Guiseppe Sala, mayor of Milan and Gianpetro Ghedina, mayor of Cortina d' Ampezzo, wave the Olympic flag.Photo: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images
During the event — which took place in Beijing’s National Stadium, which is also known as the Bird’s Nest — the Olympic flag was lowered while the Malanhua’er Children’s Choir sang the Olympic anthem.
The Olympic flag was then handed over from the Mayor of Beijing to International Olympic Committee (IOC) PresidentThomas Bach. Bach, 68, then handed the Olympic flag to the mayors of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
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Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony.David Ramos/Getty Images
Back in June 2019, Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo were named as the official site of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The news was announced in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the time.
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