity will cease

to exist sometime this week and

Russia will be brought back into the

Olympic family.

Four fails test this week, one from

Japan, two from Sweden and two from

Russia.

The logic has been that

these have been individual cases,

not the same strategy behind them we

saw in Sochi four years ago.

OK, this is the axis of new time. A

combination of modern dance, new

media art.

media art. Perhaps as a public

service announcement, if you do not

like strob lighting, it might be the

time to put the kettle one. A vortex

disappearing in the middle of the

stage.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the newly elected members of the

International Olympic Committee and

its athletes' commission.

So junior

members of the IOC this evening to

sit on the athletes' commission.

Emma on the left from Finland. I

socket layer, she won bronze in

1998.

1998. -- ice hockey layer. And a

winner of the women's team sprint,

she is retiring, 35.

They are both mothers and she has

said that one of the things she

wants to do is to bring more

childcare facilities to

international sport to allow mothers

to compete and pursue their dreams

of sporting glory with their

children by their sides. Her son is

not here.

Big cheer for the

volunteers now, their

representatives, Matt, there were

91,000 applicants to become

volunteers here. Not all of them

from Korea, we met some from far

afield, America and Canada, and only

16,200 were awarded places here at

the Games, but they have been

cheerful, and dimes in the face of

some pretty horrible weather,

particularly at the beginning of the

Games, and their parts cannot be

overstated.

It is the lifeblood of

any modern Olympic Games, to keep

everything moving, they have been

wonderful here.

How many times did

we walk out of the Sliding Centre at

midnight to cheery good nights and

big smiles?

Amazing.

She has raced 18 Olympic events in

cross-country skiing and won her

19th.

Thank you, volunteers!

Yes, thank you, from all of us, the

Dominique Peyroux have been amazing.

The IOC has 100 members, and 28 of

them are now women. The count was

26, now 28.

Getting ever closer to party time,

time to introduce you now to a huge

star central to the K-pop revolution

that is hitting this part of the

world and far beyond as well, this

is CL, a huge star, fluent in many

languages, lived in France for a

long time. We will leave you to her

and her unique brand - CL!

Ears 2018, Korea! Let's go!

Said it -- set it on fire! I heard

you were looking for me! Where are

all my bad girls at?!

# Nan nappeun gijibae

# Where all my bad gals at?

# Nan nappeun gijibae

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# Where all my bad gals at?

# Geurae naneun sse aju sanapge

# Neo jeongdoron nal jeoldae

# Jiltu ttawin nun kkop

mankeumdo moreujyo

# Jeomjaengido nae mamsogeun

# Mot matchujyo

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# Dangjang eodiro twilji

# Molla reokbigong

# Moge geollin

Gold Chain Swingin' Left Right

# Peropji anha maeil

bammada Get Right

# Dangdanghan jijo

gogwihan pumwi (uh huh)

# Nun useumeun gibon

# Nae nunmureun mugi (That's right)

# I misoneun Fire

neol aetaeunikka (Burn)

# You want it come and get it now

# Sirheumyeon sijipga

# Nan nappeun gijibae

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# Where all my bad gals at?

# Eonniya eonni eonni eonni

# Eonniya, whoo!

# Eonni eonni eonni

# Namjadeureun heonira bulleoyo

# Naega jeil jallaga ha?

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# Naega jeil jal naga

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# Bam Ratatata Tatatatata

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# Oh my God

# Nuga bwado naega jom jugyeojujanha

# Nega anjeun teibeul

wireul ttwieodanyeo

# Naega jeil jal naga

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# Nuga nega naboda deo jal naga?

# No no no no, na na na na

# Nuga nega naboda deo jal naga?

# No no no no, na na na na

# Nuga nega naboda deo jal naga?

# No no no no, na na na na

# Bam Ratatata Tatatatata

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# Oh my God. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, please stand

for the national anthem of Greece.

