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Sunday, February 25, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 25, 2018
At closing ceremony Pyeongchang hands off Winter Games to Beijing
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAt the closing ceremony, the Olympic flag has been passed from the mayor of Pyeongchang, South Korea, to the acting Beijing mayor. That signifies the transfer of responsibility for Winter Games to China.
Beijing will host the Winter Games in 2022 after having staged the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In between, Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Games.
— AP
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