Gamesbids’ Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Live Chat

[AustralianFan]

The Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is fast approaching.

After seeing the Opening Ceremony, what can we expect for the Closing?

[AustralianFan]

Preparations are underway to prepare the Birds Nest for the Closing Ceremony.

 

[Guilga]

Isn't it a bit early for this? If it was next Friday it would be ok, but we just starting week 2 of the games.

 

Also, for 2026 presentation it's Marco Polo or bust!

[Sir Rols]

You can guess what I’ll be doing 

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actually, I will watch the handover on YouTube when I wake up

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by Sir Rols

[Ikarus360]

Only watching it for the handover. Its obvious they wasted almost all of the ceremonies budget in those stupid LED panels which are just a more expensive version of floor projections. Hopefully we see actual chinese culture for the ceremonies but I doubt it and expect it mostly for the Paralympics.

[FYI]

2 hours ago, Guilga said:

Isn't it a bit early for this? If it was next Friday it would be ok, but we just starting week 2 of the games.

It was the same with the opening live-chat thread, too. It was opened a full ten-days before the OC. 

It just gives credence to the stereotype of this website, that most of the members here care mostly about all the hoopla of the ceremonies, & treat the actual competition of the Games themselves as filler in-between the two ceremonies.

[Scotguy II]

Thanks for this @AustralianFan

After the opening, i am not expecting much for the closing, but you never know...

[AustralianFan]

Will we see a Milano-Cortina handover mostly done remotely from Italy, as with Paris 2024’s handover? 
Someone mentioned this last week and I agree this, in a pandemic, will likely be the scenario with perhaps just the Mayor(s) from Milano and Cortina in the Birds Nest to receive the Olympic Flag?

[AustralianFan]

Possibly the LED screen on the stadium floor might display the feed coming direct from Italy and a gigantic Italian Flag no doubt,  and/or massive  Italian colours ?

[AustralianFan]

Dismantling the vertical LED screen at the Birds Nest.

In-stadium rehearsals for the Closing Ceremony commenced Sat 12th February.

 

[AustralianFan]

3 hours ago, Scotguy II said:

Thanks for this @AustralianFan

After the opening, i am not expecting much for the closing, but you never know...

My expectations are lowered too, given the circumstances.  I guess it should be more upbeat with athletes who attend the CC.

 

[Nacholympic]

My expectations are not high, either... even they weren't for the Opening Ceremony after they said that the time was only 100 minutes... we could't expect for them to top Sochi, por instance,

The latest Closing ceremonies have been as vivid as the Opening ones (excepting Tokyo, of course... Tokyo Olympic ceremonies have ALL the exceptions imaginable) 

We are going to face a new Pandemic ceremony and for this reason, Milano-Cortina handover will be a new version of the Paris 2024 virtual segment... No expectations....

Anyway, we still have one week to enjoy the games...

[SkiFreak]

The closing ceremonies haven't even begun yet and I think I already heard Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976, at least a dozen times.

[AustralianFan]

Both mayors will be involved in the Milano-Cortina flag handover ….

 

[TorchbearerSydney]

It seems to be a thing now for 2 people to hold flags...but one should be a woman!

[AustralianFan]

2 minutes ago, TorchbearerSydney said:

It seems to be a thing now for 2 people to hold flags...but one should be a woman!

Agreed.  there’s a couple more regions in northern Itsly too involved in a more minor way in 2026 besides Milano-Cortina.  Wonder if one of them has a female Mayor (?)

[AustralianFan]

A little more on the handover ceremony …

 

[BigVic]

The Olympic flag will be passed from the Mayor of Beijing to the Mayors of Milan and Cortina. An unprecedented moment with two mayors accepting the Olympic flag 

[AustralianFan]

more about Milano-Cortina 2026 …..

 

[baron-pierreIV]

15 hours ago, TorchbearerSydney said:

It seems to be a thing now for 2 people to hold flags...but one should be a woman!

They had TWO women mayors at the Tokyo-to-Paris handover.  So this evens it out for this quadrennium.  

[munichfan]

35 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said:

They had TWO women mayors at the Tokyo-to-Paris handover.  So this evens it out for this quadrennium.  

But this time it's three guys in total.

[Ikarus360]

5 hours ago, AustralianFan said:

more about Milano-Cortina 2026 …..

 

I don't wanna sound elitistic but finally, WOG returns to a proper, authentic Winter venue. 

[baron-pierreIV]

1 hour ago, munichfan said:

But this time it's three guys in total.

No big deal.  There's always a first time.  

[AustralianFan]

Weather forecast for Closing Ceremony @ 8pm in Beijing

Temp:    0C  /  32F

Wind:   from NW @ 18kmh / 11mph

Precipitation:   0% chance

 

 

[TorchbearerSydney]

Watching them 'weld' apart that enormous vertical steel frame for the vertical LEDs all I can think of is what a huge waste of time and money. That vertical screen didn't really add much to the Opening Ceremony.