[베이징=뉴스핌] Correspondent Choi Heon-gyu = The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics finished 17 days of intense battle and ended with a spectacular closing performance on the night of February 20.
The closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on February 4 at the Nyaoqiao, the main stadium of the Beijing Olympics, where the opening ceremony was held. Following the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was attended by Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping.
As with the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony was performed for 100 minutes starting at 9:00 pm (Korean time) on the 20th, with director Zhang Yimou taking over the overall direction.
As in the opening ceremony, director Zhang Yimou emphasized the Beijing Winter Olympics concept and traditional Chinese culture by using the 10,000 pyeong floor of the Niaociao Stadium as a high-definition LED screen, and using snowflakes and Chinese grain (knot) as materials.
The Beijing Winter Olympics were held under the slogan ‘Together to the Future’.
At the 24th Beijing Winter Olympics, 2,900 athletes from 91 countries competed for 109 gold medals in 7 sports.
The Beijing Winter Olympics were held under the quasi-Cold War situation. Western countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, have declared a ‘diplomatic boycott’ by sending a team of athletes but not sending a government delegation because of the human rights situation in China.
China held the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a domestic-oriented competition under high-intensity COVID-19 quarantine control. The seating rate of spectators at major games, including the opening and closing ceremonies, reached around 30% to 50%.
The Korean team achieved their goal of being in the 15th place before the tournament by winning 2 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals (14th place) in spite of various bad factors such as miscarriage in the early stage.
As a result of the final medal count by country, Norway took the first place with 16 gold medals, Germany took the second place with 12, and the host country, China, took third place with 9 gold medals. The United States and Sweden and the Netherlands won eight gold medals.
At around 11 pm (Korean time), the Olympic flag is lowered at the Beijing Olympic Main Stadium, Nyaoqiao, and Beijing Mayor Chen Jining will pass the Olympic flag through the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Chairman Thomas Bach, Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Mayor, Italy, the host of the 2026 Winter Olympics. delivered to
| [베이징=뉴스핌] Correspondent Heon-gyu Choi = A spectacular fireworks display is held at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics held at the National Stadium (Nyaoqiao) in Beijing Olympic Park, China on February 20.202.02.21 chk@newspim.com |
Beijing = Correspondent Choi Heon-gyu chk@newspim.com
