On February 20, the Beijing Winter Olympics entered the last competition day, producing 5 gold medals in 5 sports such as curling and ice hockey, and the closing ceremony will be staged at 20:00, and who will serve as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation will become one of the biggest attractions of the closing ceremony.
Closing Day: Hardware is born!
In the men's hockey final, Finland will play against the Russian Olympic Committee. After the Canadian team and the United States team are both out, the Russian and Austrian teams will fight for the defending gold medal, and the Finnish team, which has never won an Olympic ice hockey gold medal, will usher in a historical battle.
In the women's curling final, Japan will play against England. After winning the men's gold medal, the British team will once again attack the curling gold medal.
After the first two rounds of the 19th, defending champions Friedrich of Germany are temporarily ranked No. 1, and China's Li Chunjian and Sun Kaizhi are ranked 16th and 17th respectively, which is expected to surpass the 22nd place in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
The alpine skiing mixed team originally scheduled for the 19th was postponed to the 20th due to the windy weather, and the Chinese team composed of Xu Mingfu, Zhang Yangming, Kong Fanying and Ni Yueming will play, of which the first three players have played in six competitions in this Winter Olympics.
Cross-country skiing will produce a gold medal for the women's 30km collective departure, which will be the last gold medal produced by the Winter Olympics. At the closing ceremony, the award ceremony for women's 30 km and men's 50 km for cross-country skiing will be held.
Closing Ceremony: Four Highlights
One of the biggest highlights of the closing ceremony will be who will be the flag bearers of the Chinese delegation, whether it is 18-year-old Gu Ailing and Su Yiming, or the "Four Dynasties Veterans" Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu, or the directors of the short track speed skating gold medals Ziwei, Wu Dajing, Fan Kexin, and even kong Fanying, an alpine skier who participated in the six competitions, the answer will be revealed at the last minute. It is worth mentioning that at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Gu Ailing served as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation.
Sha Xiaolan, director of the closing ceremony, revealed that in addition to the ceremonial links stipulated by the International Olympic Committee, the closing ceremony also designed many exquisite links, including the return of the opening ceremony actors, the unique design of the athletes' entrance ceremony, etc., and the city of the Two Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, lanterns, snowflakes and other elements will also be presented.
After the flag handover ceremony, the hosts of the next Winter Olympics, Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, will perform an 8-minute performance themed "Twin Walls and a United Forces".
The ceremony to extinguish the Flame of the Winter Olympics will become one of the highlights of the closing ceremony, and director Zhang Yimou revealed, "There will be a momentary physical reproduction of the 2008 Olympic Games, as if going back in time, bringing everyone a sense of 'crossing'." ”