Who is performing closing ceremony

Here's everything you need to know about the event. Closing Ceremony Information. While the opening ceremony is about the excitement of what's to come, the closing ceremony provides an opportunity to look back at all the great competition that took place during the Games. But both ceremonies will have something in common: no fans.

There hasn't been a ton revealed about what this year's closing ceremony will entail. The theme will be "worlds we share," which seems fitting considering that athletes from a wide range of nations came together to participate amid a pandemic. Like the opening ceremony , little is known about what exactly the closing ceremony will entail except for a theme: "Worlds We Share.

There will be no fans inside Olympic Stadium for the event, but there likely will be some outside. Hundreds of spectators gathered outside the stadium for hours during the opening ceremony. Many athletes have already traveled back to their home countries, reducing the number of athletes marching even more than at the opening ceremony. Due to COVID protocols , athletes were required to leave Japan within 48 hours of "the completion of their competition or when they are eliminated whichever is sooner.

Those athletes who are still around, at least those for Team USA, have different outfits for the closing ceremony than their opening ceremony garb. The U. Olympians will wear white jackets with blue collars and hoods designed by Ralph Lauren. Back to Article. Close Menu. Search for:. They also helped the U. The American women delivered some of the memorable and iconic moments of the Olympics. The basketball team claimed its seventh consecutive gold , beating Japan on Sunday, while the water polo team won its third gold in a row and the volleyball team won its first.

Skateboarding at the Place de la Concorde. Tokyo organizers will pass the torch to Paris at the closing ceremony here on Sunday, and the French hosts offered a glimpse of what their Games could be. Led by French athletes and undisclosed special guests, the handoff will mark Paris taking over as host of the Summer Olympics once these Games close. The city last hosted in , and it received these Olympics in as part of a double award with Los Angeles, which will host in Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing made their debuts at the Tokyo Olympics.

All three will return for the Paris Games in , which will also add breakdancing, or breaking, for its Olympic debut. The event will feature men's and women's competitions with head-to-head matchups in which judges determine the winners. IOC rules now allow host cities to add sports to their program, so karate made sense in the country it originated.

Baseball and softball, which have strong followings here, did too. For some athletes, getting home from the Olympics might come with a longer time commitment — in quarantine.

Depending on the regulations in their home countries, some Olympians face days or even weeks in isolation when they return from Tokyo. Take Australia and New Zealand. The two island nations have fared better than almost any large countries. Athletes from both will quarantine for two weeks upon return. Facebook Twitter Email. Show Caption.