Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
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Published 2012-09-09
Celebrating the seasonal cycle of ancient and modern festivals that take place throughout the year, world-class musical performances took the audience on a journey through Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.
The ceremony also honoured servicemen and women, and particularly the work of charity Help for Heroes, with Captain Luke Sinnott, a double amputee, climbing to the top of the flag pole to hoist the Union Flag. A motorcade of weird and wonderful vehicles then stormed into the Olympic Stadium, as ex-serviceman Rory Mackenzie delivered a rousing speech.
The evening also saw the Paralympic Flag was handed over to Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, cueing a colourful musical performance by Rio 2016.
At the end of the night, as the Paralympic Flame began to fade, ParalympicsGB gold medallists Ellie Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock transferred the Flame to a Paralympic Torch. They then proceeded to light hundreds of torches held by members of the cast throughout the field of play before it was extinguished.
The ceremony ended with a spectacular fireworks display over the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park, followed by fireworks along the River Thames.
Led by Closing Ceremonies Artistic Director Kim Gavin, Music Director David Arnold and Designer Misty Buckley, the Closing Ceremony was overseen by the same team of Executive Producers who have been in charge of all four Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies, including Oscar-winning film director Stephen Daldry.
All Comments (21)
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39:32 'Us Against the World' 43:43 'Yellow' 48:22 'Up In Flames' 51:40 'Paradise' 56:18 '42' 1:01:00 'God Put A Smile On Your Face' 1:05:32 'Clocks' 1:09:59 'Charlie Brown' 1:14:50 'Princess Of China' with Rihanna 1:18:48 British Paraorchestra 1:20:50 'Strawberry Swing' 1:24:55 'We Found Love' with Rihanna 1:28:05 'Viva La Vida' 2:04:55 'Run This Town' 2:08:45 'Paradise Remix with Jay-Z' 2:10:40 'Interlude' 2:11:18 'The Scientist' 2:16:18 'Every Teardrop is a Waterfall'
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I was originally here for coldplay, but literally stunned by how great the athletes are in the video footages along with coldplay's song! It is not hard to imagine how much effort they have paid, how many challenges they have to conquer to earned their place!
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No pressure on Will Champion at all with that last drum solo...
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Best Strawberry Swing performance!
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best closing ceremonies of any Olympics, any time, ever.
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Let's be honest, we came here for Coldplay and not Rihanna or Jay-Z
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I actually love the song Strawberry Swing, it's such an incredible song and to hear it live would be amazing. Had I been there, I think I might have fainted from the sheer awesomeness. The entire ceremony was really good. Much better than the Olympic closing ceremony.
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At first I was upset they didn't do my favorite of theirs Fix You, then I realized it probably wouldn't go over well in this situation.....
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By far the best paralympic ceremony ever, 10 years later this it's still hard to do better
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THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!!
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- the hosts' voices = perfect concert
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SHUT UP WHILE COLDPLAY IS PLAYING!!!
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That was one heck of an evening the stadium rocked, an excelent conclusion to an excelent Paralympics.
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Phil Craven’s pirate anecdote is honestly one of the only engaging bits from the Olympic speeches I’ve ever heard. Can he do them all instead of Thomas Bach?
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I was a games maker volunteer at the Grange St. Pauls Paralympic Family Hotel in central London and was lucky enough to be given tickets to attend this ceremony and feel the amazing atmosphere inside the stadium. It was one of the very best nights of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to have been a part of the London 2012 Paralympic Games!
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This is absolutely amazing. I have to see Coldplay live someday!
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Coldplay is epic, the greatest band ever.
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#1yearon since @rihanna @coldplay and Jay Z put on a show that no one could forget >> bit.ly/17KIkfS #ParalympicMemories
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I was priveledged to be at the Olmpic Park watching the weekends wheel rugby finals and then the closing ceremony, words fail to convey the true joy I felt being there, being a part of magical summer of sport. To all who made it possible Thank you.
