Closing Ceremony Highlights Olympics

# They didn't realise what was really in the room

# They were looking at a star like a rocket to the moon

# I think you really need a round of applause

# I said, you should get a round of applause

# Before I hit it like a hurricane # Let me pay my respects now

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# As you arrive, I see your car pulling up slowly outside

# And you step into the room through the big double doors

# First thing I'm going to give you is a round of applause.

# I said, you should get a round of applause

# I said, you should get a round of applause

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306 gold medals have been handed out across 28 different sports and Rio

is preparing to say farewell to the watching world, Farewell to 11,000

athletes and the tee Steves have joined me in the studio, Steve Cram

and Steve Redgrave. You can tell they are Olympians because they

battled through one of the worst storms we have had, well, the worse

since we have been here. Did you get blown around? I stupidly had

nothing, no coat or jacket, typical north-east lad. I've only just dried

out. I was here earlier and went down the road for a pizza with

Matthew Pinsent and battled to get back. I know, it has been blowing a

gale. We understand at the Maracana, which is further inland, it is much

less stormy than here. Fingers crossed. We are building up to the

closing ceremony but to bring you up-to-date on a couple of things

that happened earlier today, Joe Joyce was in the boxing ring for

Great Britain, winning the last medal, sadly not winning the last

gold, could not emulate Anthony Joshua's feats of four years ago,

found the Frenchman Tony Yoka too good, the 30-year-old Joyce losing

out on a split decision and afterwards he said he thought the

gold medal was his. He intends to turn professional. Britain finish

with a gold, silver and bronze from the boxing ring. In the very last

event of the Olympics, the USA added yet another gold medal to their hall

in the men's basketball final, winning their third consecutive

Olympic title, dominating Serbia and nearly breaking the 100 points mark,

closing out the match 96-66, a 15th Olympic title and a double up as the

women won the basketball title yesterday as well. So the final,

final medal table looks like this. The USA with their most successful

away games but Great Britain in second place and first in terms of

different sports in which they have won gold medals, 15.

Other nations that have done well, the host nation Brazil, it's their

Seven, one from volleyball today and football last night, just really

sending Rio rocking. Jamaica, six gold medals,

all of them on the track, New Zealand, their best Olympics

ever, with 18 total medals. Various countries winning

their first ever gold medal, including Fiji, who took gold

in the rugby sevens. Kosovo and Puerto Rico, who won the

women's tennis with Monica Puig. It has been an incredible Olympics

for a lot of nations, for Great Britain, the most

successful ever, which I don't think I think to be honest, I was talking

to Liz Nichol from UK Sport, I think she has been very up front,

there was a range. The media tended to report the lower

end of that range, 48. Secretly, actually not secretly,

they were reasonably open about somewhere in the 60 range

would have been a very, To have exceeded that,

67, phenomenal. The Russia effect,

perhaps, a little bit. Would it be naive to start to think

that the world balance reorders itself with drug testing

being more thorough? What's really happening

is that the superpowers are not That spread is going

around a lot more. If you actually look down the table

to how many countries are winning gold medals,

I think there's more than there's More countries winning

medals than before. Whereas it used to be 30

years ago, the dominance between the Soviet Union

and America, and no-one else gets a look-in,

is that their totals are coming down, especially on the gold medals,

and that's being spread Also, 80-odd countries

have won medals here. 42 countries won medals

in athletics. We have a great system,

but you don't have to have a great I also think, this

maybe needs looking at, we have a lot of different sports

to what we had 20 years ago. That traditional superpower sport

emphasis has shifted. We've been very good at going with

that shift, if you like. We've been able to

target certain sports. We've done very well,

as you say, with gold medals in more And some sports we don't

even really compete in, You take those out, we've got a very

high strike rate of winning medals. But those stats are why we're

winning because we look at it carefully and we look

at where we can get gains and win. Quiz question: who won

Great Britain's first medal Let's look at

some of the triumphs from the COMMENTATOR: Adam Peaty takes

Olympic gold for Great Britain. The time, oh,

my goodness me! The United States have it, Jamaica

took the silver and Great Britain Wales' Jazz Carlin in

silver medal position. The gold medal goes

to Great Britain! Laura Trott is Britain's

most successful female You've seen a few come through here.

I think we've done quite well. Here we go, silver to Great Britain. Well

done. Ohuruogu is holding

on to take the bronze. Well done, Christine,

Emily, Eilidh and Anyika. Olympic medal, can you believe it,

me, 400 metres, seriously? Chris Froome pulled

it out at the end. It is gold for Hannah

Mills and Saskia Clark. There is a medal here

for Becky James, it's silver. Stephen Scott takes the bronze medal

in the double trap competition. Gold, they've smashed

the world record. It's silver to

Siobhan-Marie O'Connor. Finally, he gets a chance

to enjoy this moment. Daley and Goodfellow are bronze

medallists. I didn't realise we were going

backwards until we were You can see how

much it means to her. Bryony Page is an Olympic

silver medallist! Jade Jones becomes the two

times Olympic champion. Nile Wilson makes history

for Great Britain as the first ever gymnast to medal at the Olympics

on high bar. I know everyone back

home will be so proud. I want to say, Joanna,

mum, dad - we did it. Jack

Laugher and Chris Mears... One, two, three...

go. Pure gold, the boys are in

tears. It's a silver medal, perfect

performance from Lutalo Muhammad. A bronze medal for the British pair,

Chris and Marcus. Amy Tinkler, the youngest

member of Team GB. She twisted and tumbled her way

to that bronze medal. Bianca Walkden has

shown the tenacity. She battled for that,

an Olympic Games bronze medallist. Nick Skelton and Big Star take

the gold for Great Britain. It's really something

that has been a dream. One wonders whether dreams do come

true, but they have today. Max Whitlock takes the first medal

in the all-around final for 108 And it's Joe Clarke,

the 23-year-old, that is My words are going to come

out in a big bleurgh! Sally Conway gets the medal.

Absolute brilliance. Thornely and Katherine Grainger are going away

Olympic silver medallists. Mum and dad, I promise,

I'll never put you David Florence and Richard Hounslow

have another plate of silver. Another throw of the dice

for Sophie Hitchon. Sophie Hitchon has

saved her best for last. Now then, the speedster. Great

Britain are in the final! Gutted not to get the gold but a silver medal

is amazing. Joshua Buatsi has emerged as the

star of the boxing ring. Incredible discipline

and power, that's what It's a one-two, a gold and silver

for the Brownlee brothers. Heath and Schofield believed

where others might not have done. Scores!

