2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Seoul. First, the Greek flag was raised while its anthem played. The Olympic flag was then lowered and passed, by the mayor of Pyeongchang County, Shim Jae-kook, to IOC President, Thomas Bach, who then handed it over to the mayor of Beijing, Chen Jining. This was then followed by the raising of the flag of China, and the playing of its anthem. The flag will be raised again in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 24 July 2020. Beijing, the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, presented a special performance "See
2024 Winter Youth Olympics 2024 Winter Youth Olympics The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics will be the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The host city is to be announced at the 134th IOC Session on 23 June 2019 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland. Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov launched a bid to host the event after Thomas Bach visited Sofia in September, 2018. Sofia bid to host the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, but lost to Albertville and Lillehammer respectively.