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The Tokyo Summer Olympics finally came to a close, with the Closing Ceremony taking place on Sunday August 8 at 8 p.m. local time in Japan (7 a.m. EST here in the U.S).

Related: See Photo Highlights from the Olympics Opening Ceremony

NBCUniversal is the main broadcast partner for 2021 Tokyo Olympics Games programming across cable, broadcast, and digital platforms. Your basic-cable package (like this one we like from Verizon) will let you watch the Olympics on TV including final event recaps and the Closing Ceremony live.

But if you’ve cut the cord and want to watch the Olympics without cable, there are other ways to watch the Closing Ceremony free online. Here are all the details you need to know.

Tokyo Olympics TV Channel Guide

If you want to watch the Tokyo Olympics on TV, events will air across NBC, USA, CNBC, NBCSN, the Olympic Channel, and Golf Channel.

Verizon Fios will also broadcast NBC Universal’s coverage of the Olympic Games for the first time ever in 4K Ultra HD. If you have a 4K TV and Fios TV One, you can catch the Olympic Games on dedicated 4K channels, including NBC, Golf Channel, and the Olympic Channel. This will include 4K coverage of the Closing Ceremony and even replays on the next day. Get more details about Fios TV plans here.

For everyone else, here’s how to watch or stream the events online.

How to Stream the Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony Online

As previously mentioned, the Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony aired live at 7 a.m. EST on Sunday, August 8th, after the last gold medal event, the men’s water polo final. The time difference in Tokyo means that the prime time rebroadcast will air on NBC at 8 p.m. EST on Sunday, August 8th. The theme of the event was “Worlds We Share,” and you can see images here. The event celebrated Japanese culture — from taiko drumming and Harajuku street fashion to J-pop hits and Ainu dance — before handing off to France, the country that will host the 2024 games in Paris, with the theme, “Made for Sharing.”

While the Olympics were broadcast across NBC, NBCSN, and MSNBC, the Closing Ceremony will air live on Peacock and then rebroadcast in primetime on NBC. You can get both through a number of live-TV streaming services.

1. Watch the Closing Ceremony on Sling TV

Sling TV gets you access to NBC to watch the Olympics Closing Ceremonies. Right now, Sling TV is offering a $10 deal for your first month of streaming, including unlimited free DVR Plus for that same month. 

Sling TV lets you customize which channels you want on your plan, so you get access to 30+ other cable channels in addition to streaming the Olympic Games on NBC. Sling TV’s app pairs with virtually any device to let you watch the 2021 Olympics…