Beijing Winter Olympics End With Parade of National Flags and Burst of Fireworks

BEIJING—With a parade of national flags and a last burst of fireworks in the stadium identified as the Bird’s Nest, China on Sunday officially concluded a Beijing Winter Olympics that sought to unify the globe but ended up highlighting its divisions.

Athletes competed for medals though the risk of war loomed in some of their homelands. The breakout star was not a Usain Bolt-like figure whose athletic feats transcended borders, but relatively a U.S.-born Chinese skier, Eileen Gu, whose virtuosity on the slopes was accompanied by issues about allegiance and privilege.