That's the golden goal! Great Britain have won

the Olympic gold medal. Great Britain in the men's

eight are the Olympic champions, and that has

a fantastic ring about it. Just the most amazing bunch

of guys, I'm speechless. The battle continues

between Stanford and Holland. The bronze to Vicky Holland

of Great Britain! What a race in the

women's triathlon. The first time that Great Britain

have won an Olympic medal He will leave Rio as

the Olympic champion. Adams has demonstrated terrific

variety to this point. Nicola Adams lets out a triumphant

roar. I'm now officially the most

accomplished amateur boxer we've It takes a lot to win an Olympic

medal, especially to be It really has been the most

extraordinary Games and you watch that again and you think,

my word, it seems like it's gone To be honest, I haven't seen

half of that, I've read about them and heard about them

but being in the athletics stadium I can't wait to get home and catch

up and watch it all. Earlier, I was asking,

we were fighting over our highlights and

Kate Richardson-Walsh, she will be carrying the flag

tonight at the closing ceremony. Van Niekerk winning the 400 metres

in world record, da Silva, the Brazilian pole vaulter,

everything got wrapped up in that, and Bolt, but I have to come back

to Mo, he's ours, as it were. You might have this,

I don't know if you've had this with the rowers, but we've watched

Mo since he was a kid, I remember him coming to Brendan

and I in the junior team, they'd all dyed their hair,

including Mo. I think

he was the instigator. After that, he used to come up

and he'd always kind of want to come and chat,

he knew he had something about him He mentioned it last night, I'm such

a competitor, I hate losing. That was in him when he was very

young. So watching him develop

as an athlete and a person, the way he controls,

people at the top of their game You don't often get that,

but Bolt does it and Mo does it so well and he did

it again last night. Just going back to the 10,000

metres, he fell over and got back up He was carrying an injury from that

fall, I spoke to him this morning and I used to mentor him

in the build-up to the '88 Games and I said you were hobbling

afterwards and you struggled in the heat of the 5,000

and he said, you are spot But he would still be able

to produce the best and still win. At the altitude training camp,

we were having lunch one day, Mo said, what are the

Kenyans going to do? I said, there's no way you can be

beaten unless they trip We even said, they can probably trip

you up in the last lap He nearly tripped in

the heats of the 5,000. But in the 5,000 final

he was superb, absolutely superb. There was a little moment

you didn't see there, No, two of the guys got reinstated,

he went back to sixth. There was a moment at the bell

when the Ethiopians tried to get past him,

which is what you really should try to do if you are

going to beat him, and the aggressive bit of Mo came

out, we see him in full flow, he said, you're not getting in here

and from that point, he had won. There was 390 metres to go

and he makes us work for the win as much as he works

for the win, but phenomenal. This is something

cyclists have done. Sir Bradley Wiggins has done this,

track, road, back to the track again, and you were there

when he made history. One thing I wanted to go

and see was these guys The Australians, I was with

Chris Hoy down in the centre have gone off too hard,

they'll never last, we will catch them, and they didn't,

they just kept on going. Then we started pinching them back,

pinching them back, All four of them are

incredible cyclists. And he wanted to join

you on five gold medals, but he had a different

attitude on the podium. It's like Daley Thompson

whistling in 1984. I think he does it as a way of not

crying, as a way of almost Possibly, it's one of the things

I love about him. He does things you don't

expect him to do. But it's that personality

and in some ways, the way they prepare,

it's making you a robot, it's scientific, making small gains,

and he does something like that. An amazing personality, eight medals

in total, a British record. Jason Kenny equalling

Chris Hoy on six gold medals. That progression of excellence

and the new stars that have come up and joined in that list is, I think,

really extraordinary. If you look at Sir Chris Hoy,

he's out there, level with Jason Kenny, only in front

by virtue of the alphabet and he's Bradley Wiggins goes

to the top of those on five. Yes, anyway, so Ben Ainslie

is there and Sir Matthew Pinsent, the cyclists are getting fed up

with the rowers. There was a swimmer

and water polo player Laura Trott is the first woman

on that list, she is young and could definitely do another four

years and I'm pretty We will see them moving up that

list very, very quickly When we are looking forward

to Japan, you touched on it earlier in terms of mentioning new sports,

what is going to be the British policy, the British policy

to surfing, but also to karate, which one would think would suit

the Japanese in particular, to climbing, to skateboarding and,

what is the fifth one? If we took the last two first,

we've tended to do OK in team sports where we don't have

traditions, so volleyball, handball for instance, basketball,

we tried to get a programme going, we have tended to go OK,

we've got too far to go in those Those are big programmes with one

medal or two medals, so we do look for where

we get best results. So where we are looking

at multidiscipline sports, where there are various medals

available such as rowing, athletics, cycling, sailing, etc,

that's where we've tended over the years to kind of think well,

that's where we will try and focus. I'm not an expert on skateboarding,

nor sports climbing. I would suspect things like karate,

we've got a good line through judo and taekwondo

etc, I would suspect. We have history there, we have won

World Championships at karate. I haven't heard recently,

but there is a pathway of sorts. What Steve is saying is totally

true on the team sports. The problem

with the basketball is anybody who is

any good in basketball, they go to the States and it's

difficult to keep a team together. You are trying to get individuals

back, trying to get a team together at the last minute and you can get

reasonably good results, but you They have to be in major leagues,

playing all the time, and that is one of the downfalls

with those particular sports. It will be interesting to see

the new sports coming in. We haven't done too badly at the two

introduced here, golf in Eddie Butler's fabulous

review of these Games. Never had there been an Olympic

setting quite like this. In contrast to what might

sink these Games. Brazilian politics in limbo,

an economy in recession, crime on the streets,

filth in the waters, the Zika virus. The Brazilian boo would ring around

Rio, if any Brazilians turned up Then came the imported difficulties,

the Olympics' own pet problems, the Russians, half here, half

banned, drugs are never far away, and an alleged ticketing scam,

arrests of the Irish, Michael Conlon eliminated

after judging which just Competition within the spirit

of peaceful cooperation. And then there were the problems

born of bad luck, And as if the Olympics didn't have

enough testing to do, An athletic gift Caster Semenya must

sometimes feel weighing But if a couple of bullets

came out of the favelas, so too did Rafaela Silva, straight

out of the City of God slums, and Rio found it had

reason to cheer. Home crowd, homeboy,

higher than ever, better than ever. There was a new question to be asked

and a betrothed pair on bikes winning enough gold to make wedding

rings for every couple in China. This was the only fever,

gold fever in the velodrome. These Games could never be as good

as London 2012. Great Britain's Max Whitlock

is the floor Olympic champion! Andy Murray is a double

Olympic gold-medallist. Nicola Adams let out

a triumphant roar. GB medals were coming in at a pace