GREEN NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

Ladies and gentlemen, please remain

standing for the Olympic

standing for the Olympic Anthem.

Just 11 years old, he won Korea's

version of The Voice.

# Olympian flame immortal

# Whose beacon lights our way

# Emblaze our hearts

with the fires of hope

# On this momentous day

# As now we come across the world

# To share these Games of old

# Let all the flags of every land

# In brotherhood unfold

# Sing out each nation,

voices strong

# Rise up in harmony

# All hail our brave Olympians

# With strains of victory

# Olympic light burn on and on

# O'er seas and mountains and plains

# Unite, inspire, bring honour

# To these ascending games

# May valor reign victorious

# Along the path of golden way

# As tomorrow's new

champions now come forth

# Rising to the fervent

spirit of the game

# Let splendour pervade

each noble deed

# Crowned with glory and fame

# And let fraternity and fellowship

# Surround the soul of every nation

# Oh, flame, eternal

in your firmament so bright

# Illuminate us with

your everlasting light

# That grace and beauty

and magnificence

# Shine like the sun

# Blazing above

# Bestow on us your

honour, truth and love. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I don't know about you, I was

willing him on every word there!

He did brilliantly.

ANNOUNCER SPEAKS IN FRENCH

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

the President of the International

Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach,

accompanied by the mayor of

Pyeongchang, and the mayor of

Beijing, for the Olympic flag

handover.

So the countdown begins in earnest

for Beijing 2022.

for Beijing 2022. The first city

that will host both the summer and

the Winter Games. If you remember

Beijing 2008, the Bird's Nest

stadium will be used in the Winter

Games, we are told. The swimming

venue, Water Cube, will be used for

curling, and discussions are ongoing

about the Alpine events. The

mounting cluster is 150 miles away.

There is a high-speed rail link that

is going in. As here, all the Alpine

events will be on man-made snow.

That is not a problem. One of the

issues might be the height of the

mountain 's Beijing has at its

disposal.

Ladies and gentlemen, please stand

for the national anthem of the

people'srepublic of China.

CHINESE NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

# Qilai!

# Buyuan zuo nuli de renmen.

# Ba women de xuerou zhucheng

women xin de changcheng.?

# Zhonghua Minzu dao liao

zui weixian de shihou.

# Meigeren beipo zhe fachu

zuihou de housheng.?

# Qilai!

# Qilai!

# Women wanzhong yixin.

# Mao zhe diren de paohuo.

# Qianjin!?

# Mao zhe diren de paohuo.

# Qianjin!

# Qianjin!

# Jin!

Ladies and gentlemen, the Beijing

2022 presentation.

I am looking

forward to Beijing's presentation.

They do ceremonies very well.

They

have kept this very much under

wraps. A fascinating few minutes

ahead here.

ahead here. It took four seconds to

see a panda.

UPBEAT MUSIC

SLOWER ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

UPBEAT MUSIC

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

CHEERING

A stunning presentation from the

Beijing party.

They say they have

had 16 million invitations to

Beijing for 2022. On social media.

Just in the last ten weeks. Paraded

together in that envelope and

presentation.

Speeches now, shortly Thomas Bach.

IOC president, but first we will

hear from Lee Hee-beom. He has been

the president of the organising

committee here in South Korea.

TRANSLATION: President Moon Jae-in

and his First Lady of

the Republic of Korea,

and dear Korean people.

IOC president Thomas Bach

and the entire global

Olympic family members.

Distinguished guests

at home and abroad, and all

participating NOC delegations.

Ladies and gentlemen.

Just two weeks ago, we gathered

here together to share the joy

of coming together right this time

and right this place.

Now we came here together

again to say goodbye.

"We never meet without parting."

It means parting is always coming

along with the meeting.

William Shakespeare once said,

in Romeo and Juliet,

"Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Even though we are now saying

goodbye to each other,

Pyeongchang will be long

remembered with beautiful

and unforgettable memories.

