"You have shown how sport brings people together in our fragile world; you have shown how sport builds bridges," Bach told the Korean athletes. "The Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018 are the Games of new horizons," he added.Winter Olympics legend Marit Bjoergen won the final gold of Pyeongchang in the women's 30km cross country on Sunday -- putting Norway top of the table over Germany, on overall medals won.It was a fitting send-off for the Games and for Bjoergen, 37, who completes her Olympic career with a record-breaking 15 medals and was one of the stars of the 16 days of competition.- 'Rossiya, Rossiya!' Canada were third with 11 golds, while hosts South Korea are seventh.Although they didn't get to wave their flag at the closing ceremony, it was a triumphant day for Russia after their men's hockey team beat Germany in the final -- and then defiantly sung their national anthem on the ice.Russia sent 168 athletes to compete as neutrals after Russia's national Olympic committee was banned for mass doping. However, two of the competitors failed drugs test.The International Olympic Committee voted on Sunday to keep Russia's suspension in place until the other 166 Russians are cleared of doping in Pyeongchang.The Russian Olympic Committee said it expected the ban to be lifted "within the next few days". During the closing ceremony, chants of "Rossiya (Russia)" could be heard.Attention now turns to Tokyo, host of the 2020 Summer Olympics, while the Winter Games also stays in Asia with Beijing holding the next edition in 2022.

Source: Economic Times February 25, 2018 15:00 UTC