and volume that had China worried about being overtaken and humiliated

by some isolated little rocks won their first medal ever

in the rugby sevens. Puerto Rico, half the size of Fiji,

won their first medal. Puerto Rico is a territory

of the USA, but the States can let their Caribbean island keep that

gold, they had enough of their own, top of the medal table

with a familiar cast of winners A true champion and a leader

of a great team. That's not the last you will

see of Simone Biles. The Americans couldn't beat

this man. He can't be a one-man

saviour of the Olympics, Usain Bolt, Bolt

is going to take it! His final bursts of sub

ten and sub 20 seconds. He will be a hard act to follow,

even though that's what everybody has been doing in the the last three

Olympics. He went out in style, not, though,

breaking his own world Some things, he had

to leave to others. One of the greatest pieces

of distance running you have ever seen, the new world record

to Ayana of Ethiopia. Each new distance, each

new time, lifting the Games. And lifting what haunted Brazil,

atonement for the last World Cup in the sport that

truly matters here. 200 million Brazilians

scream with delight. It leaves the legacy question -

what becomes of all this? There's no doubt that some

of Olympic Rio will rust and fade, reclaimed by a city that plays

by its own rules, a city that the Games never

came close to taming. Rio may struggle to feel any

long-term glow from all this. But whilst the Games were on,

while the giant soared in the city that soars,

Rio was as Rio looked, For a fortnight in the August

of 2016, the most beautiful A proper, proper

shiver down my back! Beautifully written,

beautifully delivered. Usain Bolt has written his last

message to Rio and he's That's not very good,

I don't speak Portuguese. It is, we came, we saw,

we conquered, Rio I have It will have a special

place in his heart. Delighted that hopefully he's

going to be in London next year. But from an Olympic

stage, that's it. I think for the Olympics as well,

it's not just athletics that The whole of the world of sport

will miss him when he finally goes. For me, that was a fantastic piece

from Eddie, and you know, Rio, that kind of idea

of it being a beautiful, and he's a beautiful runner,

there's a thing about Bolt which we all fall in love

with, his character. The Lagoa, never seen

anything like it. Some of the backdrops

for the sports are incredible. Especially my sport of rowing,

with Christ The Redeemer and the beautiful lake and all

the houses around in the backdrop, As the wind picks up and we just had

a real rattle to the studio. You can understand why rowing had

to be cancelled a few days. The waves out there, sailing would

be cancelled for too much wind. We are heading towards

the Closing Ceremony now, where we hope it is less windy

than here on the coast. The Opening Ceremony had a theme

of regeneration and re-invention. I suspect the closing will be

party, party all the way. Can't wait to see all

the athletes coming in. Thanks to Steve Cram and Steve

Redgrave. The Closing Ceremony will be

described for you by COMMENTATOR: Good evening,

24 hours after Neymar and Brazil's football win

here in the Maracana Stadium, we are back again for a celebration

of this country's most golden Games ever, seven golds for them

is the best. Of course, the efforts

of all the athletes over the last incredible fortnight in this

breathtakingly beautiful city, perhaps and probably the most

spectacular Olympic stage ever. It's a stage that's set

to stage one more final A Closing Ceremony never has quite

the same feel as an opening, the eager anticipation,

excitement replaced by a more relaxed celebration and reflection,

still plenty to entertain you with and I'm sure try to explain

as well as we say goodbye Thankfully, the weather has,

I think, improved. It was borderering

on the apocalyptic an hour ago. Howling a gale

and torrential rain. They declared a state of emergency

in some of the favelas around the city with the high

winds and tides. Our Brazilian friends are saying

it is tears for The hypnotic mirror sculpture,

that astonishingly beautiful flame sits there in the Maracana

and we're just about ready. Anthony Howe's kinetic sculpture

there amplifying the flame and Sadly, it's set to be

extinguished tonight. We will see the baton passed on to

Tokyo. Our old friend, the aviation

pioneer Santos Dumont Celebrating winning a contest

in Paris at the start of the 20th Century with a friend and complained

about having to take his pocket His friend was Louis Cartier

who made him a watch Said to be the first wristwatch

worn. To underline how time

flies, he's back. The much larger clock,

we're again giving the projections The larger clock ticks down and tell

us when it is time to start The first section,

called Olympic Wings, welcoming us to the ceremony

to celebrate the diversity of the wildlife, landscape

and landmarks around Rio de Janeiro. This music is being

performed by Barbatuques. If your kids have watched it, you

will have heard them on the soundtrack.

in the 18th century to bring fresh water from the Carioca River.

Christ The Redeemer has looked down upon this amazing scene

Next, to Sugarloaf, considered one of the world's

It stands out in thousands of people's photos and crowds

of tourists wait to ride the cable car up to Urca mountain

to be closer to all the wildlife that lives there.

An astonishing place, right on the edge of the bay.

Your guess as good as mine on that one.

The first time that the Games have come to a tropical country

and an appropriate and totally tropical revamping

Usually blue, yellow, black, green, red, representing

The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, with a cheery hello

Carinhoso, considered the most beautiful of Brazilian songs

# Ah se tu soubesses como sou tao carinhosa

# Eu sei que tu nao fugirias mais de mim

# Vem sentir o calor dos labios meus a procura dos teus

# Vem matar essa paixao que me devora o coracao

This is 78-year-old Martinho da Vila with his three daughters and his

# Eu sei que tu nao fugirias mais de mim

# Vem matar essa paixao que me devora o coracao

# Eu sei que tu nao fugirias mais de mim

# Vem matar essa paixao que me devora o coracao

It roughly translates as my heartbeat when I see you and my eyes

can't stop smiling. That's what everyone thinks of Neymar right now.

Time for the national anthem of Brazil, which will

representing the country's 26 states, plus the Federal District.

# Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens placidas

# De um povo heroico o brado retumbante

# E o sol da Liberdade, em raios fulgidos

# Brilhou no ceu da Patria nesse instante

# Se o penhor dessa igualdade Conseguimos conquistar com braco

# Desafia o nosso peito a propria morte

# O Patria amada Idolatrada

# Salve Salve Brasil, um sonho intenso,

# Um raio vivido, De amor e de esperanca a terra

# Se em teu formoso ceu, risonho e limpido,

# A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece Gigante pela propria natureza

# Es belo, es forte, impavido colosso,

# E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza

# Terra adorada Entre outras mil

# Es tu, Brasil, O Patria amada

# Dos filhos deste solo Es mae gentil

# Deitado eternamente em berco esplendido

# Ao som do mar e a luz do ceu profundo

# Fulguras, o Brasil florao da America

# Iluminado ao sol do Novo Mundo Do que a terra mais garrida

# Teus risonhos, lindos campos tem mais flores

# "Nossos bosques tem mais vida" "Nossa vida" no teu seio

# "Mais amores" O Patria amada

# Idolatrada, Salve Salve

# Brasil, de amor eterno seja simbolo O labaro que ostentas

# E diga o verde-louro dessa flamula

# Paz no futuro e gloria no passado

# Mas se ergues da justica a clava forte

# Veras que um filho teu nao foge a luta

# Nem teme, quem te adora, a propria morte

# Terra adorada Entre outras mil

# Es tu, Brasil, O Patria amada

# Dos filhos deste solo Es mae gentil

The children and the flag, brought in by a famous figure.

