Ev'ry time we say goodbye... after a devastatingly brilliant men's hockey final, and after a devastatingly brilliant two-and-a-bit weeks, we've reached the end of the line. I'm sorry.

Updated 25/02/2018 at 12:59 GMT

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12:58

So that's goodbye from me and goodbye from me!

12:57

Anyway, I'm sad to say that this is us. What a 17 days it's been, what a 17 days it always is. We'll be back in Tokyo in two years time ... see you then!

12:55

Eurosport's experts say the Games were very nicely organised, but lacked a central meeting place. I found that upsetting myself.

12:52

Lights now show snowflakes, which I think symbolises lights showing a snowflake. It's profoundly meta.

12:49

Our five children are back, bouncing across the ice, no doubt to symbolise the fluctuating fortunes of life and other as yet undiscovered existential questions.

12:46

EXO, one of K-Pop's most famous boybands are taking us through Power.

12:43

It's time for some traditional dancing, accompanied, naturally enough, by a fleet of buggy-jeep affairs.

12:43

12:41

"And now it is my obligation to declare the Olympic Winter Games of Pyeongchang 2018 ... closed."

You're harshing my buzz, man.

12:39

Everyone's favourite Tongan ascends the dais, along with various other athletes; a Nigerian bobsledder, Lindsey Vonn and others. They pose for a photo with Bach.

12:37

Bach says these have been the Games of "new horizons". There have been new events, competitors, and more elemental stuff too.

12:34

Thomas Bach congratulates Pyeongchang and says we've seen Games that were an homage to the past and an act of faith in the future.

12:33

My computer crashed, but we're listening to the closing speeches; apparently the Games were good, folks!

12:26

Seems to be the message.

12:26

See you in Beijing!

12:23

We see a globe in the middle of the ice and hear some generic tune, like someone has pushed the "rock music" button on an 80s Bontempi keyboard.

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12:21

We're seeing some gorgeous swirls of electric light. There are pandas.

12:18

Beijing give us a taster of what their Games will be like; no city in history has hosted both summer and winter Olympiads.

12:17

We sing the China national anthem.

12:17

Apparently Beijing has a similar climate to Pyeongchang. Who could have guessed.

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