Closing Ceremony

:00:00. > :00:12.Here in Sochi it is the final day of these Winter Olympics. We are

:00:13. > :00:17.building towards the closing ceremony, which will start in around

:00:18. > :00:21.15 minutes' time. We were discussing the misfortunes of Elise Christie.

:00:22. > :00:27.She and her fellow short track speed skaters are here. They are going to

:00:28. > :00:34.be in the closing ceremony. We have a gathering of Team GB athletes. How

:00:35. > :00:37.are we feeling, all good? Yes. You sound enthusiastic. Johnny, can you

:00:38. > :00:42.suggest up what you've been through over the past three weeks? It's been

:00:43. > :00:47.a great three weeks. I've been part of a fantastic team and the medal

:00:48. > :00:52.table shows we've done well. What do you want to say to the people back

:00:53. > :00:59.home who've supported you? Thank you so much and it has inspired us to do

:01:00. > :01:03.great things. Jack, come in here. I love that bobble hat. You've been

:01:04. > :01:10.through all sorts, given to what's happened to you and Ellise. Ups and

:01:11. > :01:13.downs but we are still part of one of the best winter GB teams. All

:01:14. > :01:20.positive in the end. It's been a great vibe in the Team GB house

:01:21. > :01:25.hasn't it? Epic. We went through Moscow. Out here in Russia's been

:01:26. > :01:31.one of the best Games we'll probably go to. You've been getting a lot of

:01:32. > :01:36.support on social media and what's happened to your girlfriend Elise

:01:37. > :01:42.Christie. What do you want to say? Thank you, and maybe you can be one

:01:43. > :01:46.of the people here in future. The more athletes we get here the bigger

:01:47. > :01:50.the Games will get. Well said. Ellise, I have to say, after the

:01:51. > :01:54.last interview with you, a number of tweets are saying that everybody

:01:55. > :01:57.back home is thinking of you. What do you want to say to the people of

:01:58. > :02:04.the United Kingdom who are watching tonight? Obviously I'm really

:02:05. > :02:08.thankful to everyone. I said I would never have made it back on the ice

:02:09. > :02:13.without their support, never mind skating the way I did. They've been

:02:14. > :02:18.amazing and lifted everyone's spirits, so it is a good sport for

:02:19. > :02:27.everyone. Are you looking forward to going back home? Yes. Guys, thank

:02:28. > :02:31.you. Congratulations. Well done, guys.

:02:32. > :02:36.Great to see them in such good spirits. Elise Christie in the midst

:02:37. > :02:42.of them. She came down the the restaurant to say well done to the

:02:43. > :02:51.cullers, the short-track speed skaters and the ice skate all give

:02:52. > :02:55.each other close support. It must help having her boyfriend on the

:02:56. > :03:02.team. A absolutely. A tremendous family of feeling, the whole Team GB

:03:03. > :03:08.have. It is nice to see. She was only 19 in Vancouver, she's 23 now.

:03:09. > :03:13.What's the prime age for a short-track speed skater? When I was

:03:14. > :03:18.successful I was 23. Ellise skates quicker than I did back in 1988.

:03:19. > :03:22.That's some impression how much the sport has progressed. I think

:03:23. > :03:28.nowadays, the more experience you have, the better. Going into the

:03:29. > :03:33.third Olympic Games for her, like Jon Eley - it will be a much bigger

:03:34. > :03:39.boost for her to come home with more than zero medals. That would be a

:03:40. > :03:46.story. From the 23-year-old to the 25-year-old Olympic champion, Lizzy

:03:47. > :03:52.Yarnold. It is a sport she only took up recently. My word, she is

:03:53. > :04:00.impressive. This has been my goal since I was a kid. You always feel

:04:01. > :04:04.nervous before you compete in the skeleton. It account be quite

:04:05. > :04:09.dangerous, but it is that thrill and adrenaline that I really love. You

:04:10. > :04:15.walk to the start block and you have to be focused and yet exhilarated

:04:16. > :04:20.and ready to produce a lot of power and sprint fast. Elizabeth Yarnold

:04:21. > :04:30.of Great Britain going for Olympic gold. She's powered it off. That is

:04:31. > :04:39.brilliant. This competition has got off to a blistering start. I just

:04:40. > :04:42.hope she can keep calm. I slept unbelievably well. Although the

:04:43. > :04:47.pressure was there to perform, I said, you are in control of your own

:04:48. > :04:52.destiny, you can do this. Away she goes. It is the fastest start so

:04:53. > :04:57.far. That's a magnificent speed. It is a track record. You couldn't ask

:04:58. > :05:03.for anything more. I needed to experience this as a family. I'm so

:05:04. > :05:11.grateful to them. She's in the lead by a big margin. She's down! She's

:05:12. > :05:19.in control. My goodness, that was a horrible slide. Come on, Lizzie,

:05:20. > :05:28.keep it together, keep calm. Go on, Lizzie! She's going to win the gold

:05:29. > :05:36.medal, surely. She's going to do it! Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic

:05:37. > :05:45.champion... Oh, my goodness! I got tears in my eyes here, I passed over

:05:46. > :05:53.my Olympic crown. It was the most exciting and terrifying moment of

:05:54. > :06:01.the whole of my life. Amazing. I'm so chuffed I'm the Olympic champion.

:06:02. > :06:08.Lizzie has got very important responsibilities tonight, because

:06:09. > :06:13.following in the footsteps of Amy Williams and Shelley Rudman eight

:06:14. > :06:17.years ago she's going to be carrying the flag in front of Team GB. Jason

:06:18. > :06:22.Mohammed caught up with her. So the athletes are gathering and

:06:23. > :06:29.here she is, the golden girl, Lizzy Yarnold. How are you? I'm very well

:06:30. > :06:34.thank you, I'm a bit nervous about carrying the flag, but it is such an

:06:35. > :06:39.honour. It's been the best Games, the best few weeks of my life. I

:06:40. > :06:43.can't wait the fly the flag for Team GB. Everybody athlete I've spoken to

:06:44. > :06:47.has spoken of this beautiful relationship that you've all forged

:06:48. > :06:51.in the coast and the mountains. Yes, I've made a lot of friends, which I

:06:52. > :06:55.didn't expect. We come from such different backgrounds and cultures

:06:56. > :06:58.within sport, but when you get down to it, the nitty-gritty of people as

:06:59. > :07:05.athletes, we are very similar. We are just there to strive to do our

:07:06. > :07:09.best and represent our country. It has been a really good experience.

:07:10. > :07:13.We are one group of people. We are very proud of each other. Tonight

:07:14. > :07:16.we'll represent that and we'll have a great party at the closing

:07:17. > :07:20.ceremony. I've been watching lots of Russian television. I'm not exposed

:07:21. > :07:26.to British television. You've been home already. What was that like? It

:07:27. > :07:30.was fantastic actually. I didn't expect how well I was received. I

:07:31. > :07:34.didn't realise so many people would be watching the event. It's a

:07:35. > :07:40.minority sport, the skeleton, but people get behind Team GB. They know

:07:41. > :07:44.how hard athletes work from London and the Olympics and the Paralympics

:07:45. > :07:48.and there is a great respect for the athletes. We need the British

:07:49. > :07:53.public. They really motivate us, give us extra support to give the

:07:54. > :07:57.competition all of us. What are your hopes and aspirations for winter

:07:58. > :08:02.sports in the UK given your success and Team GB's success? Is I think

:08:03. > :08:07.for the Sochi Olympics it was a great addition having the slopestyle

:08:08. > :08:10.sport. There seems to be new possibilities to add to the events.

:08:11. > :08:13.I think more and more people are learning that you can get involved

:08:14. > :08:19.in the sports, that you can be just a normal person from Kent, like I

:08:20. > :08:25.am. I'm a very determined person and if you commit and never give up, you

:08:26. > :08:30.can get to an Olympics and possibly win. Lizzy Yarnold, we are so proud

:08:31. > :08:34.of you. On behalf of the nation, through. Let's high five Enjoy

:08:35. > :08:41.tonight. God bless. I will, thank you. She speaks so well. I know she

:08:42. > :08:46.is making it her mission to travel around schools and talk to pupils

:08:47. > :08:49.about her experiences, and she embraces the whole event. She does.

:08:50. > :08:55.It is the important thing being here and being in an Olympics had, you

:08:56. > :08:59.get to support all your other team members and watch sports you've

:09:00. > :09:04.never watched before. Up until your event and your training, once your

:09:05. > :09:10.event is over, get out there and watch ate. She watched some events

:09:11. > :09:16.and then got home, appeared on the Jonathan Ross Show with Jenny Jones,

:09:17. > :09:19.and back here to do the job. The closing ceremony is shortly upon us

:09:20. > :09:23.and it brings to an end an extraordinary 16 days of action.

:09:24. > :09:33.Unbelievable to think all of this has happened in the last 16 days.

:09:34. > :09:45.Holds on to gold. He makes history. A clean sweep by the Dutch...

:09:46. > :09:53.Germany has won everything so far. Russia has a new superstar. She wins

:09:54. > :09:58.Olympic slalom title at 18. She's done it. A piece of history that

:09:59. > :10:03.will never be forgotten. The brushes go in the air and Britain wins gold

:10:04. > :10:13.medal. It is gold again for the Iron Lady of Norway. Well done, really

:10:14. > :10:24.well done. He becomes the great test winter Olympian in history. Speed,

:10:25. > :10:28.precision, power, records set, new names coming to the fore. Old

:10:29. > :10:32.champions celebrated and now all of those athletes are gathered here in

:10:33. > :10:37.Olympic Park for the closing ceremony. To guide us through it, we

:10:38. > :10:50.have a man who has been to so many of these as an athlete, four times

:10:51. > :10:53.gold medallist Matthew Pinsent. And Hazel Irvine.

:10:54. > :11:02.Good evening. The skating, the skiing is, the skiing has come to an

:11:03. > :11:07.end in Sochi. The warm's Games we've ever known. The final medals will be

:11:08. > :11:11.presented this evening. What send-off are we going to have

:11:12. > :11:19.tonight? We have moments of grandeur in the opening ceremony, which was

:11:20. > :11:27.well received apart from that pesky snowflake. Tonight they've decided

:11:28. > :11:33.to portray their culture by letting an Italian do it. Daniele Finzi

:11:34. > :11:41.Pasca love as ceremony. He did Turin's ceremony. We were treated to

:11:42. > :11:46.opera, ballet, class wall works, the equivalent of champagne and caviar.