Tennis legend Maria Bueno, a former world number one,

renowned as much for her graceful style of play as her winning record,

It's just about time to meet the heroes of the Games.

But our famous figure of Brazilian entertainment is being

If you got have no idea who she was, ask your grandmother, or look

She went on to achieve worldwide fame, star of Hollywood

She was seldom seen without vibrant, fruit-adorned headgear.

I notice there is an extra guava in your hat, very fetching.

There is a Carmen Miranda museum here in Rio, where you can

To the athletes coming in, a great number have gone home

They don't come in as their teams here, they just come in together.

207 teams and delegations, or 205 countries and two special

teams, and they all come in together under their flags.

They sure do, one giant, joyous unruly and rather giddy gathering

of the greatest athletes and their phones on the planet,

mixing together and sending selfies to every corner of the world.

The flagbearer first of all, the Union Flag tonight is being

carried by Kate Richardson-Walsh, the wonderful captain

Interesting flag-bearers to look out for, the Greek, the first

Caster Semenya is carrying the flag for South Africa.

The heptathlon champion is carrying the Belgian flag.

Simone Biles, the four times gold-medallist of the United States,

a diminutive figure, but a giant of these Games.

Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia, who smashed the record

in the 10,000 metres, an astonishing run.

The French judoka Teddy Riner, the giant man who has

defended his title in the 100 kilograms plus category.

For Hungary, swimmer Katinka Hosszu, three golds and a silver.

The most medals they have ever won in a single games is 18.

And for Brazil, One Kidney, they call him.

Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos says he has the lungs of three men

ever to win three medals in a single Games.

What a performance that has been by Brazil.

We wondered, are Brazil going to get that little kick,

They have won seven golds among their medals.

Beach volleyball for the men, men's volleyball, Da Silva

the great pole vaulter, a wonderful achievement, that battle.

And in the lightweight boxing, Robson Conceicao, the man from

Silva, the woman from the City of God

That was the first gold, on day three.

but there will be more, I promise you.

It's not just this lot that have stayed around.

We said again, some of the athletes do move on very quickly

Andy Murray is in Cincinnati, going very well into the final.

The athletes that have stayed, a lot of those who were competing

later, but some competed earlier in the Games and decided to stay out

here for the full two or three weeks.

In they come, and we really thought that it probably couldn't get

any better than London for Great Britain's athletes,

Great Britain and Northern Ireland have broken new ground.

Since the modern Games began in 1896, the first time that any

country has increased its medal tally at the summer Games

immediately following the one it hosted.

So they leave Rio with 67 medals, two more than the 65 that they

gained in London, and 27 golds, you have to pinch yourself.

I did tell you, the phones, I think it's important to point

out that London and Rio are not glorious anomalies.

They are extraordinary for Great Britain, but they represent

the evidence surely that in UK sport and the BOA and the constituent

and contributing bodies and institutes of sports throughout

the entire United Kingdom, we do now have a world-class system

of talent identification and coaching and athlete support,

and it seems amazing to think back just 20 years,

returned home from Atlanta with just one gold.

Incidentally, if you are wondering, this is DJ Dolores

and Orchestra Santa Massa.

It's not quite going to be the same length of time as it took

for the parade of nations in the Opening Ceremony.

They will be ushered in fairly quickly.

Again, not the full number of over 11,000 athletes who competed

If you carry a medal around your neck, it gives

I'm very glad the rain has stopped, because the seats the athletes

will sit on are just around the field of play in the Maracana,

much drier than they were half an hour ago.

They are showing off the hardware out there.

When you think back over the last two weeks, we said farewell,

really, to Olympic legends Phelps and Bolt, Michael Phelps

It's the fourth consecutive Games he has won more

He is a one-man team, this phenomenal swimmer.

And Usain Bolt, it's his 30th birthday today.

I know he has given us such entertainment.

He will be at the World Championships

next year, but his last Olympic Games, without doubt.

There have been so many successes and so many significant moments

we can look back on, not just for Great Britain,

but for Allyson Felix of the United States,

her sixth gold medal and the Americans, their most

successful away Games, they have topped the medal table

But Great Britain, with 27, an extraordinary performance

Sophie Hitchon was excited about coming

to the closing ceremony, bronze in the hammer, the first

But there were so many for Great Britain's athletes.

Medals in 19 different sports out of the 28.

And we were trying to keep tabs on all the returning champions

from London and I began to lose count.

I think it's about 16 of the 21 returning gold-medallists

from London either retained their title or won gold

China, third place there, well done to them.

Look at some of the British firsts in Rio.

We talked about Sophie Hitchon in the hammer,

but Bryony Page won a first trampoline medal

except for Beth Tweddle, but in certain disciplines to have

that success in that sport, which was never considered

in the past as being a possible sort of medal.

2008 was the first medal for over 80 years in gymnastics and Max Whitlock

got two in one evening, plus the bronze in the individual

And there was Nile Wilson and Amy Tinkler as well,

and those repeating and doing great things, Charlotte Dujardin,

Laura Trott, the first women to retain an individual

Mo Farah's long-distance double, he did it.

It all started in the pool with Adam Peaty in that sensational

style, with that emphatic 100 metres breaststroke in a world-record time,

The British swimmers, a wonderful haul from them, they have

One of the more serious aspects, we talk about athletes going back

to compete in events elsewhere, we talk about Andy Murray

playing in Cincinnati, but some of the athletes who compete

in Olympic Games are incredibly highly paid and successful athletes,

but a lot of these athletes will go back to doing jobs, to doing work.

This might be the end of a lifetime dream to compete in the Olympics

and they have to look forward to what else to do.

It's interesting that for a lot of these athletes, it will be back

And for some of them, it will be business as usual.

I mean, Justin Rose, the history man for golf,

and what a fantastic supporter and enthusiast of this entire golf

resurgence within the Olympic movement.

With golf in particular, with the women's event

and Shanshan Feng winning bronze, it's a huge audience in China.

A lot of people were talking about it being in a rather rocky

position, would it be there even in Tokyo going forward,

but I'm pretty sure it has cemented a place now.

You mentioned Shanshan Feng of China, Inbee Park taking the gold

and completing a golden slam in gold.

Lydia Ko was involved, a New Zealander, and China,

South Korea, these are the markets golf is trying to get into.

I think golf is in pretty good shape going forward

What we are also looking forward to tonight, coming slightly

later in the ceremony, is the handover, the section

where Tokyo presents a bit of a ceremony of their own.

I promise you, that will be interesting.

They have had a good Games, Japan, 12 golds.

But significantly, about 20 bronze medals for Japan,

which really does say these guys are going to be coming

It points to real potential for the next four years

and how exciting to think that is where Great Britain

was in 2008 in Beijing, seeing that whole process start for them now.

