The Winter Olympics are over, the curtain coming down in Beijing overnight in a colourful closing ceremony.
Leading a small New Zealand contingent into the Birds Nest Stadium was flagbearer Nico Porteous, whose gold medal in the freeski halfpipe competition over the weekend contributed to our record haul.
Of course, fellow-Wanaka skier Zoi Sadowski-Synnott bagged a gold and silver earlier in Games.
New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive Kereyn Smith spoke to Corin Dann.