The closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics begins.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after a 19-day schedule, the closing ceremony was held at 8 p.m. Tokyo time (7 a.m. EtMT) on the 8th. The closing ceremony, like the opening ceremony, is closed to spectators due to epidemic prevention, and the host city, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, will hand over the Olympic flag to The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who hosts the 2024 Olympic Games.
According to the arrangements of the organizers, the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games will last for 2 and a half hours, which is 30 minutes shorter than the original plan of 3 hours. The flag officers of the delegations were also released, china is the "flying man" Su Bingtian, and the Chinese team is the "prince of the hurdles" Chen Jie as the flag bearer.
One of the highlights of the closing ceremony was the teaser performance by the host country of the next Olympic Games. The Central News Agency reported that this year's closing ceremony will be linked to the next 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and what kind of "French elements" will be brought out at the closing ceremony has also aroused speculation, and the media inferred that it is likely that the actors including members of the Japanese Takarazuka Opera Company will perform the famous play "Versailles Rose" at the closing ceremony.
The classic masterpiece of the Japanese Takarazuka Opera Company "The Rose of Versailles". Pictured here is Takarazuka Opera's performance in Taipei in 2015.
"Versailles Rose" is a girlish manga created by Japanese manga artist Riyoko Ikeda, serialized between 1972 and 1973, the story is set in the French Revolution, Takarazuka Opera Company once premiered this manga on the stage in 1974, and also re-performed this drama in 2019, and it is predicted that it will most likely appear on the stage of the closing ceremony tomorrow, announcing the next Olympic Games in Paris.
In addition, the emblem of the 2024 Paris Olympic logo is inspired by the flame and gold medal, which looks like a symbol of the French goddess Mariana, but also has a deeper meaning: the 1900 Paris Olympics allowed female athletes to participate for the first time. It was also the first time in history that the Olympic and Paralympic Games shared a coat of arms.
The East Olympic tournament began with softball on July 21 and officially opened on July 23, with about 11,000 players from more than 200 countries or regions competing fiercely in the 33 most events in history.
As a landlord country, Japan has been active in adding sports such as skateboarding, winning a total of 58 medals, including 27 gold medals, setting a record for Japan's best participation in the Olympic Games.
Paris, the host country of the next Olympic Games, will be closer to gender equality than the Tokyo Olympics, and sports projects tend to be younger as the main axis, this year's skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing will continue, there will be additional breakdancing projects, and baseball projects will not appear.
The Paris Olympic logo cleverly combines the Olympic flame, the gold medal and the French anthropomorphic image "Marianne".
Stunning footage of the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics