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After the excitement of two weeks of competition, the Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang is taking on a carnival atmosphere for the closing ceremony of the Winter Games in the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Themed "The Next Wave", the ceremony will highlight the "human spirit of perseverance," the organizers say.
They have said the show will combine music, dance and art and will be "somewhat interactive," enabling spectators to both get involved and stay warm.
Athletes from 92 delegations entered the stadium to beating Korean music and those from the ROK and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) once again marched together in an echo of the opening ceremony.
The ceremony also saw the mascots from both the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics "Hodori" and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics "Sohoorang" walk hand in hand.
Following Olympic tradition, medalists from the 30km women's mass start classic and 50km men's mass start classic took the podium to receive their medals from Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The closing ceremony will heavily reflect the ROK's popular K-pop culture, with boy band EXO and singer CL taking the stage.
As the host of the next Winter Games, Beijing put on an eight-minute performance at the end of the ceremony. Award-winning director Zhang Yimou said earlier that the Chinese segment will be different from his previous work in Athens in 2004.
"We hope the audience watching it on TV can tell the difference from the show in 2004,” he said. “It represents China's new progress in science and technology, so it will be totally different."
The director said human and artificial intelligence interaction is something the audience can expect.
The PyeongChang Olympics began on February 9 and 102 medals in total were handed out.
Norway headed the medal table with 14 golds and 39 medals in total, followed by Germany (14 golds, 31 medals in total) and Canada (11 golds). China ranks 16th with one gold, six silvers and two bronzes.
(CGTN)
