Photo Gallery: Day 16
The polar bear mascot blows out the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Fireworks explode over Olympic Park at the end of the closing ceremony.
AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
Performers during the closing ceremony recreate the fifth Olympic ring that didn't open in the opening ceremony.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Picture of a giant balloon with the logo of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
A piano player performs.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Sochi Mayor Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov, IOC president Thomas Bach and Pyeongchang Mayor Lee Seok-rae as the baton is passed to South Korea.
Oktay Cilesiz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
South Korean performers dance during the Pyeongchang 2018 presentation.
Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Giant portraits of famous Russian writers who were celebrated during the closing ceremony.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
Performers in the closing ceremony.
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images
Performers are seen upside down during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
Light show during closing ceremony.
Pool/Getty Images
Performers suspended in a giant rowboat.
REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
The Russian circus part of the program.
REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Athletes enter the stadium.
REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
The polar bear and leopard mascots prepare to extinguish the cauldron.
PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images
Polar bear sheds a tear after putting out the Olympic flame.
AP Photo/Charlie Riedel
Canada's Sidney Crosby beats Sweden's goalie Henrik Lundqvist on a breakaway during gold medal game. Canada trounced the Swedes, 3-0.
REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Henrik Lundqvist sprawls as Sidney Crosby scores to make it 2-0 Canada.
REUTERS/Julio Cortez/Pool
Sidney Crosby celebrating his goal.
Martin Rose/Getty Images
Chris Kunitz of Canada, who had the game's third goal, high sticks Marcus Kruger of Sweden.
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Canada's Jonathan Toews scores the first goal of the game. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
The Czech Republic sled makes a final run during the four-man bob.
Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
Russia's pilot Alexander Zubkov and and his teammates winning gold in four-man bobsled.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer
The mass start of the mens 50k freestyle.
Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
The 50k race.
Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
A lone skier makes his way in the 50k.
Julian Finney/Getty Images
Alexander Legkov of Russia after winning the 50k race.
Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Veleriya Obarevich, right, and Yan Shamilov carry a Russian flag with the message "Thank you, Putin!" through Olympic Park ahead of the closing ceremony.
AP Photo/David Goldman
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