Editing 1994 Winter Olympics (section)

===Closing ceremony===
{{main|1994 Winter Olympics closing ceremony}}
At the closing ceremonies, also held at Lysgårdsbakken, all spectators were handed a flashlight with the inscription "Remember Sarajevo"—the host of the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] which was at worst moment of the [[Bosnian War]], the [[Siege of Sarajevo]]. The first entrants on the stage were [[Liv Ullmann]] and [[Thor Heyerdahl]],<ref>LOOC (III): 161</ref> followed by the athletes' precession. After the Olympic flag had been transferred to [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]] mayor [[Tasuka Tsukada]], speeches were held by Lillehammer mayor [[Audun Tron]], Heiberg and Samaranch. The latter used his speech to remind about Sarajevo's situation,<ref>LOOC (III): 163</ref> before giving Heiberg IOC's gold medal.<ref>LOOC (III): 164</ref> Artistic presentations followed with many of the themes from the opening ceremony.At the 15-minute presentation as the next host city, Nagano was presented to world as  a modern [[Yama-uba]], also the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] mascots, the [[Sukki, Nokki, Lekki and Tsukki|Snowlets]], was also presented on a public eye for the first time. Of the 2,200 people performing in the opening and closing ceremonies, only 50 were professionals.<ref>LOOC (III): 166</ref>