2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
| Time | 20:14 – 22:25 MSK (UTC+4) |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 February 2014 |
| Location | Sochi, Russian Federation |
| Coordinates | 43°24′08″N 39°57′22″E / 43.4022667°N 39.9561111°ECoordinates: 43°24′08″N 39°57′22″E / 43.4022667°N 39.9561111°E |
| Also known as | Reflections of Russia |
| Filmed by | VGTRK and OBS |
The closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February 2014 from 20:14 to 22:25 MSK (UTC+4) at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. It was designed to show Russian culture, through a European perspective, and featured performances by Yuri Bashmet, Valery Gergiev, Denis Matsuev, Hibla Gerzmava, and Tatiana Samouil, among others.
The closing program presented "Reflections of Russia"; that is, highlights of Russian culture, presented through a European perspective. It was directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca. Konstantin Ernst served as creative director and Andrei Nasonovskiy was the executive producer.
Throughout the ceremony, sporting highlights of the Games were replayed on the screens of Fisht Stadium. A "forest" of 204 long LED light tubes changed color throughout and the audience was given LED necklaces that also changed colors periodically.
The closing ceremonies began with a countdown, at the conclusion of which the LED forest turned on. Lyubov, the girl from the opening ceremony, entered the stadium in a rowing boat with two clowns and two children named Yuri and Valentina. An image representing the Black Sea below appeared on the floor. Many volunteers appeared below them dressed as sea fish, which first form the yin and yang symbol (a nod to Pyeongchang, the next winter Games host city), the infinity symbol and a star, then combined to form four Olympic Rings and a dot, a reference to the malfunction of one of the rings at the Opening Ceremony failing to open properly. After a pause, the volunteers forming the dot "opened" into the fifth Ring. The Russian flag was carried by the thirteen Russian Olympic Champions from the games.
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