Flag-bearers Valérie Maltais and Steven Dubois lead Team Canada at closing ceremony

Short track speed skaters Valérie Maltais and Steven Dubois lead Team Canada into the closing ceremony at Verona Olympic Arena in Italy.

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The closing ceremony for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games kicked off and wrapped up with tributes to Italian opera.

Arena di Verona will also be the site of the Paralympic Games opening ceremony.

The mayors of Milan and Cortina have handed over the Olympic flag to the next Winter Games host: the French Alps.

The closing ceremony also included the victory ceremony for the last event of the Games: women’s and men’s cross-country skiing 50-kilometre classic mass start.

Two Québécois speed skaters, triple-medallist Valérie Maltais and short-track champion Steven Dubois, carried the flag for Canada.

After the ceremony, the Olympic flame will be extinguished, marking the end of the 17-day Winter Games.

Canada won 21 medals: five gold, seven silver and nine bronze.

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