The 2018 Winter Olympics officially ended on Sunday with the closing ceremony held in the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.
The 2018 Winter Olympics officially ended on Sunday with the closing ceremony held in the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium.
While NBC will air the ceremony in primetime on Sunday evening in the US, the ceremony was carried live online. The catch is, unlike previous years, the live version comes without commentary. It is what NBC is calling, "the natural sounds," version.
Below we will follow along with the biggest moments from the closing ceremony.
The most recent moments are at the top.
These athletes had to wait a little longer than the rest, but it must have been thrilling to receive their medals on the biggest stage of them all.
Medals were then presented by IOC President Thomas Bach for two of the final events of the games, including the ladies' 30km mass start classic and the men's 50km mass start classic.
The turtle then flew away.
The next performance of dancers included a giant illuminated turtle. Without any commentary from NBC, the cultural significance is lost on most viewers.
Everybody loved this year's mascots.
Including one of the gold medals from Team USA curling's "Miracurl on Ice."
Medals were on full display.
The unique Olympic stadium with a pentagon shape was built just for the Olympics and it will be torn down after the upcoming Paralympic games because that is cheaper than paying to maintain the stadium.
Although it was more common to just ride somebody else's shoulders.
More than one country had athletes being carried in figure-skating style.
There were fewer athletes than the opening ceremony as many have already left the games and returned home. But also, symbolic of the games, the national boundaries were far less defined in the closing ceremony compared to the opening ceremony as athletes from different countries mingled together.
It was then time for the parade of athletes.
The first performance after the national anthem had a very heavy metal feel as there were even dancers in light-up outfits dancing under the cauldron on guitar strings.
That's not K-Pop.
Ivanka Trump was a special guest in the same box with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach and President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook of South Korea.
The children were there to help present and raise the flag of South Korea for the national anthem.
Some local elementary school children came out just before the South Korean national Anthem.
As with most opening and closing ceremonies, the scene is visually stunning.
Dancers entered the stadium dressed for various Olympic events, such as cross-country skiing.
Once again, the view of Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium from above with the other area of the Olympics in view is gorgeous.
It's not clear what is going on without any commentary, but there was a warm-up act.
Ivanka Trump shook hands with President Moon Jae-in.
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