Winter Olympics 2018 close in Pyeongchang
17:01 25 February, 2018International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, declared the Pyeongchang Games closed.
A record 102 medals was grabbed this year in 15 events. A total of 2,925 athletes from 92 countries took part in Winter Olympics 2018.
Norway set a Winter Olympics record by finishing Winter Olympics with 39 total medals - 14 gold, 14 silver and 11 bronze medals, while Germany took the second place (14-10-7), leaving behind Canada (11-8-10). Due to the Russian doping controversy, the IOC permitted Russia to compete under the designation Olympic Athlete from Russia. Russia grabbed 17 medals- 2 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze medals and took the 13th place.
Armenia had three representatives at Pyeongchang-2018 - skiers Mikayel Mikayelyan, Katya Galstyan and alpine skier Ashot Karapetyan.
The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place in Beijing from 4 to 20 February.
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