The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is a day away from its grand closing ceremony, know its schedule, date, time, live streaming
The closing ceremony of the grand Olympic Games will end end its two weeks of the campaign which witnessed 109 sets of medals that were awarded across 15 sporting events.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics was an absolute potboiler of controversies of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, or Team GB‘s medal struggles, or the boycott of the tournaments.
Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 Closing Ceremony Date, Time, Schedule
The Winter, as well as the summer Olympics after the disruption due to the pandemic, will be returning to the traditional bi-annual schedule with the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
When To Watch The Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony is on the 20th of February, Sunday from 5:30 P.M. IST
7am ET, 8pm Beijing time, 11pm AEDT, 12:00pm UK time
When And Where To Watch: Live Stream And TV Telecast
The grand closing ceremony will be telecasted on the Sony Channels and one can also watch at BBC One and Eurosport 1. The ceremony can be also streamed at BBC iPlayer and Eurosport player on the discovery+ app if one has access to them. You can watch on Peacock and NBC in the US while on Prasar Bharti in India and the official Olympics Games YouTube channel.
Explained What Happens During The Closing Ceremony Of The Winter Olympics And Why Is It Held
The selected venue for the closing ceremony is the most famous Bird’s Nest stadium in China’s capital, Beijing. During the closing ceremony the parade of participating countries’ flags, which will be started by the founding nation Greece and will end with current hosts China, will be all displayed.
During the Grand Winter Olympic closing ceremony, the Olympic flag will be lowered and will be given to the mayors of Milan and Cortina-D’Ampezzo, who are the next hosts of the Winter Olympics which will be held in Paris in 2024, as the Italian flag is raised alongside China’s.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will then declare the Games officially finished during a speech followed by a fireworks show.
The closing ceremony will ensure to be a memorable occasion which is directed by Zhang Yimou, the director of Bafta-winning film Raise The Red Lantern, not only this but also the first man to direct the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Winter 2022 as well as the Summer 2008 Olympics.
Zhang’s spouse stated that her husband’s role in the Winter Olympics has resulted in detrimental to his health.