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Deadline reports:
Despite all the high-tech tricks, political posturing and pyrotechnics, the best part of the Closing Ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics proved to be the athletes. Competing the past two weeks amidst rising international tensions, pandemic quarantines and with a heavy-handed host, the participants injected a bit of fun this morning into the tightly scripted affair.
Following the traditional flag waving parade of nations into the reasonably full Bird’s Nest, American flag-bearer, Elana Meyers Taylor and her fellow masked team members from around the globe let off some stream cavorting on the giant stadium’s floor to a loop of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy” over the protests of Chinese officials who repeatedly asked everyone to take their seats.
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Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony Review: Lumbering Event Gives Geopolitical Tensions Short Shrift; Ciao To Italy 2026 https://t.co/kNwGUN12Nc
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) February 20, 2022
Team LGBT+ at the closing ceremonies ?️?
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#teamgb #lgbtathlete #olympicgames #winterolympics#lewisgibson #guskenworthy #brucemouat #patinageartistique pic.twitter.com/visvOhTE25— Lewis K Gibson (@Lewisgibson4) February 20, 2022
#Beijing2022 was a joyless spectacle: constricted by the pandemic, fraught with geopolitical tensions, tainted by doping accusations and overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis. The Games were a success only as measured by the low bar of avoiding disaster. https://t.co/v3KYZRuCZV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2022