:11:47. > :11:52.After 16 days of competition the athletes might be more in the mood

:11:53. > :11:59.for a burger. What do athletes crave at this point in proceedingses Matt?

:12:00. > :12:03.A party, just to relax. After two weeks of the Games, years of

:12:04. > :12:10.training the, they just want to feel there are no constraints now, we can

:12:11. > :12:14.relax and enjoy and celebrate their achievements at being Olympians. A

:12:15. > :12:18.lot of them will have done as well as they possibly could. Some will be

:12:19. > :12:22.disappointed but tonight they want a party. Let's see what we've got. I

:12:23. > :12:25.think we are going to be Kate carrying for all tastes. The closing

:12:26. > :12:51.ceremony is is under way. To the strains of Modest

:12:52. > :12:55.Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, we look back at some of

:12:56. > :13:31.the images that will forever frame our memories of Sochi's Games.

:13:32. > :13:38.HAZEL IRVINE: The stunning Fisht Olympic Stadium erupts in fireworks

:13:39. > :13:44.and that will be the first of many this evening. Here inside, we have a

:13:45. > :13:54.forest of lights suspended from the roof of the stadium. 204 poles. That

:13:55. > :14:23.is the source of a beautiful light show.

:14:24. > :14:30.A rowing boat appears floating in the night sky. It is an image the

:14:31. > :14:46.parents of small children under five will dread.

:14:47. > :15:06.Our heroine from the opening ceremony is back. This time, she has

:15:07. > :15:10.company. Those are her little mates, Yuri and Valentina, named after Yuri

:15:11. > :15:14.Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space. So

:15:15. > :15:19.you get the idea that there is going to be a lot of cross-referencing

:15:20. > :15:30.going on here. It is a bit like Lord of the Rings parts two and three!

:15:31. > :15:32.MATTHEW PINSENT: I can't critique the rowing technique. Once a rower,

:15:33. > :15:39.always a rower! He is not going to win a gold, is

:15:40. > :16:00.he? The sea, another constant theme in

:16:01. > :16:06.these Opening and Closing Ceremonies. We are by the Black Sea

:16:07. > :16:09.which forms a border for Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and

:16:10. > :16:25.Romania. That's a human bait ball beneath the

:16:26. > :17:16.That's a human bait ball beneath sequins.

:17:17. > :17:25.That's a human bait ball beneath little bow swirling around in

:17:26. > :17:25.That's a human bait ball beneath of them aged between 6 and 43. They

:17:26. > :19:49.have The music from the Hollywood

:19:50. > :19:52.favourite "It's A Wonderful Life." The theme music was composed by

:19:53. > :21:18.Dimitri Tiomkin who was Russian! LAUGHTER

:21:19. > :21:35.Very good! Will it work? Will it work?

:21:36. > :21:44.Of course it'll work! That is a very, very nice touch. Very clever.

:21:45. > :22:30.Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir

:22:31. > :22:34.Putin, and the President of the International Olympic Committee,

:22:35. > :22:37.Thomas Bach, Olympic Champion Fencing 1976.

:22:38. > :22:45.President Putin has 13 golds to celebrate. But not the men's ice

:22:46. > :22:52.hockey. It was won this afternoon by Canada. They have finished top of

:22:53. > :22:58.the medals table, the Russians. Very well deserved indeed. Thomas Bach,

:22:59. > :23:08.his first Games in charge of the IOC. He's certainly not been afraid

:23:09. > :23:12.of making strong statements. The national flag of the Russian

:23:13. > :23:15.Federation is carried by the Russian champions at the Sochi 2014 Winter

:23:16. > :23:42.Olympic Games. This is a Victory Parade in effect

:23:43. > :23:49.for the country that topped the medal table for the first time for

:23:50. > :24:02.20 years. It equals the Soviet Union's best, actually, of 13

:24:03. > :24:24.medals. A long time ago at the Games of '76.

:24:25. > :24:38.So many of their great champions. There is Victor An who won three

:24:39. > :24:43.gold medals in the short-track speed-skating to take his personal

:24:44. > :24:52.tally to six. He's now a Russian citizen. They made home ice count,

:24:53. > :25:10.did the Russians, especially at the Sliding Centre. They won three

:25:11. > :25:18.golds, two silver and one bronze at the Sliding Centre.

:25:19. > :25:32.We also have one-half of the pairs gold medal-winning double act. The

:25:33. > :25:35.pairs skater won gold in the team event and the darling of the Russian

:25:36. > :25:41.team, the 15-year-old who took the gold as part of that team event.

:25:42. > :25:58.They won three out of the five of the figure skating golds.

:25:59. > :26:10.So much celebration for the Russians and you really feel that the whole

:26:11. > :26:17.nation has embraced it. The Sliding Centre became a Russian playground

:26:18. > :26:19.for them. They used home field advantage, just as we did in London,

:26:20. > :26:46.and they used it brilliantly here. We will now hear the voices of 1,000

:26:47. > :26:53.children from the Pan-Russian Choir under the stewardship of the

:26:54. > :26:58.conductor, Valery Gergiev. Please stand for the National Anthem of the

:26:59. > :27:06.Russian Federation. Performed by the Children's Choir of Russia,

:27:07. > :27:09.conducted by Valery Gergiev and the he Pan-Russian Youth Symphonic

:27:10. > :27:45.Orchestra. # Russia - our sacred homeland.

:27:46. > :27:52.# Russia - our beloved country. # A mighty will, great glory.

:27:53. > :27:54.# These are your heritage for all time!

:27:55. > :28:05.# Be glorious, our free Motherland, Age-old union of fraternal peoples.

:28:06. > :28:19.# Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!

:28:20. > :28:25.# Be glorious, our country! # We are proud of you!

:28:26. > :28:34.# From the southern seas to the polar lands.

:28:35. > :28:41.# Spread are our forests and fields. # You are unique in the world, one

:28:42. > :28:53.of a kind. # This native land protected by God!

:28:54. > :28:59.# Be glorious, our free Motherland, Age-old union of fraternal peoples.

:29:00. > :29:09.# Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!

:29:10. > :29:14.# Be glorious, our country! # We are proud of you!

:29:15. > :29:21.# Wide spaces for dreams and for living.

:29:22. > :29:28.# Are opened for us by the coming years.

:29:29. > :29:36.# Our loyalty to the Motherland gives us strength.

:29:37. > :29:43.# Thus it was, thus it is and thus it always will be!

:29:44. > :29:54.# Be glorious, our free Motherland, Age-old union of fraternal peoples.

:29:55. > :30:04.# Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!

:30:05. > :31:35.# Be glorious, our country! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:31:36. > :31:41.Russia's gold medallists celebrate next to their flag and in the VIP

:31:42. > :31:45.seats Aleksandr Zhukov has a grandstand view next to Vladimir

:31:46. > :31:52.Putin, sitting to his left, the man who piloted the Russian two-man and

:31:53. > :32:00.the four-man bob. He's a national hero now. He drove brilliantly. He

:32:01. > :32:06.was flawless. Unfortunately from a British point of view with a

:32:07. > :32:10.four-man he was unbeatable. It was the President who persuaded him to

:32:11. > :32:21.come out of retirement in the first place to get back into the bob.

:32:22. > :32:27.At a ceremony everybody loves a marching band and drummers. It might

:32:28. > :32:35.have something to do with the legacy of Beijing in 2008. These boys have

:32:36. > :35:16.got a bit of rhythm as well haven't they?

:35:17. > :35:24.CHEERING We were rather hoping it would be

:35:25. > :35:29.the Russian Interior Ministry police band singing some Daft Punk, but it

:35:30. > :35:36.wasn't to be. However, they were good substitutes. Not as many

:35:37. > :35:42.moustaches however. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the flags

:35:43. > :35:47.of the delegations of the Sochi 2014 won't Games. Two weeks ago they

:35:48. > :35:53.emerged from the same trap door. Now the athletes chosen to carry their

:35:54. > :36:04.nation's flags. 88 nations, a record for the Winter Olympics, and here

:36:05. > :36:11.they come! We will look very closely for the Union Flag. And we will look

:36:12. > :36:17.to see Lizzy Yarnold, the third skeleton athlete inta row to carry

:36:18. > :36:22.the flag in the ceremony, after Amy Williams. There she is bottom of the

:36:23. > :36:32.screen, on the left-hand side. Come on, Lizzie, give it your all.

:36:33. > :36:41.She won by a huge margin of victory did Lizzie. There she goes on the

:36:42. > :36:51.left. Maths has never been my strong point but I'm told her 0. 9

:36:52. > :36:58.second... Her finishing round 34 metres ahead of the second-placed

:36:59. > :37:03.athlete from America, not even Usain Bolt can manage that. She was

:37:04. > :37:09.dominant. Four brilliant runs. I'm so pleased for her to be given this

:37:10. > :37:16.honour to carry the flag back into the Fisht stadium. Brilliant for

:37:17. > :37:22.her. I think appropriately to the tune of There's No Limit. That's the

:37:23. > :37:26.theme of Team GB. The director has talked about this being a turning

:37:27. > :37:31.point for Britain. The belief is there, the preparation is there and

:37:32. > :37:38.now the results are there as well. I don't think there is any reason why

:37:39. > :37:47.we shouldn't compete. Skeleton has has been brilliant, the quality is

:37:48. > :37:53.there. Some 2,856 athletes came to Sochi. Many have stayed to enjoy the

:37:54. > :37:59.party tonight. As is now tradition, they will come in and mix together.

:38:00. > :38:03.That's something that's been done since the 1956 Summer Games in

:38:04. > :38:08.Melbourne. Apparently it was the suggestion of an Aussie schoolboy

:38:09. > :38:16.who wrote to the IOC, who said it would be a fitting symbol of unity

:38:17. > :38:23.if everybody assembled together. What a bonzer idea it turned out to

:38:24. > :38:29.be. The curlers and the bobsleighers. Here come the Dutch.