We witnessed touching human dramas.

Athletes have set new Olympic

records. Athletes have achieved

human victory, after falling down

seven times, but getting up eight.

Athletes having won medals despite

injury, needing 62 stitches in

hospital. Athletes having created a

surprising success story of having

advanced to medals from the unknown

wilderness of that sport.

Athletes have participated

for the first time from Africa.

Athletes have participated

as a unified Korean team.

All of you are truly winners.

Right after crossing

the finish line, that

athlete started shedding teardrops,

and spectators having

packed the stadium,

gave her a standing ovation,

shouting in unison, "Don't cry!"

Dear citizens of the host city

and venue cities of Pyeongchang,

Gangneung and Jeongseon,

as well as the people

of Gangwon Province who have

dedicated to and sacrificed

for the Winter Olympics.

Dear entire staff and members

of the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter

Games Organising Committee.

Dear military personnel,

police and firefighters

of the Republic of Korea.

Dear partners, sponsors who have

supported Pyeongchang 2018.

Dear volunteers, having

participated from 67 countries,

you are truly patriots and heroes.

Despite cold weather

and poor surroundings,

you did your job right always,

with big smiles,

only to pave the way

for the Games' success.

The success of Pyeongchang 2018

is because of your

sacrifice and dedication.

For that, I express

my deep appreciation.

CHEERING

In addition, I also express

my words of consolation

and apologise for those who had

injuries or accidents.

Dear global Olympic family members,

the Olympic Games brings together

the world in peace and harmony.

And in Pyeongchang,

the world became one.

Transcending the differences

of race, religion,

nation and gender,

we smiled together, cried together,

and shared friendship together.

In particular, the athletes

from South and North Koreas

built friendship,

and it showcased

much bigger possibilities

beyond sport.

When marching together

and even competing together

as a unified Korean team,

it constituted a strong identity

of one single nation.

The world paid its high tribute

of admiration for the athletes

of South and North Korea

who marched

and competed together

during the Games.

And the spectators in the stands

shouted, "We are one."

The seed of peace you have

planted here in Pyeongchang

will grow as a big tree

in the not distant future.

The hope and aspirations of South

and North Korean athletes together

with cheerleaders will definitely

serve as a cornerstone

of the unification of

the Korean Peninsula.

Distinguished guests at home

and abroad,

and dear Olympic family members,

time is near for the Olympic

flame to end its role,

following 17 days burning bright

with so many unforgettable

stories left behind.

Even though it was a short period,

Korea was happy because of your

warm-hearted passion and friendship.

We will never forget you.

One day in the future, I sincerely

hope and wish that our children,

grandchildren and great

grandchildren will remember

all of us here at this moment

as contributors to making a historic

cornerstone, leading to the peace

on the Korean Peninsula.

Thank you, everyone!

Goodbye,

and see you again in Beijing.

Thank you all.

And a now gives way

to the IOC president, Thomas Bach,

to deliver his speech.

HE SPEAKS KOREAN

HE SPEAKS FRENCH

HE SPEAKS FRENCH

Ease says:

Over the past 17 days,

we have experienced Olympic Games

rooted in tradition and showing

the way to the future.

They have proved true

the words of our founder,

Pierre de Coubertin,

when he said the Olympic Games

are a homage to the past and an act

of faith in the future.

The Olympic Games are a homage to

the past and an act of faith in the

future.

A true homage to the past was

the respect of the Olympic Truce,

just as it was 3,000 years

ago in ancient Olympia.

Dear athletes from the NOCs

of the Republic of Korea

and the Democratic People's

Republic of Korea,

with your joint march,

you have shared your faith

in a peaceful future with all of us.

You have shown how sport

brings people together

in our fragile world.

You have shown how

sport builds bridges.

The IOC will continue

this Olympic dialogue,

even after we extinguish

the Olympic flame.

In this, we are driven

by our faith in the future.

