The Closing Ceremony of the

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took place on 26 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (

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) at the

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, Italy.

Program

The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President

Jacques Rogge Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (, ; 2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013. In 2013, Rogge bec ...

calling them "magnificent". This again departed from former IOC President

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's tradition of declaring each games "best ever" and continued Rogge's tradition of assigning each games their own identity in his comments.

Medal ceremony

During the closing ceremony, in the Olympic Stadium, medals were presented for Cross country skiing at the cross-country skiing men's 50 km free event, one of the last events held at the Games. In a new practice for Winter Olympics closing ceremonies, the medals for this long race were awarded during the ceremony similar to the way the medals for the men's marathon are awarded during the closing ceremonies of Summer Olympic Games.

Giorgio Di Centa Giorgio Di Centa (born 7 October 1972 in Tolmezzo, Province of Udine) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, including the individual 50 km freestyle race. He is the younger brother of Ol ...

of Italy, the host nation, won the race and was presented with the gold medal.

Eugeni Dementiev Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev (russian: Евге́ний Александрович Деме́нтьев, born 17 January 1983 in Tayozhny, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports ...

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was awarded silver, with Austria's

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claiming the bronze. The medal presenter was former Olympian and current IOC member

Manuela Di Centa Manuela Di Centa, (born 31 January 1963) is a former Italian cross-country skier and Olympic athlete. She is the sister of former cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa and cousin of former track and field athlete Venanzio Ortis. Career Di Centa, ...

, sister of the gold medalist.

''Carnevale''

The main theme, to coincide with Italy's popular masked festival, was ''Carnevale''. The show, directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, who is known internationally for his theatre performances based on the circus world, included six of the original costumes from the film '' I clowns'' by

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, on lease from the Italian national film museum. Life-sized Piedmontese tarot cards marching in drill formation signifying all the Luck, Fortune and Life of the Athletes performed to honor every individuals personal story in coming to Torino. The formal moments of the ceremony alternated with artistic moments inspired by the creativity of Viareggio Carnival artists, of travelling shows and of the typical Italian "feste in piazza". The original music was composed, arranged and orchestrated by Italian producer

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in collaboration with

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and Serenella Occhipinti (a.k.a.

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s and

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s drove through the center of the stadium to symbolize the crowded streets of the center of the Italian cities.

Wind machine

A wind machine was shown with flying acrobats performing an aerial ballet. This was a

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that blew the acrobats up into mid-air. The machine was custom-built b
Aerodium Canada
and

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for use in the closing ceremony. It is very similar to machines used for indoor skydiving facilities.

Parade of the athletes

The athletes entered the arena without strict order, following a tradition started 50 years earlier at the 1956 Summer Games. They had reportedly been given light-up red clown noses to wear, but few athletes were seen wearing the noses.

Intruders

During the final speech by

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, chairman of the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, a Spanish man ran onto the stage and attempted to speak into the microphone. He managed to shout "Passion lives in Torino", as well as rip off one of the two microphones on the podium, before security officials quickly wrestled him away. Castellani continued his speech with only a minor pause. The intruder's T-shirt was printed with the logo of GoldenPalace.com. A young Polish female streaker named Justine tried to perform a similar stunt, holding an Italian flag bearing the handwritten inscription ''"Mi consenta"'', and having a drawing by a

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artist, Ettore Wallemberg III, on her skin, but security officials stopped her.

Vancouver 2010

In accordance with the

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which governs the Closing Ceremony, IOC President

called on the youth of the world to assemble in Vancouver, in four years, for the next Winter Olympics. Canadian opera star

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, himself born in

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, the host province of the next Winter Olympics, sang ''

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'' to begin the Canadian segment of the ceremonies and mark the beginning of the countdown to the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010. Heppner sang a version of ''O Canada'' which is presented in a combination of Canada's two official languages, English and French, which are also the official languages of the IOC. Then came the "Oslo Ceremony" (so called because the original Olympic flag, which was used for transfer of the Winter Games, was first used at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo), which is the transfer of the

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from the mayor of Turin,

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, to Jacques Rogge, and then to the mayor of Vancouver,

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. The flag was kept in the

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during the next four years. With music playing, Chiamparino ran up the steps to the stage, waved the flag the symbolic eight times, handed it to Rogge, who then handed it to Sullivan. Because Sullivan is a

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who uses a

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and has limited use of his arms and hands, the flag was placed in a specially-designed flag holder on his chair. Sullivan then spun his chair back and forth eight times to make the flag wave in the air. The assembled crowd roared in approval and rose to their feet in response. This culminated this part of the program. The Olympic flag was next raised again at the next Summer Olympic games in Beijing;

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there took place on 8 August 2008. The show included a Vancouver-based specially-cast dance corps together with the latest concepts in boarding, skating and skiing. The Montreal-based members of the cast are multi-talented acrobatic performers drawn from

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's acclaimed

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(''National Circus School''), and Les sept doigts de la main, energetically supported by the renowned

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. In addition, Canadian singer

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performed her song, "Who Knows." In Ottawa, Prime Minister

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, himself from Calgary, the host city of the

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, said in a statement that the Olympic flame had begun its journey to Vancouver.

Exit of the Olympic Flag

After the Olympic flag was lowered, Piccoli Cantori di Torino sung

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while the flag was exiting the stadium.

The siege of Turin

After Va, pensiero was sung, there was a segment featuring the

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to commemorate the 300th anniversary.

Musical finale

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performed his song " Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)" before the flame was extinguished; on stage with Andrea appeared 500 Italian brides in white carrying lighted lilies and formed "the Dove of Peace" formation choreographed by Doug Jack and symbolically "flew" across the stage as the flame took its final breath. An international collection of pop singers closed out the ceremonies as a fireworks display ensued, which was unusual because mostly artists that originate from the host country usually performs. After Canadian

who had sung during the Vancouver segment, Italian

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, who had already sung at the closing ceremony of the

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, performed the song "

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", and Puerto Rican

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performed " I Don't Care" and " The Cup of Life".

Anthems were performed by

* Piccoli Cantori di Torino, Italian National Anthem *

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and

New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra The is a symphony orchestra based in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1972 with Seiji Ozawa as honorary conductor laureate. The Philharmonic's primary concert venue is the Sumida Triphony Hall. From 2003 to 2013 its music director was Chri ...

Greek National Anthem The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" ( el, Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, also ), is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. ...

, Canadian National Anthem * Instrumental Version of

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Notable attendees

Aside from celebrities participating in the ceremonies and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance: *

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* Luca di Montezemolo, President and CEO of

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and chairman of

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, with son,

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* Albert II,

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, former

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, Italian-American race car driver * Andrea Casiraghi, older son of the heir to the throne of Monaco,

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with spouse

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and their daughter Marie-Éden. *

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, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs *

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, the host province of the 2010 Winter Olympics

Television broadcast

In the United States,

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broadcast the ceremony on tape delay, starting at 7:00 pm EST and PST/6:00 pm CST and MST, and it was one of the broadcasters that did not edit out the intruders interrupting the speeches. In Canada, CBC and

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broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 1:00 pm EST, with several replays on both networks throughout the day. In the UK, the BBC broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 7:00 pm

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. In Australia, the

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broadcasts the ceremony live, starting at 5.30 am AEST. In Spain,

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broadcast the ceremony. In Italy,

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broadcasts the ceremony live at the same time it start started.

Notes

References

External links

Closing ceremony – IOC articleCanada to invite the world to "Come Play With Us in 2010"Closing Ceremony article at BBC Sport
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