:38:30. > :38:39.I'm kind of half guessing they might be speed skaters. The Dutch have

:38:40. > :38:44.been absolutely unbelievable in the Adler Arena. I think they should

:38:45. > :38:54.paint it orange and be done with it. Eight out of 12 goals and 23 out of

:38:55. > :39:03.32 medals in long track. -- eight out of 12 golds. To the sound of

:39:04. > :39:12.Boney M, no party is complete without Boney M. You're showing your

:39:13. > :39:17.age now Hazel. I'm wait g for Rasputin any minute. Oh, yes. Boney

:39:18. > :39:26.M were one of the few western acts to tour the Soviet Union, along with

:39:27. > :39:40.Elton John. Rasputin was not released in the Soviet Union, do you

:39:41. > :39:44.to the lyrics. Keep digging, Irvine. Here come the Italians. No golds

:39:45. > :39:50.this time. That was a bit of a surprise. They hosted the Games only

:39:51. > :39:57.eight years ago but no golden variety to take home. Canadians have

:39:58. > :40:02.had a great Games. Double curling gold. Men's and women's ice hockey,

:40:03. > :40:07.ten golds in total and 14 last time. That was a record for home Games for

:40:08. > :40:22.any nation. That's not a bad return for the next one after is it? Sir

:40:23. > :40:28.Craig Reedie is looking on. And Jean-Claude Killy, the IOC medal.

:40:29. > :40:33.His three gold medals from 1948. He was within two inches of a third

:40:34. > :40:42.gold medal up at the cross-country centre. He was beaten by Norway. At

:40:43. > :40:47.this point Matt when you are coming in and you've completed your event

:40:48. > :40:51.and you are wearing your medal, can you describe what it is like? You

:40:52. > :40:57.don't wear your medal, definitely no. You've got other plans. You want

:40:58. > :41:00.to come in and see the show, be completely relaxed, hang out with

:41:01. > :41:04.some of the other members of the British team. And there's the

:41:05. > :41:10.Americans, nine golds this time, the same as in Vancouver, but it hasn't

:41:11. > :41:19.rained medals for them. 28 this time, 37 last, but some of their

:41:20. > :41:24.alpine star, the youngest slalom champion ever. That was one of the

:41:25. > :41:29.most dominant displays we've seen, wonderful skiing. His first run was

:41:30. > :41:34.extraordinary. He had the luxury in the second run to pick his way

:41:35. > :41:43.through. Interestingly the only gold not on snow for the United States

:41:44. > :41:48.this time was in figure skating. They upgraded their Vancouver silver

:41:49. > :41:54.to Sochi gold. President Obama owes the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen

:41:55. > :42:03.Harper, two crates of beer after two defeats for the nation in ice

:42:04. > :42:06.hockey. Sometimes athletes stay on the field of play in the middle.

:42:07. > :42:11.This time they are going into the stands. They are being asked to sit

:42:12. > :42:15.down, so they are going to use the main part of the stadium for more

:42:16. > :42:21.set pieces. I think the plan is they get them all in, they've scheduled a

:42:22. > :42:26.good 15 minutes for this. They are going to be fed some culture, as are

:42:27. > :42:38.we, before being allowed to really let their hair down at the end.

:42:39. > :42:45.Members of team Russia there. Some of these athletes will be watching

:42:46. > :42:51.at home. I know Jenny Jones is watching at home. And Chemmy Alcott.

:42:52. > :42:58.She's been a fantastic alambassador for British alpine sport. Her fourth

:42:59. > :43:05.Games. Chemmy, we wish you well. It's been a please your working with

:43:06. > :43:09.you over the last few years. The flags are fluttering in an inside

:43:10. > :43:14.stadium, that's a trick I think they used in Beijing for the first time.

:43:15. > :43:16.They put blowers under flagpoles and jets on the top, to get them to

:43:17. > :43:29.stand out straight. They have been racing for the last

:43:30. > :43:44.two weeks so no-one is in any hurry. Some of the big winners here,

:43:45. > :44:08.Belarus. Darya Domracheva won three of those golds.

:44:09. > :44:18.The cries of "Russia" ring out around this big stadium. I can see

:44:19. > :44:23.Lizzy melting into the group. That is about as official as the flag

:44:24. > :44:28.bearer at the Closing Ceremony gets. Indeed. As for the other big winners

:44:29. > :44:33.and losers, you have to be thinking about Norway. Norway bidding for the

:44:34. > :44:38.2022 Games. Many people would love to see it go back to the heartland

:44:39. > :44:59.of winter sport. They, once again, a nation of five million people, they

:45:00. > :45:01.have won 11 gold medals. Along with Russia, they are the powerhouses of

:45:02. > :45:09.winter sport at the moment. Much more relaxed feel now. The work

:45:10. > :45:35.is done. What have been the successes of

:45:36. > :45:38.Sochi's Games in a sporting sense? I think the venues have been

:45:39. > :45:46.wonderful. The athletes have been really happy with the experience.

:45:47. > :45:52.The Villages - there were three of them - they have been very well

:45:53. > :45:57.received. The athletes' experience has been good. That is a benchmark,

:45:58. > :46:01.for me, of a host city. The Olympic experience has to be worth it if you

:46:02. > :46:06.only come to one. Some of us are lucky to go to two or more. If you

:46:07. > :46:10.get a chance to go to one, it has to be magical. Sochi has done that for

:46:11. > :46:14.the athletes who are here. From what you have seen of the crowds and the

:46:15. > :46:18.response from the Russian people, how's that been? The people who is

:46:19. > :46:25.been here have loved it. I don't think many of the venues have been

:46:26. > :46:29.rammed full. I don't think people are too worried about that. The

:46:30. > :46:43.atmosphere has been good. For a winter city, it's been a really good

:46:44. > :46:51.Games. The Russian crowds have been very generous. Jeremy Abbott had a

:46:52. > :46:56.horrible fall and was cheered and clapped all the way through his

:46:57. > :47:02.routine. He was really touched. It was a Derek Redmond moment! There

:47:03. > :47:07.have been lots of injuries for some of those extreme events. We saw some

:47:08. > :47:14.horrendous injuries and some sort of walking wounded. It's been - as you

:47:15. > :47:19.say, the attitude of the crowd has always been positive in that

:47:20. > :47:21.situation. It's been a surprise to me that so many athletes have come

:47:22. > :47:34.away injured. Those that are coming, they all

:47:35. > :47:42.appear to be present and correct. We are ushing them into their seats. --

:47:43. > :47:51.ushering them into their seats. There is Viktor Ahn again. He's dyed

:47:52. > :47:56.his hair. What a story. I wonder how he will be received next time. If he

:47:57. > :48:01.goes to PyeongChang, the man who was a great hero in his native South

:48:02. > :48:04.Korea. He changed his nationality. Wasn't pleased with the way things

:48:05. > :48:08.had gone under their system and decided he would race for Russia

:48:09. > :48:13.with incredible results. He is the first man ever to win golds in every

:48:14. > :48:15.single event available to him and he now has a total of six golds, this

:48:16. > :48:50.young man. Now, no nations, no boundaries to be

:48:51. > :49:35.seen, just one world, one globe spinning around.

:49:36. > :49:43.Ladies and gentlemen, the victory ceremonies for the cross-country

:49:44. > :49:48.skiing free mass start. Well, 98 sets of medals have been won, but

:49:49. > :49:59.only 96 sets have been presented. Our unfinished business concludes

:50:00. > :50:03.now. For the first time ever, it's usually the men's 50km cross-country

:50:04. > :50:09.skiing that is rewarded, but the women's 30km cross-country skiing

:50:10. > :50:16.will also be presented this time. There are the athletes. Both events,

:50:17. > :50:29.a clean sweep - one for Norway and one for Russia. The victory ceremony

:50:30. > :50:36.for the women's 30km cross-country skiing. 18.5 miles of racing took

:50:37. > :51:09.place yesterday. I am sure these ladies have just about recovered.

:51:10. > :51:17.The medals will be presented by the President of the International

:51:18. > :51:24.Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, Olympic Champion Fencing 1976,

:51:25. > :51:42.accompanied by the President of the International Ski Federation.

:51:43. > :51:52.No surprise that every one of Norway's gold medals came on skis.

:51:53. > :51:56.Skiing, in all forms, the national obsession in Norway. The most

:51:57. > :52:10.successful nation in the history of the Winter Games.

:52:11. > :52:17.Representing Norway, Kristin Steira. This is the start of one of eight

:52:18. > :52:29.clean sweeps at these Games. Never happened before. Kristin Steira

:52:30. > :52:45.receiving her bronze medal from the IOC President.

:52:46. > :52:51.The President of the Skiing Federation. I would have liked him

:52:52. > :52:57.to give away the ski jumping medals. That was the women's first event in

:52:58. > :53:09.ski jumping here. I didn't see him that night. Silver medallist,

:53:10. > :53:13.representing Norway, Therese Johaug. Therese Johaug had been tipped for

:53:14. > :53:19.the gold in this one. She is the World Champion in this event. She

:53:20. > :53:29.seems happy enough, though. Just missed out by five seconds

:53:30. > :53:37.yesterday. In an hour and 15 of racing! The Norwegians weren't happy

:53:38. > :53:44.with the progress of their cross-country skiers early on. There

:53:45. > :53:49.had been a debate about whether they had prepared at too low an altitude

:53:50. > :53:51.for these Games, but it all came right and what a storming finish

:53:52. > :53:57.they had to the programme yesterday. Gold medallist and Olympic Champion,

:53:58. > :54:29.representing Norway, Marit Bjoergen. How appropriate we should see this

:54:30. > :54:34.medal presented to Marit Bjoergen. The Iron Lady, they call her. It is

:54:35. > :54:48.her third gold of the Games, her sixth in total. She equals the tally

:54:49. > :54:54.of two Russians. If it is a farewell for the 33-year-old, this would be

:54:55. > :55:07.an appropriate send-off, unless the lady is for turning! I watched her

:55:08. > :55:10.first gold medal. She's been dominant but, for me, she spent so

:55:11. > :55:19.much time doing all the interviews with all the cameras. She was so

:55:20. > :55:25.lovely. There was no need for it to be obligatory. A class act. Please

:55:26. > :55:36.stand for the National Anthem of Norway.

