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Photos: Highlights of 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

February 25, 2018, 6:31 AM

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After more than two weeks of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the games have come to a close. Here are the highlights of the closing ceremony.

The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP Photo/Felipe Dana
The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP Photo/Felipe Dana
A spectator waits for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A spectator waits for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
The Alpensia Ski Jumping Center towers are illuminated in the background while people attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The Alpensia Ski Jumping Center towers are illuminated in the background while people attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach walk into a viewing suite at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach walk into a viewing suite at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool
Ivanka Trump, center, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, stands at the beginning of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Ivanka Trump, center, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, stands at the beginning of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool
The shadows of performers are cast on the Olympic rings ahead of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The shadows of performers are cast on the Olympic rings ahead of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, and Ivanka Trump, front right U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, and Ivanka Trump, front right U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on ‘Winter’ from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics begins in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics begins in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Fireworks explode as performers skate to form the Olympic rings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Fireworks explode as performers skate to form the Olympic rings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Chen Jining mayor of Beijing waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Chen Jining mayor of Beijing waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
OH Yeon-joon sings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
OH Yeon-joon sings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
From left, Alexander Bolshunov, silver, of the team from Russia, Iivo Niskanen, of Finland, gold, and Andrey Larkov, of the team from Russia, bronze, attend their medals ceremony for the men's 50k cross-country skiing at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
From left, Alexander Bolshunov, silver, of the team from Russia, Iivo Niskanen, of Finland, gold, and Andrey Larkov, of the team from Russia, bronze, attend their medals ceremony for the men’s 50k cross-country skiing at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
A performer participates during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A performer participates during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Athletes enter the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Athletes enter the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
A performer dressed as a panda dances during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
A performer dressed as a panda dances during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
Performers dressed as pandas take the stage as Beijing is celebrated as the next host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Performers dressed as pandas take the stage as Beijing is celebrated as the next host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Performers dance during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Performers dance during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
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The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
The Olympic Stadium is illuminated prior to the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A spectator waits for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics to begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
The Alpensia Ski Jumping Center towers are illuminated in the background while people attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach walk into a viewing suite at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Ivanka Trump, center, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, stands at the beginning of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
The shadows of performers are cast on the Olympic rings ahead of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Fireworks explode behind the Olympic cauldron at the start of the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, front left, and Ivanka Trump, front right U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter applaud during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Thirteen-year-old guitarist Yang Tae-hwan plays a variation on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (Christof Stache/Pool Photo via AP)
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics begins in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Fireworks explode as performers skate to form the Olympic rings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Chen Jining mayor of Beijing waves the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
OH Yeon-joon sings during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
From left, Alexander Bolshunov, silver, of the team from Russia, Iivo Niskanen, of Finland, gold, and Andrey Larkov, of the team from Russia, bronze, attend their medals ceremony for the men's 50k cross-country skiing at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Singer CL performs during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A performer participates during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Athletes enter the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A performer dressed as a panda dances during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Performers participate in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A performer participates in the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Performers dressed as pandas take the stage as Beijing is celebrated as the next host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Performers dance during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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