Closing ceremonies

The flame is out.  The speeches read.  The hand over to Beijing happened.   The Beijing 2022 had its presentation and The performaces were wonderful.  Canada finishes The 2018 games with 11g, 8s and 10b for 29 medals.  Norway finishes with 39 overall medals, 2 more than The previous record set by The U.S.  Norway and Germany each had 14 golds, tying a record set by Canada.  So that is it for The 2018 winter games. See you first in 2020 in Tokyo then 2022 in Beijing.

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