:55:37. > :56:46.Congratulations for the Iron Lady, Marit Bjoergen. Ladies and

:56:47. > :57:12.gentlemen, the Olympic medallists. Oslo have ambitions of staging these

:57:13. > :57:20.Games in 2022. 1952 they staged the Winter Games for the first time. I

:57:21. > :57:28.think with such a ski-mad nation, many would love to see it go back.

:57:29. > :57:39.There might be a feeling after Sochi and Korea to bring it back to the

:57:40. > :57:42.European stronghold again. This is going to be a popular moment, I

:57:43. > :57:57.suspect(!) Ladies and gentlemen, the victory

:57:58. > :58:11.ceremony for the men's 50km cross-country skiing.

:58:12. > :58:21.It is gruelling, it is lung busting and it has made all the tougher in

:58:22. > :58:28.balmy conditions of the last few days.

:58:29. > :58:39.Bronze medallists representing the Russian Federation.

:58:40. > :58:52.CHEERING That was a late charge. A photo finish for the silver medal.

:58:53. > :59:05.But he's part of a team that's made history today.

:59:06. > :59:13.It is the first time in the 78 years that this gruelling ski marathon has

:59:14. > :59:16.been stageded that we've had a clean sweep from one nation and it is

:59:17. > :59:33.Russia who've done it. Silver medallists representing the

:59:34. > :59:52.Russian Federation. CHEERING

:59:53. > :59:59.By two tenths of a second. That was the difference between second and

:00:00. > :00:05.third place. He played such a crucial role in the silver won by

:00:06. > :00:08.the relay earlier in the Games. It was a gutsy performance then and a

:00:09. > :00:18.really gutsy performance today. Gold medallist and Olympic champion

:00:19. > :00:57.representing the Russian Federation. CHEERING what a roar! The man who

:00:58. > :01:02.turned down the opportunity to carry his flag for his country at the

:01:03. > :01:07.opening ceremony. He didn't want to leave his training and didn't want

:01:08. > :01:12.to come down from altitude too soon in order to completely prepare for

:01:13. > :01:16.this race. He said today, this is priceless, it is more valuable than

:01:17. > :01:22.I can explain. I can't express how I feel. For 15 years I've been trying

:01:23. > :01:29.to win this thing. The gamble paid off. What a moment. In front of your

:01:30. > :01:32.home crowd at the closing ceremony, a gold medal. That's got to be very

:01:33. > :01:50.special. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand

:01:51. > :01:52.for the anthem of the Russian Federation. We are going to hear it

:01:53. > :02:10.again. NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE RUSSIAN

:02:11. > :03:11.FEDERATION CHEERING

:03:12. > :03:17.I thought he was going to shed a tear there. Very well deserved. What

:03:18. > :03:18.a moment. Even more special, the closing ceremony, in front of 40,000

:03:19. > :03:38.people in your home Olympics. It is the kind of fairy-tale that

:03:39. > :03:43.the Canadians experienced on their last day as well, with the men's ice

:03:44. > :03:49.hockey. What a fitting the climax to Russia's Games that they should win

:03:50. > :04:01.the last of the events. Up the mountain anyway. And the familiar

:04:02. > :04:08.pattern of Sochi's colours on all of the uniforms of the volunteers, now

:04:09. > :04:13.on the stadium floor. A patchwork representing all the different

:04:14. > :04:18.communities from around Russia. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

:04:19. > :04:21.the newly elected members of the International Olympic Committee and

:04:22. > :04:24.its athletes' commission. The athletes commission of course

:04:25. > :04:31.something Matt that you were part of? I was, for two years, yes. These

:04:32. > :04:37.guys have been elected at an athlete election in all the villages. The

:04:38. > :04:41.athletes cast their vote. And 80% of the athletes here turned out to vote

:04:42. > :04:50.for these representatives and they could not have chosen better. That

:04:51. > :04:57.doesn't do her justice. She has now won four golds in a row for the

:04:58. > :05:01.Canadian ice hockey team. And she plays softball. She carried the

:05:02. > :05:13.Canadian flag into the stadium at the opening and now officially the

:05:14. > :05:21.greatest of them all. His biathlete gold was his 8th gold and he has

:05:22. > :05:32.overtaken had record of his fellow countryman. What a perfect day

:05:33. > :05:37.Wednesday was for him. They will have eight years on that commission.

:05:38. > :05:44.What will they do? It is one of the things that Jacques Rogge brought

:05:45. > :05:50.in. There are four that go on each edition of the Winter Games. They

:05:51. > :05:56.will discuss all sorts of things. Transport, the village, food. On and

:05:57. > :06:01.on it goes. Making sure that the athletes are properly represented at

:06:02. > :06:09.the IOC. And now we are honouring the 25,000 volunteers who have

:06:10. > :06:13.cheered everyone along here. This is the first time a massed volunteering

:06:14. > :06:20.programme has ever been achieved in Russia. On behalf of all athletes,

:06:21. > :06:24.the newly elected members of the IOC will present flowers of appreciation

:06:25. > :06:31.to the volunteer representatives of Sochi 2014 to thank them for their

:06:32. > :06:37.contribution. We've got a British athlete member, Adam Pengilly, who

:06:38. > :06:44.was voted on four years ago. He will come off the commission in 2018. He

:06:45. > :06:50.might be looking for a British winter Olympian to stand for that

:06:51. > :06:56.position in Korea. I think we would like to echo the sentiments out

:06:57. > :07:01.there. Most of these volunteers, in fact every one of them, have been

:07:02. > :07:05.eager, keen to smile, desperate to practise their English. They've been

:07:06. > :07:09.representative of most of the people here, who have been very generous

:07:10. > :07:13.and very warm. A They've been brilliant, like every Olympic

:07:14. > :07:18.volunteer group, it takes them two or three days to get settled and

:07:19. > :07:26.then they get into it. They've been great. In Vancouver at this stage

:07:27. > :07:34.four years ago we had a self-satirising Saab lieu of moose,

:07:35. > :07:39.huge table hockey players and Michael Buble. It is not quite the

:07:40. > :07:48.tone our hosts are hoping to strike now.

:07:49. > :07:55.The stage is being transformed into a scene from the fantasy world of a

:07:56. > :07:59.Mark Chagall painting. The Russian-born artist who once said he

:08:00. > :08:10.saw his work not as the dream of one people but of all humanity.

:08:11. > :08:18.Something thetive. OC -- something the IOC recognises. The soloist is

:08:19. > :09:22.Yuri Bashmet. The music is the polka by Alfred

:09:23. > :09:25.Schnittke. Echoes of the opening ceremony again. One of his works was

:09:26. > :10:19.played there to great effect. So the painting appears. Mark

:10:20. > :10:27.Chagall worked in virtually every medium, paintings, ceramics and

:10:28. > :10:31.stained glass. He designed the stained glass windows of a church

:10:32. > :10:34.near Tunbridge Wells. Get inspired? It is not just about snowboarding

:10:35. > :11:36.you know. And now from Russian art to Russian

:11:37. > :11:45.music. One of the best-loved pieces of music from anywhere any time.

:11:46. > :13:03.Rachmaninov number 2. MUSIC: "Piano Concerto No 2"

:13:04. > :16:17.By Rachmaninoff HAZEL IRVINE: That has to be gold!

:16:18. > :16:23.Denis Matsuev had 260 wannabes out there with him. This is like the

:16:24. > :16:34.best bits from Russia's Now That's What I Call Classical Music! A

:16:35. > :16:37.chandelier lowers from the roof. A bit of music by Nikolai

:16:38. > :16:42.Rimsky-Korsakov. Two stages have appeared. On the left in red and

:16:43. > :16:50.gold representing the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. On the right, the

:16:51. > :17:13.blue and gold, the Mariinsky Theatre.

:17:14. > :18:10.MUSIC: "Scheherazade" By Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

:18:11. > :18:19.Just coming into view, that's Sergei Diaghilev - or a representation of

:18:20. > :18:28.him. He founded the Ballets Russes in Paris. We are getting a potted

:18:29. > :18:30.version of many of their productions - Golden Slave, Zobeida and the

:18:31. > :20:20.Dying Swan are all in there tonight. MUSIC: "Scheherazade"

:20:21. > :21:27.By Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The staging on an epic scale inside

:21:28. > :21:32.the Fisht Olympic Stadium. A giant chandelier as the stages float off.

:21:33. > :21:37.I'm sure the figure skaters will be lapping this up. I wonder what the

:21:38. > :21:46.ski-cross racers are making of it all, Matt. They want to have a dance

:21:47. > :21:51.themselves! A giant library appears now and the children are ushered

:21:52. > :21:57.into it and asked to take a look at the works of 12 of Russia's greatest

:21:58. > :22:19.writers and poets who are busy at their desks.

:22:20. > :22:33.We had some of Tolstoy's best bits in the Opening Ceremony. Now we

:22:34. > :22:42.reference works of Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Pushkin,

:22:43. > :22:43.Solzhenitsyn, Tsvetaeva and Turgenev. They were all Russian, you

:22:44. > :23:13.know! We are hearing Aram Khachaturian's

:23:14. > :24:45.Waltz in the background. MUSIC: "Waltz"

:24:46. > :25:28.By Aram Khachaturian The papers are swept into a vortex

:25:29. > :25:40.to be read and enjoyed all around the world.

:25:41. > :25:48.The only question is - who is going to clear all of it up? They are not

:25:49. > :26:06.going to tell us they invented the vacuum cleaner as well, are they?

:26:07. > :26:14.Now, for something completely different. Just as fundamental to

:26:15. > :26:20.Russia's glories of the past - this country has a circus culture like no

:26:21. > :26:24.other. I'm sure the Moscow State Circus was appearing near you over

:26:25. > :26:30.the holiday period. Circus has been around since the time of Catherine

:26:31. > :26:36.the Great. We began to see the Russian travelling circuses outside

:26:37. > :26:40.and at its height here, there were about 70 permanent circus buildings

:26:41. > :26:44.and 50 travelling circuses all around the country. They love a big

:26:45. > :26:56.top here and the performance as begun.

