In pictures: Closing ceremony of 2018 Winter Olympics
The Games opened on February 9 and were the biggest Winter Olympics of all time, with 2,920 athletes competing for a record 102 gold medals. Photo: AFP
(AFP) – The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics Games got underway on Sunday, bringing to an end more than a fortnight of competition in 15 sports.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Ivanka Trump, the daughter of US President Donald Trump were in the stadium, as was General Kim Yong Chol, head of the North Korean delegation.
The Games opened on February 9 and were the biggest Winter Olympics of all time, with 2,920 athletes competing for a record 102 gold medals.
Norway topped the final medal tally with 14 golds ahead of Germany, which also had 14 gold but fewer medals in all. Canada was third with 11 golds. Hosts South Korea were seventh.
The run-up to the Games sparked an abrupt thaw in relations between North and South Korea, with the North sending a delegation of more than 500 to Pyeongchang including 22 athletes.
At the start of the ceremony the South s President Moon shook hands with Kim, a controversial visitor to the South.
Russian athletes were to march into the closing ceremony under a neutral flag after a ban on Russia s Olympic Committee was upheld on Sunday following a mass doping scandal.
A projection of the Beijing 2022 games logo during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
South Korea s President Moon Jae In shakes hands with North Korean General Kim Yong Chol (back), next to senior White House adviser and President Trump s daughter. Ivanka Trump, and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
A view of the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
A glitzy performance during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach applauds after handing over the Olympic flag to Beijing Mayor Chen Jining as Pyeongchang Mayor Shim Jae Kook looks on during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.Photo: AFP
Entertainers perform during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
An aerial view of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
Flags being projected on the stands as athletes enter the stadium during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.Photo: AFP