These Olympic Winter Games

have introduced new events

that appeal to new generations.

Digital technology has enabled

more people in more countries

to see winter sports in more ways.

We have brought together

a record number

of National Olympic Committees to

participate in Olympic Winter Games.

Therefore I can truly say

the Olympic Winter Games

Pyeongchang 2018

are the Games of new horizons.

CHEERING

We are embracing these new horizons.

We offer our hand to everybody

to join forces

in this faith in the future.

Dear athletes, you are the best

ambassadors of our optimism.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thank you for your

competitive spirit.

Thank you for your fair play.

To the organisers of the Olympic

Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018,

I say thank you from

the bottom of my heart.

I congratulate you for

showing us new horizons.

For your contributions,

I thank the international

winter sports federations,

the participating

National Olympic Committees,

our sponsors,

and the television rights holders.

To the President of the Republic of

Korea, Your Excellency Moon Jae-in,

I say thank you for your personal

commitment and determination

to make these Games

so successful in every way.

To the volunteers, I say a special

thank you for warming our hearts

even at the sometimes

lowest temperatures

we have experienced

at Olympic Winter Games.

HE SPEAKS KOREAN

CHEERING

To our gracious hosts, the people

of Korea, I say thank you.

CHEERING

Athletes from the five continents

of the world and future host

countries of the Olympic Games

would like to join in this thanks.

Martin Fourcade, Nao Kodaira,

Seun Adigun, Yun Sungbin,

Ryom Tae-ok, Lindsey Vonn,

Liu Jiayu, Pita Taufatofua,

welcome!

CHEERS

Together, we would like to

express our gratitude,

with the typical Korean

gesture of a heart,

which we have appreciated

so much during these Games.

CHEERS

And now it is my obligation

to declare the Olympic Winter Games

Pyeongchang 2018 closed.

In accordance with tradition,

I call upon the youth of the world

to assemble four years from now

in Beijing,

People's Republic of China,

to celebrate with all of us

the 24th Olympic Winter Games!

Thank you and goodbye, Korea.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I don't know whether you were

hearing back home, but we are

hearing a rumour that North Korea

and South Korea have started talks.

There was apparently some meetings

in the last 24 hours, as they have

come together for the closing

ceremony. And if the Olympic truce

has worked here, and if this is the

start, a cornerstone of unification,

then that truly will be a legacy for

Pyeongchang 2018.

There is a rave party to follow

shortly! But in the next few

minutes, we will see the Olympic

flame extinguished.

DANCE MUSIC

Now more stars of the popular music

senior funds in Asia, EXO. --

senior funds in Asia, EXO. -- they

have a record they have promised to

play called Power.

MUSIC: "Power" by EXO

CHEERING

MUSIC: "Power" by EXO

# We got that power power.

# Turn the music up now.

# Turn the music up now.

# Let's go, we got

bang bang pow wow.

# We got that power every time.

# We got that power power.

# We got that power power.

# Turn the music up now.

# Power power.

# Turn the music up now.

# We got that power power.

CHEERING

That is EXO and they promised they

would dedicate that Power to all the

athletes who have taken part. At a

press conference they were asked

which athlete they were most looking

forward to seeing and I am afraid we

got eight blank faces. Awkward.

Those of you with good memories will

remember the five children from the

opening ceremony.

opening ceremony. They are now to be

part of one of the final set pieces.

Farewell From a Snowflake.

MUSIC SLOWS

Farewell From a Snowflake as the

flame is extinguished. The games are

over, all bar the party. Does it

leave you feeling poignant, Matthew,

or were you just content we have

seen another really good games?

I

think Korea has done amazingly well

and has been given the run-in they

had politically. That was tricky.

The reunification idea and I deal

with the games with a joint team and

flag, the ice hockey team, I thought

that was a great idea and well

executed. And we will keep a

watching brief on news developments.

Such a cherished part of their bed.

I remember them bidding for the 2010

games and the idea for 17 days,

joining together north and south,

was important then and it has come

to fruition here, during the games.

If anything can be carried forward,

that will be a huge win. I am

wondering whether the athletes all

-- or volunteers will make an

appearance.

Filling up to the sounds

of DJ Raiden. His music has been

included on albums of

included on albums of famous artists

such as David Guetta.

Martin Garrix is another DJ

scheduled to perform here, as the

last stage now of the closing

ceremony are all about the party.

Movement now from the athletes'

seats.

I think Billy Morgan will be first

up to dance.

No, I think they have

all been given white capes to cover

their uniforms. Could that be right?

Is that the volunteers? No, there

are uniforms in amongst them. An

orderly pitch invasion is going on.

Memories of the The Who who brought

the London games to an end.

It is

how each nation puts their own

cultural stamp on it and at times

you come to foreign games and think,

I don't understand that bit. There

must've been loads in the opening

and closing ceremony in the UK that

were totally impenetrable.

I am

pleased Thomas Bach's speech did not

carry on too long in French.

Your

career was very good, I was

impressed by that.

The DJ has a huge

following. His album Animals in the

charts. He is the man with the

responsibility of cranking up the

tempo. Just reaching ten o'clock

here. Now it is time to see who the

best dancer is.

# Diamonds in the dark

# That is all we are

# There is a change that is blowing

# Just pick me up

and never let me go

# We don't need much

as long as we're together

# As long as we're together

# As long as we're together

CHEERING

ANNOUNCEMENT IN FRENCH

This concludes the closing

ceremony...

So, the fireworks beyond the Olympic

Stadium in Pyeongchang, as the party

is only just beginning. That was the

closing ceremony at the end of a

thrilling 17 days of sport. Matthew,

your final thoughts as we say

goodbye to a memorable occasion?

The interesting step is the Olympic

Games going on an Asian leg of a

journey, Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo

2020, and Beijing 2022.

We have had four new offence here.

There are rumours in -- new offence.

There are rumours Nordic combined

will have a women's event, the only

sport in winter or summer which is

only for men. Great to have that.

And women's double luge will debut

in Beijing 2022. I am looking

forward to that.

Generally, it has been a very solid

effort, I think, Pyeongchang has set

it up beautifully for the

Paralympics, and we should say best

of luck to ParalympicsGB as they

complete their final few days of

training and travel and come out

here to compete, we will be watching

and wishing the very best for you as

well.

One thing, whatever the problems

that await this part of the world on

the world map, here in this little

corner of South Korea there has been

nothing but warmth and feminists and

a calm that has stretched from

beginning to end -- warmth and

friendliness.

It starts on the 9th of March and if

you are coming you will be in for a

really good time.

So, with great memories, Lizzy

Yarnold's gold medal, Ester Ledecka

was absolutely marvellous, Martin Fu

card, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

danced into our hearts. Chloe Kim.

Shaun White. They jumped the fun.

Billy Morgan, Izzy Atkin, Laura

Dees, we thank you all, thank you

for watching this closing ceremony

and the games.

STUDIO: A fabulous fireworks display

to close things, I suspect the

athletes will continue partying.

The XXIII Olympic -- Winter Olympics

are officially over.

A wonderful closing ceremony full

of music, dance and culture.

Pyeongchang will be judged

on hosting a Games which gave out

103 medals which saw records tumble

for individuals and Great Britain

taking winning five medals

their best performance in any Winter

Games.

As we saw in the ceremony,

the 24th Winter Games

will be held in Beijing,

the Olympic city which hosted

the 2008 Summer Games is only 680

miles away from Pyeongchang.

And a date for your long-term diary

is that they will be held

between February 4th

and February 20, 2022.

That's just 1,441 days away!

So, as we say farewell

to the Winter Olympics,

the sport on the BBC in 2018 just

keeps on coming.

COMMENTATOR: This is a superb

performance.