:26:57. > :32:26.MUSIC: "Suite for Variety Orchestra" By Dmitri Shostakovich

:32:27. > :32:31.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The big top disappears in all of 20

:32:32. > :34:25.seconds, but look out for it again on a village green near you soon.

:34:26. > :34:32.The message is inspired a generation just as it was in 2012. Matt, the

:34:33. > :34:38.facilities here will certainly do that, as will the performances. That

:34:39. > :34:42.will be the test in Sochi and for Russia, how they use these

:34:43. > :34:47.facilities. Sliding downhill, down in the city these venues are

:34:48. > :34:52.amazing. What will they be like in a decade? Once again we acknowledge

:34:53. > :35:54.the roots of the Olympic Games here, the birthplace of the ancient Games.

:35:55. > :36:02.CHEERING The Greek flag flies alongside the

:36:03. > :36:04.Russian and indeed the Olympic flag. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain

:36:05. > :36:21.standing for the Olympic anthem. But now it is time to lower the

:36:22. > :36:24.Olympic flag, the flag designed by Pierre de Coubertin exactly 100

:36:25. > :38:18.years ago. APPLAUSE

:38:19. > :38:23.And the flag carried by the next generation of young Russians as it

:38:24. > :38:27.starts its journey to our new hosts, PyeongChang in 2018, in the Republic

:38:28. > :38:38.of Korea. And it indeed is time for the

:38:39. > :39:14.handover of that flag. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

:39:15. > :39:18.the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach,

:39:19. > :39:24.Olympic champion fencing 1976, accompanied by the Mayor of Sochi,

:39:25. > :39:26.Aleksandr Pakhomov, and the Mayor of PyeongChang, Seok-rae Lee, for the

:39:27. > :40:00.Olympic flag handover ceremony. This is a proud moment, because for

:40:01. > :40:11.only the third time the Winter Games are heading for Asia. It first went

:40:12. > :40:16.to Sapporo and after two failed bids, PyeongChang has won. That's

:40:17. > :40:29.where we are heading in four years' time. The flag is handed to the

:40:30. > :40:33.Mayor of Sochi, who hands it to Thomas Bach, who presents it to

:40:34. > :40:40.Seok-rae Lee, the Mayor of PyeongChang. They each get to wave

:40:41. > :40:46.it a stipulated number of times. I don't know why I know that. I think

:40:47. > :40:51.it might be four. I can never watch this moment without thinking of

:40:52. > :40:57.Boris Johnson doing it in danger. He did.

:40:58. > :41:06.He's just done another couple for good luck. Unauthorised. Ladies and

:41:07. > :41:08.gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem of the Republic of

:41:09. > :41:25.Korea. NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF

:41:26. > :42:41.KOREA CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Aegukga, the

:42:42. > :42:47.national anthem of the Republic of Korea, and, as always, the next host

:42:48. > :42:52.city will give us just a taste of what awaits us in four years' time.

:42:53. > :42:59.The city of PyeongChang is about 100 miles east of the capital city,

:43:00. > :43:04.Seoul, in the mountain. We are about to see what they call the awakening

:43:05. > :43:33.The city of Seoul was our host for the Summer Games of 1988. As their

:43:34. > :43:37.head of their bid said, 30 years ago, the world saw a developing

:43:38. > :43:41.country. One generation the world will see a truly developed Korea

:43:42. > :43:56.through these Games. They say that their bid and Games

:43:57. > :44:00.are going to cost around about ?7 billion as opposed to the ?30

:44:01. > :44:05.billion that was spent here in Russia. So evidence of perhaps a

:44:06. > :44:09.downsizing, a scaling back? One of the things they are promising is the

:44:10. > :44:14.geography will be close together, like we have enjoyed in Sochi. You

:44:15. > :44:18.will be able to do a mountain venue and a city venue in the same day.

:44:19. > :44:22.That is something that has been brilliant here. We are told there

:44:23. > :44:24.will be a coastal cluster and a mountain cluster. Clusters are the

:44:25. > :44:48.way forward in winter sport! Some of the venue plans they've got,

:44:49. > :44:53.enormous spectator numbers. The Sliding Centre, they are talking

:44:54. > :44:58.about 11,000 spectators in there. Alpine skiing, 12,000. Ski and

:44:59. > :45:02.snowboarding, 14,000. If they fill those, it will be amazing. I hope

:45:03. > :45:07.they have bR ganed for a lot of seats at the short-track

:45:08. > :45:15.speed-skating arena. That will be the hottest ticket in town in four

:45:16. > :45:29.years. -- bargained for a lot of seats at the short-track

:45:30. > :45:32.speed-skating arena. We are listening to an instrument that

:45:33. > :48:12.represents each month of the year. A representation of cranes,

:48:13. > :49:53.Happily, it symbolising eternal

:49:54. > :50:13.HAZEL IRVINE: With a time zone that is plus nine ahead of us,

:50:14. > :50:18.PyeongChang's Olympics will mean some early starts, or some very

:50:19. > :50:23.late-nights for all of us. Depending on where we are watching it. We are

:50:24. > :50:28.joined in the presentation party by many of the Korean athletes who have

:50:29. > :50:34.competed here over the last 16 days. They have won three golds, a little

:50:35. > :50:40.down on their number from Vancouver - they had six there. Two golds in

:50:41. > :50:47.the short-track. They have watched their former Korean team-mate Viktor

:50:48. > :50:52.Ahn win three for Russia. There is still a stewards' enquiry,

:50:53. > :50:57.potentially, into the silver in the figure skating, apparently. There is

:50:58. > :51:02.a letter in the post to the International Skating Federation.

:51:03. > :51:09.MATTHEW PINSENT: We are not the only ones to be thinking about judging

:51:10. > :51:15.and, "Oh, that's unfair. Why isn't there an investigation?" It has been

:51:16. > :51:36.a source of controversy. We may not have heard the last of that.

:51:37. > :51:44.APPLAUSE 1,447 days until the opening

:51:45. > :51:47.ceremony of the 23rd Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang on 9th February

:51:48. > :53:53.2018. Matt, you recognise many of those

:53:54. > :53:58.emotions, I'm sure? I think it's been a wonderful Games for that, as

:53:59. > :54:03.ever. The Olympics brings out some amazing highs - and we go through

:54:04. > :54:11.the lows as well. Sochi has provided that drama and those ups and downs

:54:12. > :54:19.brilliantly as well. It is time for some closing marks from the boss.

:54:20. > :54:24.Please welcome the President, Dmitry Cherniskenko, and the President of

:54:25. > :55:00.the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.

:55:01. > :55:16.TRANSLATION: Dear friends, today's Russia first-ever Olympic Games are

:55:17. > :55:30.drawing to a close in Sochi. Russia has delivered on its promise.

:55:31. > :55:39.APPLAUSE Our Games were incredibly hot with

:55:40. > :55:46.the intensity of your passion. APPLAUSE

:55:47. > :55:57.They were truly cool and they belong to each of you! Thank you to the

:55:58. > :56:02.athletes. 98 sets of awards were won in honest and dazzling competition.

:56:03. > :56:10.Your victories inspired people all over the world. Fans, thank you for

:56:11. > :56:17.your support. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:56:18. > :56:29.You are what made the atmosphere of the Games unforgettable. Thank you

:56:30. > :56:37.to everyone who organised the tremendous celebration.

:56:38. > :56:49.APPLAUSE We've proven that we can take on any

:56:50. > :56:54.challenge. Thank you to the people who took care of your safety. You

:56:55. > :57:05.showed how effective yet unnoticed your work can be.

:57:06. > :57:09.APPLAUSE Thank you to those who ran the

:57:10. > :57:15.competitions, cooked, drove vehicles and worked in the hotels and

:57:16. > :57:25.hospitals. APPLAUSE

:57:26. > :57:31.Thank you to our volunteers! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:57:32. > :57:49.They were cheerful, positive and always ready to help out. We are all

:57:50. > :57:53.wanting the Sochi 2014 Team. Thank you to the International Olympic

:57:54. > :58:05.Committee. Your help and dedication made these Games a success.

:58:06. > :58:17.APPLAUSE It is a great moment in our history. A moment to cherish and

:58:18. > :58:23.pass on to the next generation. A moment which will never be

:58:24. > :58:35.forgotten. CHEERING This is the new face of

:58:36. > :58:54.Russia, our Russia. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE And, for us,

:58:55. > :58:59.these Games are the best ever! CHEERING

:59:00. > :59:06.TRANSLATION: We did it! We conquered the Olympic summit and these Games

:59:07. > :59:17.will be with us forever. Olympic, cool, ours.

:59:18. > :59:21.CHEERING And now I have the honour to invite the President of the

:59:22. > :59:26.International Olympic Committee back to deliver his speech. Genuine pride

:59:27. > :59:44.showing through. Many in Russia will see this was a water-shed moment.

:59:45. > :59:53.TRANSLATION: Thank you very much, Sochi, thank you very much Russia!

:59:54. > :59:58.Mr President of the Russian Federation, Good evening dear

:59:59. > :00:07.Olympic friends and friends around the world.

:00:08. > :00:15.CHEERING Thank you very much dear Olympic athletes.

:00:16. > :00:25.CHEERING You have inspired us for the last magnificent 17 days.

:00:26. > :00:31.CHEERING You have excelled in your competitions. You have shared your

:00:32. > :00:41.emotions with us and the whole world.

:00:42. > :00:48.CHEERING You have celebrated victory with dignity. And accepted defeat

:00:49. > :00:58.with dignity. CHEERING By live g under one roof in

:00:59. > :01:06.the Olympic Village, you sent a powerful message from Sochi to the

:01:07. > :01:20.world. The message of a society of peace, tolerance and respect.

:01:21. > :01:27.CHEERING I appeal to everybody implicated in confrontation,

:01:28. > :01:32.oppression or violence. Act on this Olympic message of dialogue and

:01:33. > :01:45.peace. CHEERING We all have enjoyed

:01:46. > :01:53.exceptional conditions in these Olympic Winter Games. Our Russian

:01:54. > :02:01.hosts had promise excellent sports venue, outstanding Olympic Villages,

:02:02. > :02:10.and an impeccable organisation. Tonight...