A little bit of rain coming down inside the Maracana again,

but nobody seems too concerned at the moment.

We've had a record ten nations winning their first ever

Olympic gold medals here, as the French come in.

We've had Ivory Coast, Cisse nicking that taekwondo gold

from Lutalo Muhammad in the final session,

It was an extraordinary victory and dancing

This is like the awkward moment at the start of a school dance

where nobody's mingling properly yet,

A little nudge from the PE teacher, and they'll all be

There's a lot of seats to be filled up here,

One of the favourite moments of the Games in the Pacific's

eyes was the men's rugby sevens gold for Fiji.

They came straight in and took that gold in the men's

The rugby sevens team are not here for Fiji,

but the javelin thrower Leslie Copeland was carrying their flag in.

It was, I would say, expected, because lots of things could happen,

For them to get that medal, even if it was against Great Britain

in the final, I think a lot of people were still cheering

for Fiji, because it meant so much to them.

Another nation that a gold medal has meant so much to is Kosovo.

This was the first time they have ever taken part as an independent

Kelmendi, in judo, they won the gold.

The prime minister back home immediately, indeed,

christened her a hero and all their athletes here,

And Jordan, Bahrain, Vietnam, Singapore, Tajikhistan, Ivory Coast,

One thing the weather has done tonight is ensure that we won't,

sadly, have the overhead shots of the Maracana

which are so spectacular, because helicopters are grounded.

We're getting plenty of footage down inside the Maracana.

We could send him up. He looks like he could just reach up and filmed

the Maracana from above. Great Britain and Northern Ireland

are coming in in their numbers. We'll see if we can spot some

of these medallists as they come in for Great Britain and Northern

Ireland. There's plenty of them, that's

for sure. I think France are holding

everyone up here. Looking down to see how involved the

athletes from Great Britain and Northern Ireland are getting in the

dancing. It is fairly restrained at the moment.

Glimpse of a couple of the hockey team there.

What an achievement by the British women's hockey team.

In that penalty shootout against the Dutch as well,

Zoe de Toledo, the cox in the rowing being hoisted aloft there.

I have to say, this is reasonably orderly so far.

It gets a bit out of hand sometimes at a Closing Ceremony.

Top woman of the Games, Katie Ledecki, four golds,

one silver, queen of the Games for the United States and obviously,

Michael Phelps, five golds and one silver for him.

What's your high point of the Games if you had to pick one moment?

I think, whilst I've cheered every single one of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland's medals, I think last night,

in the football final, here in the Maracana Stadium,

I've always taken a huge interest in the fortunes of the host nations

at the Games that I've been to, and the men's football

team topped the lot, five-time winners of the World Cup,

The Maracana was built to host the World Cup finals in 1950.

They lost in the final there to Uruguay.

Of course, in their own World Cup two years ago, they lost 7-1.

To win against Germany in the Maracana was deeply

and doubly meaningful to this nation.

We quite often look at football in the Olympics as being, well,

shouldn't be there or a less important thing, but here

in Brazil, the football was about the most important thing.

A lot of Olympic sports have been overlooked by a few

When the football final was happening last night, everybody

You've got to think, Weverton's goal heroics

and the penalty from Neymar secured their sixth gold medal.

It was a record until the men's basketball topped it.

You had a heady cocktail of emotion and catharsis and joy.

I've seldom seen it at all the Games I've been in.

The rain is getting a bit heavier here.

Again, everyone is well protected and prepared.

Wayde van Niekerk would be my favourite.

They carry umbrellas, so they're well prepared.

Frevo grew out of Capoeira, the African-Brazilian

Fights used to break out at carnival marches at the end

The police cracked down, so they started carrying umbrellas

instead and disguising the Capoeira dance moves, and that became

And it also listed by UNESCO as unique intangible cultural heritage.

In other words, no one can properly describe it, including us!