What a champion at Wimbledon.

This is it, the pinnacle.

And closer to home, the sport

continues at two o'clock on BBC Two,

after we've said goodbye here.

Some of the top track and field

athletes in the world will be

in action at the Glasgow Grand Prix.

Gabby Logan and the team will be

live for a busy afternoon

which will see the likes

of Dina Asher Smith,

Dafne Schippers, Adam

Gemili all in action.

Then, on Thursday,

the athletics continues

as the World Indoor Championships

will be held here in

with the coverage starting

on Thursday evening

which will see Laura Muir

going for 3000 metres gold.

Over the four days, Gabby will be

joined by all our regular team

members plus Michael Johnson

and Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Steve Cram after his long stint

in the curling commentary box

will also be back for that.

And just to say, the major events

come thick and fast.

And in just 38 days' time,

many of us will be back 24/7

with the Commonwealth Games

from Australia's Gold Coast.

We'll have full coverage

across all our platforms

including TV, radio,

online, the app and our

social media platforms.

That should be a great event

as always, as Glasgow

proved four years ago.

proved four years ago.

Nicola Minichiello joins us along

with Dame Katherine Grainger. Amy

Williams and Shami are still with

me. And reflecting on your overall

thoughts of the British team

performance?

I was there for the first ten days.

Those first few days when you are

waiting for the results. I think

Team GB did a brilliant job. Within

every team there are some

outstanding experiences you don't

expect to see. And some heartbreak

which is what sport is.

We saw Billy Morgan carrying the

flag in the closing ceremony, a

great honour for him. He is such a

guy it is difficult for him to

integrate into the establishment, so

he wanted to do things his own way.

As the team come in. We saw Laura

Dees with her bronze medal,

fantastic performance.

But Billy Morgan decided he would

show off his artistic qualities and

therefore decided to balance the

flag on his chin, as only he can!

The Games, the Winter Olympics have

got this field of being a bit looser

than the summer games, is that fair?

You feel that when you are out

there, there is a lot of fun,

freedom, people are more expressive.

It has a different sense of

experience.

The closing ceremony reflected that,

Thomas Bach Zing ball nations

competing here than ever before, he

called it the Games of New Horizons,

saying the athletes themselves are

the best ambassadors. It is always a

party, you must have enjoyed a few

closing ceremonies.

Actually I never went to a closing

ceremony, for alpine skiing, the

World Cup tour continues straight

afterwards so I had to head onto a

plane.

So you still have World Cup races

after the Olympics. For us, the

Olympic Games is the end of your

competition.

It is hard to deal with

psychologically, it is the biggest

event, but then you have the World

Cup tour in alpine skiing.

It goes on and on.

You have carried

the flag at the closing ceremony in

Vancouver.

Just a magical experience, it is

very emotional, you know everyone is

watching. A lovely feeling you have

been picked to be the flag bearer,

and the responsibility of holding

the union Jack flag, you don't want

to do anything wrong. There is a

huge party atmosphere. Yes, I have

been to the Olympics, and that

feeling of pride of being part of a

massive family. People are swapping

kit. You might have already made

secret deals!

It is a free for all.

I love that shot of all the athletes

representing the different nations,

Tonga with our bare-chested friend!

Nicola, the inclusion of Nigeria

competing in bobsleigh for the first

time. You are getting that flavour

of different nations, it is not just

for North America and Europe.

Absolutely, you don't have to be

from an alpine nation to compete in

the Winter Olympics. It captures a

slightly different audience and

athlete. The summer Olympics is

slightly different. Here, there are

so many more dynamics, the highs and

lows, the fear of breaking your

neck, the artistic element. A really

different feeling. The fact we have

so much inclusion, African nations

competing, it is such a huge

progression.

They are having to balance things

up, Nordic combined, allowing women

to compete. Still some events like

the four-man bob, could we see four

women?

Absolutely, as the blue riband and

event of sliding sports. It is

amazing having gender neutral so men

and women can complete -- together.