:02:11. > :02:23.CHEERING Tonight, we can say, Russia delivered all what it had promised.

:02:24. > :02:30.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE What took decades in our parts of the world

:02:31. > :02:40.was achieved here in Sochi in just seven years.

:02:41. > :02:44.CHEERING I would like to thank the President of the Russian Federation,

:02:45. > :02:56.Mr Vladimir Putin. CHEERING For his personal commitment

:02:57. > :03:08.to the extraordinary success of these Olympic Winter Games.

:03:09. > :03:13.CHEERING The Russian Government, the Organising Committee, the Russian

:03:14. > :03:19.Olympic Committee, the IOC members in Russia, and all the people of

:03:20. > :03:21.Sochi and Russia deserve our deep gratitude.

:03:22. > :03:38.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE TRANSLATION: To the success the

:03:39. > :03:42.international Olympic winter sports fed races, the national Olympic

:03:43. > :03:48.committees, the sponsors and broadcasters have greatly

:03:49. > :03:54.contributed. I'm sure they will all remember these Olympic days in

:03:55. > :04:08.Sochi. And come back to create a great sport legacy.

:04:09. > :04:18.CHEERING TRANSLATION: Thank you very much to

:04:19. > :04:23.the volunteers. CHEERING You volunteers with your

:04:24. > :04:31.warm smile made the sun shine for us every day.

:04:32. > :04:38.CHEERING Your wonderful engagement will create the legacy of a strong

:04:39. > :04:50.civil society in Russia. CHEERING Through you, through you

:04:51. > :05:05.everybody with an open mind could see the face of a new Russia.

:05:06. > :05:17.CHEERING Efficient and friendly. Patriotic and open to the world.

:05:18. > :05:27.CHEERING All our partners and friends allowed the world's best

:05:28. > :05:35.athletes to give their best. There is no higher compliment than to say

:05:36. > :05:44.on behalf of all participants and on behalf of all my fellow Olympic

:05:45. > :05:53.athletes. CHEERING These were the athletes'

:05:54. > :06:05.Games. CHEERING We arrived with great

:06:06. > :06:16.respect for the rich and varied history of Russia.

:06:17. > :06:18.CHEERING We leave as friends of the Russian people.

:06:19. > :06:53.CHEERING And now I declare the XXII Olympic

:06:54. > :07:00.Winter Games closed. CHEERING In accordance with

:07:01. > :07:08.tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years

:07:09. > :07:17.from now in PyeongChang to celebrate with us the 23rd Olympic Winter

:07:18. > :07:22.Games. CHEERING Matt, as report cards go,

:07:23. > :07:29.that was pretty good. It was, and I like the way he moderated his Lang.

:07:30. > :07:34.We didn't get into any of that, "This is the best Games ever." As

:07:35. > :07:42.that becomes a pretty silly title to vie for as years go on. As he said,

:07:43. > :07:44.outstanding sports venues, impeccable organisation,

:07:45. > :07:58.extraordinary success, these were the athletes' Games.

:07:59. > :08:08.Luba, Valentina and Yuri are back on the scene. Wandering through a wall

:08:09. > :08:56.of mirrors. Our other old friends are back as

:08:57. > :09:03.well. They've put a lot of effort into the name of these mascots

:09:04. > :09:30.haven't they. Indeed, the bear, the hare and the Snow Leopard.

:09:31. > :09:42.The two older children playing the parts of Valentina and Yuri, their

:09:43. > :09:44.parents currently perform with the circus company. They were from

:09:45. > :09:59.circus families themselves. They are saying a fond farewell to

:10:00. > :10:06.our mascot friends, the two girls on the skis of the hare. I hope she's

:10:07. > :11:54.not heading for that ski-cross course!

:11:55. > :12:03.It is it's a very clever camera angle at the moment, hiding things

:12:04. > :12:12.behind the mirror. You're right, Matt. They drift away to reveal a

:12:13. > :12:53.rather scaled down version of the Olympic cauldron.

:12:54. > :13:00.CHEERING And there is Misha, echoes of Misha

:13:01. > :13:25.the bear from 1980. MUSIC: "Goodbye Moscow"

:13:26. > :14:02.By Aleksandra Pakhmutova Just as 34 years ago, we shed a

:14:03. > :15:13.single tear. The Flame is extinguished. It was

:15:14. > :15:22.lit at Olympia on 29th September and today it dies to be relit ahead of

:15:23. > :15:41.the next Games in Rio in the Summer Olympics and in PyeongChang in 2018.

:15:42. > :15:51.MUSIC: "At Home Among Strangers" By Eduard Artemyev

:15:52. > :15:56.As winter passes, a new spring is on the horizon as one season places

:15:57. > :17:33.another. The soprano is Hibla Gerzmava. She

:17:34. > :17:41.was born and brought up in the Black Sea region. She is travelling in a

:17:42. > :17:47.Springmaker. Not sure if she fancied a bobsled! Nearly 2,000 children are

:17:48. > :17:51.carrying the bright yellow flowers. They are mimosas, the flowers found

:17:52. > :18:11.in southern Russia and a symbol of Sochi's Games.

:18:12. > :18:50.MATTHEW PINSENT: The ceremony designer described the Fisht Olympic

:18:51. > :18:54.Stadium as an incredible machine and you have seen that tonight. All

:18:55. > :18:58.these things in the air, some of the lights. The pages of the book and

:18:59. > :19:02.now these petals flowing around the stadium.

:19:03. > :19:23.HAZEL IRVINE: It is certainly beautiful.

:19:24. > :19:30.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The winter is going and spring is

:19:31. > :19:38.coming. Don't forget, there is a Paralympics first starting on 7th

:19:39. > :19:43.March. We saw our old friend Valery Gergiev conducting that choir once

:19:44. > :19:48.again and it was Valery Gergiev who said Russia, with their culture, is

:19:49. > :20:28.not a country, it's a huge piece of land! Once again, one of the

:20:29. > :20:34.cultural icons of this country, chai Tchaikovsky Heralds in the

:20:35. > :20:41.fireworks. You can't beat some good fireworks! I think you are right. It

:20:42. > :20:46.underlines the scale of this huge park. We are here in the coastal

:20:47. > :20:50.cluster and up in the mountains as well. We know it is going to play

:20:51. > :20:55.host to football at the World Cup. They are talking about Formula One

:20:56. > :21:01.as well. I really hope Sochi is on the map sporting-wise. There is no

:21:02. > :21:29.reason now that they can't afford to build on this.

:21:30. > :22:06.I also hope that Russia build on it as a sporting rebirth as well. We

:22:07. > :22:11.remember them under the old Soviet banner of being a sporting

:22:12. > :22:17.superpower. But, hopefully now, this is a stepping stone for Russian

:22:18. > :22:22.sport. Clean, healthy, going forward strong and competitive. As you say,

:22:23. > :22:26.top of the medals table this time. You can see that happening quite a

:22:27. > :23:02.few more times in the future, can't you?

:23:03. > :23:17.And a deafening roar overhead as the fireworks formally bring Sochi's

:23:18. > :23:22.Games to a conclusion. But the champagne and caviar has been

:23:23. > :23:32.consumed, the burger and chips is about to be served!

:23:33. > :23:43.Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for celebrating the Closing Ceremony

:23:44. > :23:51.with us tonight. See you in PyeongChang!

:23:52. > :24:03.The formalities are over. But there are about 2,500 athletes in here who

:24:04. > :24:21.want to party. They will be let loose on this floor of the Fisht

:24:22. > :24:28.Olympic Stadium. We are in the 21st Century now, Matt. Will you please

:24:29. > :24:51.welcome DJ Boomer? I have his album, it is brilliant(!)

:24:52. > :24:59.Come join DJ Kto and let's get this party started! The athletes are

:25:00. > :25:02.invited to join the floor. They are coming out of their seats now and I

:25:03. > :25:14.think this could go on for quite some time.

:25:15. > :25:29.So, Matt, that brings the formal part of the ceremony to a close. We

:25:30. > :25:35.will let them have a good time in here, shall we? How will you reflect

:25:36. > :25:42.on Sochi's Games? I think Britain has done brilliantly. I think Team

:25:43. > :25:47.GB has taken the Winter Olympic Torch, the account baton that was

:25:48. > :25:56.handed to them -- the Baton that was handed to them after London. People

:25:57. > :26:01.were thinking, "Could the team do as well again?" They have. It is

:26:02. > :26:06.getting even better for Great Britain's athletes. Records have

:26:07. > :26:10.been broken and smashed here and I think Great Britain's statement that

:26:11. > :26:15.they could become a world power, certainly more medals to come in

:26:16. > :26:19.winter sport... Steady. It is not a world power. Indeed. In terms of the

:26:20. > :26:24.numbers of medals to be won, that is on the up? Absolutely. There will be

:26:25. > :26:27.lots of conversations coming in the few months about funding and how to

:26:28. > :26:31.support our winter athletes going forward the same way that we do our

:26:32. > :26:40.summer athletes. Indeed. Russia has done an excellent job of showing

:26:41. > :26:45.winter sport at its best. Boney M probably said it best - got to go

:26:46. > :26:52.home! The Voice, we have made it! Clare, back to you.

:26:53. > :26:59.Many thanks to Hazel and to Matt. Look at these fireworks. They have

:27:00. > :27:03.put tonnes of them down the beach on the coast of the Black Sea. That is

:27:04. > :27:04.the Bolshoi Dome in the foreground where the ice hockey matches took

:27:05. > :27:44.place. This is incredible. A clear night's sky lit up with a

:27:45. > :27:48.range of colours as the fireworks explode and bring to an end the

:27:49. > :29:09.Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. And all around us people have stood

:29:10. > :29:12.outside with their cameras. They are applauding the finale. Although this

:29:13. > :29:16.was the most expensive Winter Olympics ever staged. In fact it

:29:17. > :29:21.cost more than all the previous ones put together, they saved a million

:29:22. > :29:25.or two for a fireworks display to finish it off. Amy Williams is

:29:26. > :29:32.alongside me. There is no better way to finish any event than an amazing

:29:33. > :29:37.fireworks display like that. My seat was shaking, it felt like it was ten

:29:38. > :29:43.metres behind me. That was the most amazing fireworks display I've seen.

