Hohhot, February 27 (Xinhua) -- On February 27, the 14th National Winter Games ended in Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
For the first time, more than 3,000 athletes from 35 delegations participated in competitive sports and team events. Among the 35 delegations, 26 delegations won gold medals and 30 delegations won medals, and the number of delegations participating in the "14th Winter" and the coverage of gold medals and medals have been greatly improved, fully demonstrating the new pattern and new look of China's winter sports development after the Beijing Winter Olympics.
This is the scene of the closing ceremony of the 14th National Winter Games, which was filmed on February 27. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin.
Ice and snow meet, build dreams together. At about 20 o'clock on the 27th, the closing ceremony of "Fourteen Winters" began at the Hulunbuir Grand Theater. In a cheerful and enthusiastic atmosphere, the flags of the participating delegations entered. Everyone stood and sang the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.
Zhou Jinqiang, deputy director of the Organizing Committee of the 14th National Winter Games and deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, read out the decision on awarding the sportsmanship and fashion awards and commemorative awards to the delegations participating in the 14th Winter Games of the People's Republic of China. Subsequently, the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China presented souvenirs to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the host of the "14th Winter".
On February 27, Gao Zhidan, Director of the Organizing Committee of the 14th National Winter Games and Director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, delivered a closing speech. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Bingjie.
Wang Lixia, Executive Director of the Organizing Committee of the 14th National Winter Games and President of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, delivered a speech. Gao Zhidan, Director of the Organizing Committee of the 14th National Winter Games and Director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, delivered a closing speech and announced the closing.
In the singing of the "14th Winter", the flag of the National Winter Games and the flag of the "14th Winter" were slowly lowered. The "Fourteenth Winter" cauldron that had been burning for 11 days appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the flame gradually became smaller until it was extinguished, and the applause at the scene lasted for a long time.
On February 27, the flag of the Winter Games of the People's Republic of China and the flag of the 14th Winter Games of the People's Republic of China were lowered at the closing ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Bo.
In 2028, the 15th National Winter Games will be held in Liaoning. In the handover of the flag of the Winter Games, Wang Lixia returned the flag of the Winter Games to Gao Zhidan, and Gao Zhidan handed over the flag to Li Lecheng, governor of Liaoning Province.
On February 27, the actors performed at the closing ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen.
The cultural and sports performance entitled "Winter Rhyme Between Mountains and Seas" announced that the Winter Games had entered the "Liaoning time". In the singing and dancing of the "I Have an Agreement with the Grassland" cultural and sports performance, the closing ceremony of "Fourteen Winters" came to an end, and it flowed according to the feelings of farewell.