Not just for progression and

equality, but we have to have

equality in gender, therefore we

need full woman participation.

Big air providing Great Britain with

a record-breaking fifth medal thanks

to Billy Morgan which is why he was

given the honour of carrying the

flag and banners -- balancing it on

his chin!

Those who came before him produced

medals in the most successful 36

hours Team GB has ever had at a

Winter Olympics.

Medals decided in the next couple of

hours in what is a vital morning for

British sport. Dom Parsons next. The

equation is simple, if his time goes

green, he is in good shape.

Is this

the wrong that will get Great

Britain their first Olympic medal of

these are Limpopo -- of these Winter

Olympics?

No! Dom Parsons may be

just about to agonisingly missed

out!

out! Now, who knows, Parsons might

just be back in the medal race.

That

was a mistake! A big mistake he's

never made before.

Starting to drop

off.

How far will he dropped off?

Five hundredths of a second! Yes!

Parsons unbelievably has his medal!

Come all, Great Britain!

This is the biggest day so far in

these Games for the British team.

We

hand over to our commentary duo.

Isabel Atkin, what has she got in

her run? Biggest run of her life

starts now.

Come on, Lizzy Atkin, --

Izzy Atkin, final jump. Must try to

remain impartial. It's third-place!

Ladies and gentlemen, Great

Britain's Izzy Atkin takes the

bronze.

You are a history maker, how do you

feel?

Amazing, hasn't settled in but

I am really proud.

Today, it is all about the sliding.

A warm welcome to the Sliding Centre

ahead of the women's skeleton. Lizzy

Yarnold is just off the lead. Not

separated by much at the line. Laura

in fourth place. Now we come to the

potential medallists.

Hold it

together...

Laura Deas goes next for

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Lizzy Yarnold next,

the Olympic champion, can she make

history and win it again?

Look at

the gap! This could be at least

silver for Lizzy Yarnold! She goes

to the front! That is a gold-medal

winning run, I am sure of it.

Janine

Flock needs the run of her 28 years.

Time is dropping away.

Looks like

Lizzy Yarnold will win gold again.

Janine Flock goes Forth! Yarnold

wins gold again! Laura Deas has won

bronze as well. A great day for

Britain at the Winter Olympics.

Is it still real?

With each minute, it becomes more of

a reality. It is a relief it all

went to plan.

I could barely look at

the screen, I was so nervous. I had

one eye on the numbers. It is still

sinking in.

When I have the medal in

my hand, then it will be absolutely

real.

I just saw the number one... Thank

you.

OK, one minute on V T.

OK, one minute on V T.

Clink those medals together. Here

they are, the five bringing medals

home from PyeongChang, Lizzy Yarnold

the first to defend a title and

become a double Winter Olympics gold

medallist, Laura Deas joining her on

the podium. Dom Parsons with the

first medal for a man in skeleton

for 70 years. Izzy Atkin the

youngest member of the team bringing

one home in women's skis slopestyle.

And the first time Big Air has been

included in the Games, Billy

And the first time Big Air has been

included in the Games, Billy Morgan

bringing home a bronze medal. Packed

into that 36 hours when the four of

them won four medals was Elise

Christie and at the time we hoped

she was going to win a first Olympic

medal. It ended in incredibly

painful scenes, literally and,

indeed, physically and mentally. It

has been another Games of way over

for her. The way we look after our

athletes is a major concern of

yours, which is a major concern of

yours. What do you want to see with

Elise in the next few years?

She has

a fabulous team around her. She has

been through a similar situation

four years ago at the previous

Winter Games where she was

considered one of the favourites for

the three events and was

disqualified each time. None of us

have been in that situation, you

can't imagine what it feels like.