:29:44. > :29:46.And there was so much energy and delight, they were cheering every

:29:47. > :29:52.moment. Russians who've paid to be here, who have worked here, I think

:29:53. > :29:57.they maybe reflect top words that Thomas Bach used. As he said, with

:29:58. > :30:03.an open mind you with see the new face of Russia. I thought he talked

:30:04. > :30:07.deliberate how he talked about tolerance and peace, how everyone

:30:08. > :30:12.can live together with mutual respect and show the rest of the

:30:13. > :30:17.world, anywhere under oppression, can show the way forward. That's the

:30:18. > :30:21.most amazing thing about the Olympics had, you have athletes

:30:22. > :30:25.living alongside each other from every nation, sitting in the food

:30:26. > :30:29.hall eating next to a nation you would never necessarily be with

:30:30. > :30:33.before. That's the Olympics, in peace and harmony. Everyone's been

:30:34. > :30:39.here for three weeks alongside each other and the Russians and everyone

:30:40. > :30:43.has joined in and enjoyed the whole experience. If you missed the very

:30:44. > :30:51.long closing ceremony, in many ways this is the best way to enjoy it.

:30:52. > :30:56.Here are some of the highlights. And there was a nod to one

:30:57. > :31:01.malfunction in the opening ceremony when the fifth ring didn't ignite. A

:31:02. > :31:06.real delay before it happened here. Who knew that such a sense of humour

:31:07. > :31:11.could be found in an maizing a ceremony?

:31:12. > :31:15.-- in an amazing ceremony. Huge amounts of children involved. The

:31:16. > :31:19.choreography was beautiful, music through the ages reflecting Russian

:31:20. > :31:25.composers. As with the opening ceremony, the ballet playing a large

:31:26. > :31:32.role and the reference to Russian literature. They have been

:31:33. > :31:36.rehearsing this since the opening ceremony. We've seen bus loads of

:31:37. > :31:42.children coming in to rehearse in the Fisht stadium every day. And

:31:43. > :31:52.there is Misha the bear. A tear is shed. Echoes there of Moscow 1980

:31:53. > :31:58.and the flame extinguished. This is what happened in 1980, as

:31:59. > :32:04.the Moscow Games closed. This is what they were echoing, the iconic

:32:05. > :32:12.image of Misha shedding just one tear. This Winter Olympics so

:32:13. > :32:18.different, obviously the Cold War is over. It is Russia now and not the

:32:19. > :32:22.USSR. America were competing here for the first time on Russian soil.

:32:23. > :32:26.Yes Russia still has its problems and hate a strange attitude

:32:27. > :32:29.certainly in terms of gay rights. But there is a real feeling here

:32:30. > :32:33.that they are trying to change, they are trying to recognise the rest of

:32:34. > :32:38.the world and embrace them through the message of sport. In pure

:32:39. > :32:42.sporting terms Amy it has been a fascinating Games to watch unfold.

:32:43. > :32:47.The new sports that came in have proved hugely successful. They are

:32:48. > :32:52.capturing a younger audience and including younger athletes as well.

:32:53. > :32:57.It's been a big change. To be up in the mountains with the extra sports,

:32:58. > :33:01.and ski slopestyle has been an amazing thing to watch. I think that

:33:02. > :33:06.is going to bring in the younger people. How many young children will

:33:07. > :33:11.be asking their mums and dads if they can do that and is there a ski

:33:12. > :33:20.slope they can practise and be here to compete. This was Billy Morgan,

:33:21. > :33:25.who finished 10th in the snowboard slopestyle. This was his entrance

:33:26. > :33:31.into the stadium. He's a former acrobat, but his team-mate posted

:33:32. > :33:36.this. Look at Billy Morgan there! Just loving it as well. What an

:33:37. > :33:42.entrance! That sums him up doesn't it? Brilliant. They are having the

:33:43. > :33:46.time of their life. The hard work is done. They've competed and finished.

:33:47. > :33:51.Why not celebrate the closing ceremony. They'll all be on a plane

:33:52. > :33:56.home and before they know it thinking, did it ever happen? There

:33:57. > :34:01.are athletes in the British team who will really be wishing time away so

:34:02. > :34:12.they can prove themselves in Korea. One is Elise Christie, and another

:34:13. > :34:20.is Rowan Cheshire. She is only 18. Is it was unfortunate. She went out,

:34:21. > :34:26.Triad big trick and ended up flat on her face. Concussion and stuff, wise

:34:27. > :34:29.not to compete. They would have loved this experience and I'm sure

:34:30. > :34:34.that's going to put a fire in her belly to train, to work hard,

:34:35. > :34:40.hopefully get funding to be able to help her do more training. She'll be

:34:41. > :34:43.out here fighting to compete next time around. Thomas Bach

:34:44. > :34:48.interestingly thank President Putin in person, which doesn't often

:34:49. > :34:56.happen in terms of leaders being recognised by the IOC President.

:34:57. > :35:00.Vladimir Putin said he wanted Russia to win the ice hockey. They were

:35:01. > :35:06.outcollapsed early on. They never contended for a medal or make the

:35:07. > :35:11.semifinals. But the final was between two of the superpowers of

:35:12. > :35:15.ice hockey - Sweden, and Canada, the defending champions, trying to win

:35:16. > :35:20.it for a ninth time. This is what happened in the gold medal match.

:35:21. > :35:32.Three on two for Canada. How will they use it?

:35:33. > :35:39.A few Canadian fans thought that had gone in. Carter sends it all the way

:35:40. > :35:42.through and scores! Maybe a touch and Canada have the first gold in

:35:43. > :35:55.the Olympic final. A huge goal. He's been doing this his whole

:35:56. > :36:02.career. He is in front of net and he goes for gold. He opens up scoring

:36:03. > :36:06.for Canada. He's a triple gold member. Here again he might just

:36:07. > :36:10.help Canada towards the gold medal at the Olympics.

:36:11. > :36:21.Given away by Ericsson. This could be danger. Crosby scores! Canada

:36:22. > :36:28.lead by two goals to nil. The golden child of Canadian hockey scores

:36:29. > :36:36.again in a gold medal match. Sydney Crosby, a fine finish. Canada seize

:36:37. > :36:42.control. Crosby reaps return of his own hard work. In he goes. Canada

:36:43. > :36:50.said he ain't the kid no more. He's a man who is leading his team to a

:36:51. > :37:01.gold medal, once again. Canada 11 #340i7b9s from -- Canada 11 minutes

:37:02. > :37:09.from a gold medal. Sweden need to find another gear. And he scores!

:37:10. > :37:20.What a time for him to announce his arrival. Surely that seals gold for

:37:21. > :37:24.Canada now? His first of the Olympic Games. Canada are coasting to glory

:37:25. > :37:30.here, as they will retain the gold medal at this Olympic Games. They

:37:31. > :37:39.will surely be the Sochi 2014 champions. He's a crowd killer. He

:37:40. > :37:46.rips one off the bar and down. Canada will continue to do their

:37:47. > :37:51.thing. The Arena rises here. He won't give up. Comes out in front.

:37:52. > :37:58.Carter will slowly send this one down the ice. Canada are the Olympic

:37:59. > :38:00.champion back to back for the Canadians! Gold medal in Vancouver

:38:01. > :38:14.and gold now in Sochi! The 2014 champions, the gold

:38:15. > :38:18.medallists, Canada. Canada's men win the ice hockey, the final gold on

:38:19. > :38:24.offer at the Games. Russia, who finished only 11th in the Vancouver

:38:25. > :39:00.Winter Olympics, topped the table with 1 golds. -- 13 golds.

:39:01. > :39:11.Great Britain in 19th place with one gold, one silver and two bronze

:39:12. > :39:25.medals, that equals record of 1984 but in a sense betters it.

:39:26. > :39:33.Join Mark Chapman for a review of all the Premier League action on 10.

:39:34. > :39:37.25pm on BBC One. The Winter Paralympics take place here in Sochi

:39:38. > :39:39.using a lot of the stadiums but also up in the mountains there are five

:39:40. > :39:52.winter sports in total. 72 gold medals on offer. There's

:39:53. > :39:56.coverage on 5Live and on the BBC website.

:39:57. > :40:01.Looking right ahead, in case you want to write it in your diary,

:40:02. > :40:10.PyeongChang is where we'll be headed in the Republic of Korea for the

:40:11. > :40:14.2018 Olympics. I don't think I've ever trailed anything so far in

:40:15. > :40:19.advance! But it is good to know. Amy, in a professional sense, people

:40:20. > :40:24.genuinely will start training right away on Monday? Yes. They'll

:40:25. > :40:28.probably take a few weeks off, a chill out, do nothing, rest their

:40:29. > :40:35.bodies, but correct, they are going to be back in that gym training.

:40:36. > :40:41.Lizzie around said after -- Lizzy Yarnold said she will be back in the

:40:42. > :41:05.gym after winning her medal. She had a Valentine's Day to remember.

:41:06. > :41:52.SONG: From Russia With Love by Matt Monro

:41:53. > :41:58.Lizzy Yarnold, our Olympic champion in skeleton, following in the

:41:59. > :42:07.footsteps of Amy Williams. You promised her a month's rent free.

:42:08. > :42:11.Weird to think four years ago she was sitting at home watching you and

:42:12. > :42:14.now she's the champion. I know. It proves that nothing is impossible.

:42:15. > :42:19.If you watch someone else you can get that treatment as well. She's

:42:20. > :42:23.worked so, so hard for it in those four years. I go and encourage

:42:24. > :42:27.everyone to do exactly the same. She's the perfect role model, if

:42:28. > :42:30.you've got a great team around you, you listen, you have the best

:42:31. > :42:34.equipment, you spend as much time as possible on the ice track or the

:42:35. > :42:40.snow, you can be here challenging and getting a medal. And that is

:42:41. > :42:45.Lizzy. If you go to the BBC website and look for Get Inspired you can

:42:46. > :42:53.find out what your local facilities are like. Lizzy Yarnold became the

:42:54. > :43:03.tenth winter Olympic champion and joins this Hall of Fame.

