Closing ceremony ends Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

Prime Minister David Cameron has met the Team GB medal winners from the 2014 Sochi Olympics during a reception at 10 Downing Street in London.

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After two weeks of nerve-wracking competitions and months of rigorous training, Team GB athletes were in for a party during Sochi Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

Judging by their Twitter feeds, they enjoyed the spectacle and partied on after the official part of the ceremony ended.

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Olympic Committee chief declared the Sochi Games closed, officially ending the 2014 Winter Olympics.

"I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games closed. In accordance with tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Pyeongchang to celebrate with us the 23rd Olympic Winter Games," Thomas Bach said.

Sochi Mayor Anatoliy Pakhomov handed the Olympic flag to Pyeongchang Mayor Lee Sok-ra during the closing ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

South Korean city of Pyeongchang will host the Winter Olympics in 2018.

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The best of Russia's culture was on display during the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Russia's world-famous ballet played a key role during the spectacle, which also celebrated the country's most famous writers and poets, and paid tributes to the legendary Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Flag bearers enter the stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Lizzy Yarnold, who won the gold in skeleton, carried the flag for Team GB Lizzy Yarnold

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Spectacular fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Team GB has plenty four medals to celebrate during the closing ceremony tonight. They are now inside the Olympic stadium in Sochi, where the ceremony takes place.

Sochi 2014's organisers made a joke at their own expense during the Winter Olympics closing ceremony after the fifth Olympic ring "failed" to unfurl.

Harking back to the opening ceremony moment where a malfunction left the iconic rings one short, dancers in shimmering silver tops formed four perfect rings as one group remained in a tight formation.

The audience cheered as the final ring was revealed.

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