After two and a half weeks of triumph, loss, and all kinds of controversy in and out of competition, the Winter Olympics in Beijing come to a close on Sunday. Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will be the U.S. flag bearer. Here's where and when to watch.
The Olympic and Chinese flags flying next to each other during the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 4.After two and a half weeks of triumph, loss, and all kinds of controversy in and out of competition, the Winter Olympics in Beijing come to a close on Sunday.
At the Closing Ceremony, the Olympic flame will be extinguished, and the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo will be welcomed as the hosts of the next Winter Games in 2026. There will also likely be recognition of Paris, France as the host of the 2024 Summer Games — certainly by NBC, which can’t wait to get there after three straight Olympics overall in Asia.
The United States’ flag bearer will be Elana Meyers Taylor, who on Saturday rwon a record fifth bobsledding medal with bronze in the two-woman competition. Her total of five career Olympic medals is the most by Black athlete in Winter Olympic history, the most by any women’s bobsledder at the Olympics, and two more than any other Olympic bobsledder, male or female, has won for the United States.
Meyers Taylor was to be one of the U.S.’ flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony, but she had to miss it due to
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