索契残奥会闭幕式英文报道
The curtain has come down on the 2014 Winter Paralympics in a colourful and spectacular ceremony in Sochi.In front of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ceremony, which involved 462 performers and 8,000 volunteers, embraced the theme of "Reaching the Impossible."
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| A huge icebreaker ship makes its way during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. |
547 athletes from 45 countries competed for the 72 golds and Russia were by far the strongest winning thirty gold, eighty medals in total.
The most medals ever won by a nation at a Winter Paralympic Games. The hosts were way ahead in the medal table. Second was Germany with nine. Canada came third.
Russia won twelve out of a twenty events in cross country skiing and were also strong in biathlon. this ceremony on the back of a successful winter olympics
The next Winter Games are in Pyeonchang in South Korea in 2018.