I was written -- I was reading an Australian article the other day and

they said they were making fun -- that used to make fun of winning

more medals than Britain at the Olympics and now they had four

televisions on in their office and any one of them seemed in playing

God Save The Queen. Some soul-searching from Australia but

they are dribbling -- delivering... But delivering since 1929,

delivered considerable success It's a proud sporting nation and it

does underline the lessons that have It is 16 years now since

the Sydney Olympics. Remember when the Sydney Olympics

and the president of the IOC called Then London got a ringing

endorsement as well I wonder what Thomas Bach will say

about the Games of Brazil. Everyone waits to see

what the statements are and what phrase he will come up

with to sum up these Games. The United States,

entering the arena. I know there's only so much staring

at smiling athletes you can take, but almost all the countries

are with us now. They're in no hurry

to take their seats. As you see all of these flags

fluttering in the breeze here in the Maracana Stadium,

it's worth remembering that 87 Niger became the 87th

here in Rio, a new Games record. Some countries have stolen

the limelight in terms But there's great happiness amongst

the huge number taking hardware We're getting glimpses

of the Union Flags I interviewed UK Sport Chief

Executive Liz Nicholl the other day and she said,

we knew we had potentially 79 medal shots and our target

was at least 40, but really, we were aiming for the 66,

one more than London. She said it shows the system

is working at the UK. Yet those of us involved,

there's a huge amount more that can be improved,

more potential to come, so as we look ahead to Tokyo,

it's really exciting. It was something, Andrew,

that Katherine Grainger said, whilst we should rejoice at this

level of success, amazingly, Well, it's nice to see Japan coming

in waving Japanese flags, Again, Japan will play a part

in this closing ceremony. Yes, it's not just about success

at the top level in sport, but does success at the top

which inspires people, inspires youngsters to try sports

out, but if there aren't the facilities to try out those

sports, it's to no end, The funding, the cost per gold medal

for Great Britain and Northern But The National Lottery

is funding it. How exciting for these

athletes from Japan. The flag, the Olympic flag,

is going to be handed over to their capital city,

Tokyo, later this evening. Then the build-up will

start for real for them. There's a slightly chaotic

scene as they come But it does make you think that,

you know, once again, we've shared in the biggest and most

incredible celebration - ah, Helen She got the gold rush started four

years ago in London. Ladies and gentleman,

the athletes of the 31st Olympiad. Right, now, the IOC is getting

down with the kids. This is Kygo from Bergen,

Norway, one of the biggest stars in the world,

and Julia Michaels as well. Kygo is the fastest artist to reach

one billion streams on Spotify. This song, Carry Me,

will be followed by a launch If two weeks of your life given over

to night and day watching of the Games isn't enough,

you can deny yourself sleep all the time,

with the free digital platform, 365 days a year, featuring

Olympic sports and content. Kygo was the first electronic

musician to perform at a Nobel Peace Prize concert,

which was very similar to this. # Running back to

where we started from There'll be more to

the Olympic Channel than people 365 days a year, all sorts

of content on there. You might recognise one of them,

it's an interesting, eclectic mix. The 18-year-old swimmer

from the refugee team is there. You have the women's 400

metre champion as well. And the Tongan who is here

essentially because he oiled himself up massively

for the Opening Ceremony, carrying We've had the full noise

from Brazilian musicians. Now we're going to celebrate

their artists, going way, We're celebrating the discovery

and preservation of cave paintings of Serra da Capivara,

a World Heritage Site in Brazil. They have finds dating

back some 22,000 years, considered one of the most important

archeological sites The music provided by a choir

of children The woman portrayed at the start was

an archaeologist. It's one of the poorer states

of Brazil, in the north-east, This section

of the ceremony echoes a poignant pause for thought

in London's Opening Ceremony in London, performed

to Abide With Me, and Rio asking us the world to remember loved ones

who have touched our lives. Missing, and particularly poignant

after the traffic accident in Rio which claimed the life

of a German Canoe Slalom A silver-medallist in 2004,

he has in turn saved the lives of four people by organ donation

transplants after his And now we pay tribute,

as we did in the Opening Ceremony, to the contribution of black culture

to the formation of Brazil. This tradition of lacemaking passed

down through Portuguese culture and celebrated

in the song, Lace-Making Woman. It serves to remind us again

of Brazil's colonial period, when slave women were allowed

to sell lace on street stalls. Slavery was abolished

in the 1880s here. MUSIC: Mulher Rendeira

"Lace-Making Woman" by Lampiao Beautiful visuals again inside the

Maracana. I know what you're thinking,

we have stayed up until 1:15am for Brazilian handicrafts,

but this is quite beautiful. The group will perform one

of their parabelo shows. The style is forro,

an abbreviation of forrobodo, This section is inspired

by an artist, Dos Santos. It is in the style of his popular

figures. It's like the August edition

of Handicraft Monthly, this, His work as a ceramic artist

remained largely unknown to the public, then his work

was exhibited in Rio, and thereafter his works

became known nationwide The music is by Luiz Gonzaga. They

love him here. This is his biggest hit.

# Eu te asseguro nao chore nao, viu

That's got the biggest cheer of the night so far.

To the best moments of the 2016 Olympic Games.

MUSIC: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos

Huge cheer for Silva for judo from Brazil.

That's got the biggest cheer of the night so far.

Almost as big a cheer for Usain Bolt as for the Brazilian

During the first edition of the Games in 1896,

all the medals were handed out on the last day.

So at this moment of the Closing Ceremony,

the last medal ceremony, for the men's marathon

In fact, the first time that Kenyan athletes have won both the men's

and women's marathons in the same Games.

There were three British athletes running in the men's

Great run by Callum Hawkins, finishing ninth.

Eliud Kipchoge taking it in the end for Kenya.

Galen Rupp, interesting double, running in the 10,000, fifth behind

Doing a 10,000-marathon double and a bronze medal for the American.

And Lilesa of Ethiopia taking the silver.

In fact, an amazing record in marathon running.

He's won seven of the eight marathons that he's ever run.

How special to receive it at a Closing Ceremony,

in front of the whole watching world.

Interesting, Mo Farah receiving his second,

5000m one and the stadium was just about empty.

A significant number of British fans there,

but the Olympic Stadium just about empty, because most

had gone home by that stage of the evening.

Sebastian Coe there alongside Thomas Bach to do this one,

And Galen Rupp will get the bronze medal, the former training

He finished fifth in the 10,000m, and he was the silver medallist

behind Mo in in the 10,000 in London.

Stepping up here to try the marathon as well as the 10,000.

He hugely admired what David Rudisha did in defending his 800m title.

Bronze medallist, representing the United States of America... Galen

Rupp! Galen Rupp, the first man

from America to have won medals in the men's 10,000m

and men's marathon. He took the silver in

the 10k in 2012 behind Mo. Astonishing for these athletes to be

receiving their medals in front of what will be the biggest medal

ceremony crowd of the Olympic Games. Silver medallist, representing easy

OBR... Feyisa Lilesa! -- Ethiopian. This is the eighth medal

for Ethiopia in the men's marathon. They've won gold four times

in the past in this event. This man, one of the ten

fastest marathon runners Not the quickest today, even though

it was good conditions. Lilesa took bronze in Daegu in 2011

and now has an Olympic silver medal. Gold medallist and Olympic champion,

representing Kenya... Eliud Kipchoge!

Only Kenya's second gold medal in the men's marathon.

They took the women's marathon gold here, too.

The Kenyan men had a mixed time on the track.

It was called a national shame that no Kenyan man made the final

Eliud Kipchoge came into the marathon as the favourite.

He got a bronze medal in the 5000 in Athens.

He left the track behind to go to the road and is now the Olympic

His moment and Kenya's anthem inside the Maracana.

Ladies and gentlemen, the anthem of Kenya.

What a moment for Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya.

So too for Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia and the United States' Galen Rupp,

to have their medal ceremony for the men's marathon

Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic medallists.

Now they can join the party with the rest.

Now time to observe some formalities here.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the newly-elected

members of the International Olympic Committee and its

Yes, four athletes have been elected to the IOC's

Athletes Commission, by their peers, here in Rio

They had 23 candidates to choose from.

From table tennis, Seung-min Ryu of Korea.

That got a lot of people talking. She's been very critical of Russia's

banned from the games. Retired from competition two days ago.

The woman who set a staggering 28 world pole vault records

Here is Seung-min Ryu, the table tennis champion from Athens.

Swimmer, gold in the 200m breaststroke in 2012 in London

Yelena Isinbayeva said about the pole vault here,

whoever wins will be second by default because

She said that whoever wins, it won't be a proper gold,

it will have been done without Isinbayeva,

referring to herself in the third person there.

It's now time to thank the volunteers.

Always a very popular moment and always very well deserved.

Once again, they've been wonderfully warm and enthusiastic

They've illustrated what they call around here "Brazilianness",

the capacity of Brazilian people to face adversity with good humour,

It's a lovely moment, flanked by the four

new members of the IOC Athletes Commission.

Thank you, volunteers. This song is for you.

Who was it who made the Games happen?

MUSIC: Jack Soul Brasileiro by Lenine

MUSIC: Jack Soul Brasileiro by Lenine

made these Games possible. I've never seen so many colours,

So the Greek national anthem, as we prepare to lower the Olympic

MUSIC: Canto De Xango by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell

The Greek flag is raised, and now to the sound

of the Olympic Anthem, the Olympic flag will be lowered,

after Thomas Bach is introduced, alongside the Mayor of Rio,

Eduardo Paes, and the governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike.