There was awareness in her team

around her that she had to be looked

after physically and mentally

because you need to be on your game

when it comes to the Olympic Games,

that is such a key moment. Even if

you are physically fit and the

favourite, it is still a huge

pressure moment. So, when you have a

new history traumatic experiences,

everyone is aware that needs to be

done. You can't rule out there won't

be some impact but everything is in

place so that athlete will deal with

that in that situation. I think they

did a great job. It is hard. I was

there for her 500 metres and 1500

metre event, and it is hard enough

to see the pictures but when you see

it live, it is tough. We all buy

into it, sport will do it, it can be

the greatest moment in your life and

the most heartbreaking moment and

you accept that comes with the gig.

There are no guarantees but it is

difficult to see someone go through

that time and time again.

It will be

such a test of her character, her

mental resilience, to see if she can

in four years' time put this right.

It remains her burning ambition, the

drive is there, there is still

massive unfinished business. Yes,

she finished fourth, she finished a

final at the Olympics, but, oh my

word, she will feel this has to get

better.

It has been great to see her

post interviews, see her resilience,

and her personality shine through,

she is so positive, and fourth is

still incredible. Yes, she wanted

medals, and she went for it, she

fought for it and wanted nothing

less than a gold. To now see her so

positive so early on and so seemed

that she is already looking forward

four years. The sports go through

huge review processes. They go

through everything with a fine tooth

comb. For her to already have her

sights will she do long track,

short-track, what is she going to

do, it is a great thing and it shows

how strong she is internally.

Do you

think, as an athlete, the way the

funding mechanism works, when you

went out there to ski, you funded

yourself, you were skiing for you,

yes, for Team GB. If you had in the

back of your head my finishing

position will impact every other

person in my team, is that not a

lock to carry with you?

Short-track

speed skating is so dynamic, it is

such a battle. That won't be going

through your head. You do feel

pressure. In Vancouver, our

federation went bankrupt and I got a

mystery donation to get there and

when I was there, they said if you

perform, we will be able to put in a

programme for the next four years. I

wasn't strong enough, I wasn't a

world champion and played on me. But

I over tried when you tried to push

too far, it goes terribly. And it

plays in your head but at the same

time she is triple world champion.

Short-track and the associations

with it have to look at that and say

we have proved we can do it. It

didn't happen in the Olympics, it

fell apart, she came fourth, and

others have potential and there will

be a pathway.

We will talk about how

funding might change and what your

thoughts are after this piece from

Paddy Geary.

This was the flip

that did the trick.

Billy Morgan's bronze was Britain's

fifth medal of the Games.

It meant they'd hit their target

and broken a record.

The most medals this country has

ever managed at a Winter Olympics.

It's come with hard work

but also lots of hard cash.

The body which allocates elite

sport funding, UK Sport,

put a record £28 million into winter

sports in the four years

running up to these Games.

That works out five points £6

million a medal. That is how medals

matter. That's how they work out how

they get the money. Lizzy Yarnold,

guided from heptathlon to skeleton

thanks to UK sport ski. When she

showed potential, they funded her.

Gold followed in Sochi.

Lizzy

Yarnold is the Olympic champion, oh

my goodness! They stepped up their

funding to £6.5 million.

That is a

gold-medal winning run! We are

looking at a two-time Olympic

champion!

It is a former that has

helped British sport rise from 36 to

second in Rio, and has led to

unprecedented success in this Winter

Olympics but sport doesn't always do

predictable outcomes. Short-track

speed skating is the standout

example. Elise Christie was a triple

world champion so her sport got more

than four points £7 million to

deliver a medal. But you can't bank

on bad luck and slip-ups. Winter

Games are uncertain terrain.

Meanwhile, sports like ice hockey

and Luge don't get any sports money

because medals are thought to be out

of reach. Should medals be our only

guiding light? Some want more money

redirected to recreational sports

like basketball. The old-fashioned

way was to fund yourself, which is

what Mica Moore and Mica McNeill

did.

Nobody has been eighth at

Olympic Games but these two have

claimed that position! What a Games