:43:04. > :43:15.The British ice hockey team in stripes have been covering them in

:43:16. > :43:20.glory. This is the girl that gave Britain her first Olympic title.

:43:21. > :43:26.When all the points were added up, Jeanette had won the Olympic figure

:43:27. > :43:32.skating title. It looks like a good start. They are all safely aboard.

:43:33. > :43:40.This is a really fast run by the Britons. They could be on the way to

:43:41. > :43:46.a gold medal. Superb artistry. Superb athleticism. John curry did

:43:47. > :43:54.not -- John curry did not put a foot wrong.

:43:55. > :44:05.Robin Cousins, the gold medallist of 1980. The people are standing and

:44:06. > :44:13.applauding. The Union Jacks are flying around the rink. Jayne

:44:14. > :44:17.Torvill and Christopher Dean have won the gold medal. It is looking

:44:18. > :44:26.good. She's done it! It's Olympic gold for Great Britain. Surely it is

:44:27. > :44:35.gold for Great Britain. Oh yes! Amy Williams is the Queen of Speed! Here

:44:36. > :44:41.goes Lizzy Yarnold. She is going to win the gold medal. She is going to

:44:42. > :44:48.do it. Come on, last corner. Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic Champion. Oh

:44:49. > :44:51.my goodness. That is brilliant. It's amazing watching that, seeing how

:44:52. > :44:54.much technology has changed, equipment has changed, the quality

:44:55. > :44:58.of television picture has changed. You think how far Winter Olympic

:44:59. > :45:02.sport has come and all the new sports, how successful they were

:45:03. > :45:06.this year? There's so much research and development that goes into every

:45:07. > :45:10.one of these sports, especially skeleton. The equipment in ten years

:45:11. > :45:14.I have been involved in the sport has changed dramatically. That's the

:45:15. > :45:17.way sport goes. You have seen it in the summer and the winter is going

:45:18. > :45:20.in the same way. The essence of sport remains the same. People go

:45:21. > :45:27.out there, they do their best, some win, some don't. My word, we have

:45:28. > :45:31.enjoyed watching it. Here is Eddie Butler's review of everything that

:45:32. > :45:38.has happened at these limb pics on snow and on ice. -- Olympics on snow

:45:39. > :45:46.and on ice. It was Stalin's favourite resort, which meaned Sochi

:45:47. > :45:54.already glowed red with history. To the north, up the Black Sea coast,

:45:55. > :46:02.Ukraine, one of the hotspots of geo-politics, tensions in the

:46:03. > :46:19.Russian-speaking world. A little t much warmth all round. Sochi, so

:46:20. > :46:24.chilly. Temperature control at its finest. At these Games in Russia,

:46:25. > :46:29.being first was the obvious theme. To be a champion is fantastic. To be

:46:30. > :46:35.the first champion is Olympic immortality. A first for slope style

:46:36. > :46:38.and the energy that goes into its rails and kickers!

:46:39. > :46:47.COMMENTARY: What an incredible finish! The stand-out rider here is

:46:48. > :46:52.Jamie Anderson. A first for a women who do not twist and turn and cut

:46:53. > :46:57.the air with their skis as knives. But who float on ironing boards.

:46:58. > :47:06.COMMENTARY: A piece of history that will never ever be forgotten.

:47:07. > :47:13.Floating men, too. Somehow normal and big hill don't quite sell the

:47:14. > :47:18.drama and the grace of this. In Belarus, the highest mountain is

:47:19. > :47:26.just over 1,100 feet high. 1,100 feet on which to rehearse aerial

:47:27. > :47:30.excellence. In the half-pipe, one person stood not just for

:47:31. > :47:36.excellence, but for supremacy. He was his sport.

:47:37. > :47:42.COMMENTARY: Oh no! Not in Sochi. Shaun White is human.

:47:43. > :48:00.It became a trend, the Su prizewinner.

:48:01. > :48:12.COMMENTARY: Double medal combo. -- The surprise winner. There was a

:48:13. > :48:16.time when the Scandinavians frowned on alpine frivolity. It is about

:48:17. > :48:21.distance and then more distance. Well, the Norwegians still go the

:48:22. > :48:23.extra mile but they seem to have embraced the emotions of the modern

:48:24. > :48:31.age. COMMENTARY: What a performance from

:48:32. > :48:38.Marit Bjoergen. The Iron Lady turning herself to rust! And winning

:48:39. > :48:43.his weight in heavy metal, another Norwegian. 13 medals in total, eight

:48:44. > :48:49.of them gold. Speed isn't everything, or even winning gold.

:48:50. > :48:56.Vanessa Mae, hands that can fly and feet that slid wonderfully to last

:48:57. > :48:59.place. There's still a place for those that do not sit on top of the

:49:00. > :49:05.leaderboard. COMMENTARY: They are all everywhere!

:49:06. > :49:09.There's always appreciation for those that do not sit on the

:49:10. > :49:16.winner's heels, but nothing beats the Olympian who will not be beaten.

:49:17. > :49:25.COMMENTARY: She defends her title! The tight finishes of Sochi so

:49:26. > :49:29.chilled Sochi. COMMENTARY: They share gold medal

:49:30. > :49:30.position. They raised the temperature so high that all the

:49:31. > :49:58.bare snow and ice nearly melted. It's a tradition in the Netherlands

:49:59. > :50:04.to make skates while the sun doesn't shine. Who needs snow when you can

:50:05. > :50:12.go this fast on ice? COMMENTARY: The Dutch are on their

:50:13. > :50:22.feet. A new Olympic record! A clean sweep by the Dutch.

:50:23. > :50:27.There are dangers on ice. You have to be careful how far you can go

:50:28. > :50:34.down on your front. And on your back. On your front, on your back,

:50:35. > :50:36.head first, feet first, the Germans in the luge...

:50:37. > :50:40.COMMENTARY: Germany have won everything so far. That is

:50:41. > :50:42.remarkable. The home favourite in the skeleton.

:50:43. > :50:49.COMMENTARY: Russia at last have a champion.

:50:50. > :50:58.Then the Express trains. Of course, it is a property of ice th you don't

:50:59. > :51:07.need a slope to make things move on it. A Africa Church-free rumble of

:51:08. > :51:13.granite -- a friction -free rumble of granite. Russian ice - where once

:51:14. > :51:16.a mighty Soviet machine ruled, but no more.

:51:17. > :51:25.COMMENTARY: What a finish! Russia's machine beaten and beaten again. It

:51:26. > :51:29.was left to North Americans, more Americans.

:51:30. > :51:34.COMMENTARY: A "golden goal" for Canada. Canada are the Olympic

:51:35. > :51:39.Champions. In the short track skating, crashes,

:51:40. > :51:44.too. COMMENTARY: He's gone down. Glory is

:51:45. > :51:50.about surviving them, avoiding disqualifications. Gold can come

:51:51. > :51:54.unopposed. Or it comes with a full house flash of inch-perfect

:51:55. > :52:01.finishing. COMMENTARY: History here has been

:52:02. > :52:13.made by Viktor Ahn. He's written his name into sporting immortality. Ice,

:52:14. > :52:18.music, dance. Here there can be crashes. Costly crashes. Sometimes

:52:19. > :52:25.you don't need a crash to know your time is up. The Iceberg Skating

:52:26. > :52:31.Palace, devoted to graceful athletic pairs. It doesn't get any better

:52:32. > :52:35.than that. And beautiful women... She is the Olympic Champion. And

:52:36. > :52:38.beautiful men. In Sochi, we all fell in love with somebody, no matter

:52:39. > :52:52.who. Some wonderful images there, perfect

:52:53. > :52:57.words as well. Amy Williams, what will be the moment that you

:52:58. > :53:04.treasure? Obviously, it's going to be Lizzy's gold. For me, the

:53:05. > :53:07.flag-raising ceremony that we had for GB, for all the team to come

:53:08. > :53:12.together and you watch the Great Britain flag go up into the air

:53:13. > :53:15.along with the Olympic Rings. And that gets everyone together, right

:53:16. > :53:19.at the beginning. It was great for me to be their ambassador to help

:53:20. > :53:24.them. I got to speak to each one of them. So that was pretty amazing. It

:53:25. > :53:28.is not easy to come to your first Winter Olympics and not be an

:53:29. > :53:33.athlete? So to feel that connected is lovely? It was really lovely.

:53:34. > :53:36.Yes, it's been pretty tough in a weird kind of way being here. But

:53:37. > :53:41.unbelievable at the same time and to be able to help the next generation.

:53:42. > :53:43.To be at the different events with them and having little chats when

:53:44. > :53:47.they need it and to be there to help. I can - can I say, your

:53:48. > :53:51.passion and expertise has shone through on television and for

:53:52. > :53:55.somebody making their Winter Olympic debut as a broadcaster, you have

:53:56. > :54:00.done a brilliant job and many thanks to all of those that have worked so

:54:01. > :54:05.hard on this, in Sochi and in Salford, who worked for months to

:54:06. > :54:11.put all this together and make sure that it has worked as well it has.

:54:12. > :54:15.It's been the most successful for Team GB's athletes and we salute the

:54:16. > :54:36.winter Olympians of 2014. From Sochi, goodbye.

:54:37. > :54:45.# Here comes the sun # Here comes the sun

:54:46. > :54:49.# And I say # It's alright

:54:50. > :54:55.# Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter

:54:56. > :55:02.# Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here

:55:03. > :55:19.# Here comes the sun # Here comes the sun, and I say

:55:20. > :55:25.# It's alright # Little darling, the smiles

:55:26. > :55:32.returning to the faces # Little darling, it seems like

:55:33. > :55:54.years since it's been here # Here comes the sun, and I say

:55:55. > :56:35.# It's alright # Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

:56:36. > :56:39.# Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting

:56:40. > :56:46.# Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

:56:47. > :56:57.# Here comes the sun # Here comes the sun, and I say

:56:58. > :57:11.# It's alright # Here comes the sun, and I say

:57:12. > :57:18.# It's alright # It's alright. #