Please welcome the President of the International Olympic Committee,

Thomas Bach. Eduardo Paes, who received the flag

from Boris Johnson in the 2012 closing ceremony,

is getting a mixed reception, and Yuriko Koike, the first woman

governor of the city of Tokyo. # Sing out each

nation, voices strong # As tomorrow's new

champions now come forth # Rising to the fervent

spirit of the game # Let splendour pervade

each noble deed # Surround the soul

of every nation # Oh, flame eternal

in your firmament so bright # Illuminate us

with your everlasting light # That grace and beauty

and magnificence # Shine like the sun

Blazing above # Bestow on us your

honour, truth and love # The Olympic Anthem sung

as it was at the Opening Ceremony by The More Project,

which supports underprivileged Ladies and gentlemen,

the Olympic flag And for Japan and the capital Tokyo,

it's all very real indeed now, just as it was for us

when Boris Johnson rather enthusiastically took possession

of the Olympic flag in Beijing. So to Tokyo's part of the closing

ceremony, beginning Tokyo saying thank you for

the support that Japan received from people around the world

after the devastating earthquakes They are saying thank

you for the chance to hold these Games in Tokyo for the second time,

after 1964, and thank you to Rio, We move on to sights we might

expect in Tokyo. This is the Scramble Crossing,

where thousands cross You might see also the Tokyo Tower,

1,000 feet tall, modelled The Rainbow Bridge,

the bullet train. A celebration of Japanese cartoons

and video games as well. Pac-Man, Hello Kitty,

Captain Tsubasa. Kitajima, a legendary swimmer

making an appearance. A middleweight boxing gold in London

four years ago, and the Rio and Tokyo quite literally

at the opposite ends of the Earth. A link is being established

between the two cities. The man portraying him

is the Prime Minister of Japan, In London, the Queen was thrown

out of a helicopter, so here's the Prime Minister

playing Super Mario. And now we're going to see

the Tokyo 2020 emblem, illustrated on the field,

and surrounded by an animation representing the 33 sports that

are planned for Tokyo, Baseball and softball returning,

then there's karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing

for the first time. This is all performed by gymnasts

from Aomori University. And the use of augmented

reality graphics. The motto of Tokyo's Games

is Discover Tomorrow. And we'll discover more

at the Opening Ceremony, as I said, on the 24th of July

in four years' time. Tokyo's emblem in

the Ichimatsu style. Disappearing to reveal

the skyline of Tokyo. We've left Sugarloaf Mountain,

and we swap it for Mount Fuji. The silhouettes of the Tokyo Tower,

Rainbow Bridge and a model of the Skytree, it really is one

of Tokyo's landmarks, appears out of the pipe,

following the Prime Minister. That was one classy, confident taste

of what's to come, perhaps. It all began with the Japanese Prime

Minister appearing as Super Mario. I'm slightly disappointed it

wasn't Kenneth Branagh, Now we're going to reflect

on the last fortnight here in Rio. There's Thomas Bach

and Carlos Arthur Nuzman He gave a passionate speech

at the Opening Ceremony. He was the proudest man alive

at the Opening Ceremony, he said. I think he's fit to burst

here tonight, the President of the Rio 2016

organising committee. The Hungarian athletes trying

to get back to their seats The rain comes to celebrate

the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. Dear friend, the president

of the International Olympic The best place in the world

is here, he says. "I invite all of you to celebrate

with us this evening, Let's celebrate together this

victory of the sport, We celebrate the Olympic flame

together with all of you. Rio, did history, showed it's

beautiful, but the competence to organise the most

important event of the world. This is a better city and it's

still a magic place. The Games in Rio was a great

challenge, but a challenge "I will say it again,

I'm proud of my city, I'm proud of my country

and my people". "Yes, we're different

from north to south, "east to west and it's this

diversity that makes us so unique, "We cheer together,

we celebrate together. We're vibrant together

and celebrate together. "These Olympic Games prove

that your sons, Brazil, "You've came to Brazil

in green and yellow "Sport has graced Rio with moments

we will never forget, "and Brazilian fans have

earned the gold medal". You are the gold medal of the people

who come to see the Games "I want to thank the support

of everyone who has helped "The three levels of government,

the International Olympic Committee, "the Brazilian confederations,

Olympic sports officials. "My special affection

to our tireless volunteers". The Olympic volunteers

of our country and of the world, we are proud

of our volunteers. With a smile on their face,

they have put these Games together. "My special tribute to you,

dear athletes, you are the stars "You inspire the youth in believing

that a dream can come true". You, Olympic athletes, receive our

special award. You wrote a new page

in our Olympic history. 27 world records and

91 Olympic records. "We've organised our marvellous

Olympics in The Marvellous City". The Olympic world belongs

to all of us, no frontiers, and now open to new horizons,

new regions of the planet. When we won the Games

in Copenhagen, I said Rio Rio has delivered history,

from my heart... Nice, soothing honey and lemon drink

for Carlos Arthur Nuzman now. Thomas Bach has a hard act to

follow. Sorry, with the emotion, to invite

the international Olympic president, and Olympic champion,

Thomas Bach, my great friend "Mr President, Carlos Nuzman,

my colleague and friend, distinguished Brazilian authorities,

dear Olympic friends "Thank you for your

warm hospitality. Over the last 16 days,

a united Brazil inspired the world, in difficult times for all of us,

with its irresistible joy of life. These Olympic Games demonstrated

that diversity is an These Olympic Games

were a celebration of diversity. Our Olympic values created

unity in this diversity. A big thank you goes

to the organising committee of these Games and its president,

Carlos Nuzman, our gratitude in particular to the international

federations, the national Olympic committees, and the sponsors,

for their invaluable contribution. Thank you to you,

the Olympic athletes. You have amazed the world

with your incredible performances. You have shown us all the power

of sport to unite the world. By competing in friendship

and respect, by living in harmony under one roof in one

Olympic Village, you are sending a powerful message of peace

to the whole world. United in our diversity,

we are even stronger. Thank you, dear

refugee athletes. You have inspired us

with your talent and human spirit. for millions of

refugees in the world. We will continue to be at your side

after these Olympic Games. You will have a place

in our hearts for ever. These were a marvellous Olympic

Games in The Marvellous City. These Olympic Games are leaving

a unique legacy History will talk about a Rio de

Janeiro before and a much better Rio

de Janeiro after the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee

would like to honour the people 110 years ago, the founder

of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin,

created a unique award, Tonight, this Olympic

Cup goes to Cariocas. It goes to the people

of Rio, the Cariocas. The IOC has invited

six of you to accept From the Transformer

Project, Natalia. From the construction team that

helped transform the city, He may well feature, he's a

special talent. the people of Rio de

Janeiro. I now have to perform my last

official duty here I declare the Games of the XXXI

Olympiad closed. In accordance with tradition,

I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years

from now in Tokyo, Japan, to celebrate with others the Games

of the XXXII Olympiad. So the

formalities are over. And some more performance art

in the making, I fancy. Yes, this section pays tribute

to the landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx, part

of Brazil's artistic vanguard. The cast perform a series

of choreographed moves mixed which alludes to overhead views

of the artist's designs. One or two of the designs will be

very familiar to us now. The waves on Copacabana 's back

promenade. And now we move on to

the extinguishing of the flame. MUSIC: Chovendo Na Roseira

by Tom Jobim MUSIC: Pelo Tempo Que Durar by

Marisa Monte and Adriana Calcanhoto And it's the tropical rain that's

been falling naturally tonight that slowly and gently will

extinguish Rio's Olympic flame. Mariene de Castro sing this song

which speaks of the permanence of life.

