The Closing Ceremony for Beijing 2022 officially close the XXIV Olympic Winter Games. Check out some images of the closing event. (Click an image for the source link.)

And, come back to this blog tomorrow for a roundup of what's worth remembering from the athletes and their accomplishments. There's a lot! Also, the Games & Rings Tumblr feed has some of my favorite photos from sports photographers over the two weeks' action, too.

Atop the medal table, what is the secret to Norway's Winter Olympics success? Is it 'fun and friendship'?
The New York Times​ investigates as well.

Meanwhile, is drinking wine the key to Swiss skiing success??

Retired biathlete Martin Fourcade and Alpine skier Frida Hansdotter elected as newest members to the IOC Athletes' Commission.

Check out USA TODAY​'s roundup of some of their best photos from Beijing 2022, including captures of the range of emotions the Games always bring...and 'funny faces'.

The New York Times has a great photo roundup, too.

And, here is CNN.com​'s selections from Beijing 2022.

Athletes biting their medals is still a thing...as For the Win investigates.

Tim Layden: These Olympics have been...complicated.

How is Beijing 2022 the 'most-watched and digitally-engaged' Winter Olympics ever? The answer is China, and not the rest of the world...

The U.S. Olympic Committee can point to a bobsledders Josh Williamson and Sylvia Hoffman as successes of its reality t.v. athlete search.

Associated Press: How did athletes spend their down time at Beijing 2022?

A challenge for U.S. Ski and Snowboard...how do grow a more diverse athlete population?

Will team China's cross-country performance at Beijing 2022 have a "profound impact" on the sports development in the host nation?

More...Su Yiming and Eileen Gu are forging a 'new face of sport' in China, amidst its most successful Winter Games.

An every-four-years question: how to leverage the Olympic excitement of women's ice hockey?

'Loveable losers' takes on a new meaning for Olympics-watchers in Australia.

Buzzfeed looks at how some Beijing 2022 athletes have grown since we first saw them in an Olympics.

The Sydney Morning Herald: Was this really Russia's Olympics?

The next Winter Games of Milano Cortina 2026 wants to bring 'the joy back to the Olympics'.

But will Milano Cortina 2026 "lack spirit and atmosphere" in Alpine skiing? Federica Brignone thinks so.

And beyond...what is the future of Winter Games in an era of sustainability awareness and climate change? Will the continued focus be on adapting "the Games to the master plan of the (host) city"?

Thought Beijing wasn't winter-y enough? Snow aside, the AP has the photos to prove how cold it got.

Here are some of the best bobsled color schemes from this week.

Here's "17 of the wildest skeleton helmets" from Beijing 2022.

And, what's your favorite goalie mask from Beijing 2022's ice hockey competition?

Congrats on the winning Futura design!

The van Dorens sure do get training in where they can. (ad)

Long time, no see, Caterine!

Kai Kazmirek trains in b&w.

Maria Espinoza is joyous.

Skiing great Deborah Compagnoni and figure skaters Noemi Tali & Stefano Frasco help introduce Milano Cortina 2026's Futura logo, chosen after a public vote.

On yesterday's International Transgender Day of Visibility, Olympic runner Nikki Hiltz gets personal.

Ahead of last week's Volta Ciclista a Catalunya where he finished 21st), UCI.org chatted with Richard Carapaz, proud to represent Ecuador on the world stage and promote road cycling.

World champion heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson updates 22 Voices podcast listeners on her injury recovery, and her plans for Tokyo 2020 and Birmingham 2022.

Team Great Britain marathon Olympic trials winner Chris Thompson is a "heart-warming story of hard work and persistence".

Tanzanian marathon hope Alphonce Simbu articulates the difficulties athletes - particularly from farther-flung and less wealthy nations - face as they strive for Tokyo during the ongoing pandemic.

The New York Times looks back with Mikaela Shiffrin on the unique challenges she faced as she embarked on the 2020/21 season.

Jimmy Shea: 2002 Olympic skeleton champion facing severe legal issues.

Rio 2016 medal-winning canoeist Steffi Kriegerstein struggles to recover from Covid-19 in time for Tokyo.

Former Major League Baseball-er Ian Kinsler set to make his Olympic debut for Team Israel this summer.

Can Tan Ya-Ting improve upon her Rio 2016 bronze at Tokyo 2020 and conquer the Korean team in women's archery?
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Speedy "try machine" Jordan Conroy is confident that Team Ireland can qualify for Tokyo 2020 at June's last-ditch qualification tournament for rugby sevens.

Pole vault legend Sergey Bubka talks pole vaulting, Olympics, and Laureus World Sports Awards with Armand Duplantis.

Faster Skier has a nice profile on U.S. Olympic cross country skier Sophie Caldwell Hamilton as she closes her career.

Fresh off scoring "the most important goal" of his career, Juan Carlos Obregon celebrates Team Honduras' qualification to the men's soccer tournament at Tokyo 2020. (in Spanish)

LPGA star Inbee Park reiterates her eagerness to defend her Rio 2016 title after another tour win.

Canadian BMX freestyler Corey Walsh pens a poignant social post and comes out as gay.

More Canada: the CBC checks in with water polo star Krystina Alogbo, who's set to miss her Olympic debut, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.

​Daniel Andre Tande: improvement in his recovery from a much publicized crash in ski jumping.

London 2012 medalist and three-time Olympian Saina Nehwal tells The Olympic Channel that maintaining fitness is the focus goal as she approaches Tokyo 2020 badminton.

European Climate Pact Ambassador, and double OIympic medalist sailor, Hannah Mills talks "Big Plastic Pedge" sustainability with Olympic.org.

Boryana Kaleyn does her part to bring Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics back to the top, as she dominates the conclusion of the first World Cup of the year.