The flame which has burned throughout these Games,

and as a torch in a relay, many months before, goes out.

The water that puts the fire out also allows new life to grow.

Another tree, the symbol of the Opening Ceremony,

grows up from the stadium floor, reminding us once again of the tree

The flame may have gone, but we can still look forward

to the colour of carnival and we end with the anthem of the city,

As Thomas Bach said, a marvellous Olympics

This song is the official anthem of the city.

Its airport named after a composer, its anthem

Bees are the Samba Singers, who have mastered the practice of warming up

the crowd before the Samba Parade. -- Diousse. The samba schools are

not ready schools but gatherings of certain neighbourhoods to come

together to try to outdo the other is at carnival.

The smiling street cleaner. He was filmed by chance dancing at Carnival

17 years ago dancing with his broom and became something of an overnight

sensation. These are the traditional

street carnival songs, that people in this city

have learned as kids and passed

on from generation to generation. I'm assured the woman with him

is a famous model, Izabel Goulart. He has the fastest feet in South

America. The whole floor of this

Maracana Stadium is ablaze The legendary Pele has just tweeted,

"Brazil welcomed the world with open arms and showed our life in both

work and play." The Sambadromo has hosted

the archery, but this One other thing that Carnivale

is famous for are the giant floats Confetti tumbles down from the roof

of the Maracana. And exuberant celebration for this

amazing part of the world. Rio has done Brazil

and South America proud. That was the party that didn't

want to end, but it is over. Good night from us

here in the noise and We shall do it again in Tokyo

in four years' time. Most of all, thank you to Brazil,

thank you to Rio de Janeiro. CLARE BALDING: Many thanks

to Hazel Irvine and Andrew Cotter for their commentary

on the closing ceremony. And so it ends with street carnival,

samba, street fireworks as the flame is extinguished,

Rio rocking to the sights and sounds of sport, but the torch has been

passed on to Tokyo and it will most certainly be different

in four years' time. It may be better attended,

it may be better organised, but Steve Cram and Sir Steve

Redgrave are here in the studio. If you have a box of

fireworks, it's spectacular. But there's been a few duds

and a few things that didn't thrill and I think that will

be my abiding memory. No Games has to be perfect,

apart from London, of course, and it's a spectacular place, Rio,

and the people are wonderful, but there are a lot of things,

mainly organisationally Colour, we expected a lot of colour,

we have seen a lot of colour The passion, any time a Brazilian

was competing, the roar, even if it was a half-filled

stadium, was incredible. But it comes down

to the performance, and the performance of all

the athletes from all the countries have been amazing,

especially our own. They have really stepped up

to the mark where we were thinking Performance-wise, it's

been absolutely fantastic. For me, because of the time

difference as well, the chance for gymnastics and diving

and hockey, cycling, look at Kate Richardson-Walsh,

carrying the flag at the closing ceremony, for those sports to really

get the chance of the athletes It does come down

to the performance. If you're doing the performances,

you will get the coverage as well. That's one of the

problems in some ways. We've got so many talented athletes

doing such good competition and getting the results,

but they're getting smaller and smaller chunks,

because we don't have the time We will see new stars

there and a lot of younger athletes here may be hungry to

see how they progress Let's not forget, Bolt had a rotten

first Olympics in 2004. Then Mo had a very disappointing

first Olympics, so there are people who are here who have not been

disappointing, perhaps, but have done well,

and will be better in Tokyo. Actually, what you were just saying

there about other sports getting their day in the sun,

Bolt casts a big shadow, a nice shadow over our sport,

and it will allow the new shoots Like Wayde van Niekerk,

who broke Michael Johnson's record The sport has stars,

it has stars in Britain and internationally,

and in Tokyo we will see some of them have their chance now,

now that Bolt moves on, The big concern now

for Brazil is what happens Ticket sales, they say,

are around 13%. I mean, that is desperately

worrying, isn't it? There's been all sorts of rumours

in the last couple of days because of the ticket

sales not being good. There has even been talk

about cutting some of the events. How can you train for four years,

some for longer, plan to be here, and even two weeks before, not fully

decide if they are going to have It may be a case of getting some

money in from somewhere, Talking of money, the IOC still has

an awful lot of money to spend and interesting choices to make

as to where it might be able to support countries that need it

and where to spend that money Well, actually that last bit,

I think, is so important. UK Anti-Doping have had

their funding cut in real terms. If we are so animated,

and we should be, and the Russian issue obviously highlighted that

around the world, Our sport still has

Russia suspended. The IOC, and I'm going to say this

now, and its sponsors, and to be fair, money that comes

from television, the money the IOC gets from people wanting to be part

of the Olympics also has to be used to ensure we trust it, that we trust

what we are looking at, and that we can have some faith

in what we're watching, and we can put pressure

on the Russias of this world to come into this arena in as fair

a way that we can manage. It will never be perfect,

it will never will be, there will always be

people trying to cheat. But we have to invest more in that,

particularly drug testing and particularly in countries,

we've talked about other countries winning medals and we have to make

sure they are winning medals It's difficult in third world

countries, they don't have money, funding, the lottery,

so they have to get it perhaps from the IOC, and I don't see any

reason why, as the IOC is a fairly wealthy organisation,

why they don't spend They are the body that should

be leading this. But the richest sporting nations

should be asked to chip I'm sure that Great Britain

would be part of that. What clean sport is out

there should be promoted. Let's try and get one step ahead

rather than being one step I just love the fact that not only

have we been able to watch, enjoy sport and marvel at sporting

achievement for 16 days, we have been able to

discuss it as well. Thank you to Steve Cram,

Steve Redgrave, to everyone who has won medals and competed,

to everyone who has watched, and who has worked on this BBC

production, because it takes a lot Tonight, for the very last time

from BBC Sport here in Rio, we say thank you for watching,

thank you for all your Andy Murray

is a double Olympic gold-medallist. Usain Bolt gets it,

a magnificent seven. Alistair Brownlee, the Olympic

triathlon champion. They succumb to the inevitable,

bow to his superiority, # And this whole world is a new

Nicola Adams lets out a triumphant roar.

Laura Trott is Britain's most successful female

Max Whitlock, double Olympic champion.

Mo Farah is going to get the double double.