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Final day of the Invictus Games here in Orlando, it's the wheelchair | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
basketball. It's the United States versus UK... The Brits got lucky. | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
Not so fast my American friend. GB victory, smell it. Security. Yeah! | :00:21. | :00:54. | |
Hello and welcome to our final day of coverage of the 2016 | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
Invictus Games with Daraine Mulvihill. | :00:58. | :00:58. | |
In a moment all the action from the basketball court with Ade | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
We'll be bringing you the highlights of last night's Closing Ceremony. | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
And we'll find out what the Canadians have got planned | :01:09. | :01:10. | |
Plus a story that sums up these Invictus Games. | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
And for more in-depth action you can follow us | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
After winning gold at the 2014 Games against the Americans, | :01:18. | :01:30. | |
the UK were going to need a formidable team to stand any | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
chance of beating them on home turf, and here they are. | :01:34. | :01:40. | |
This is part of the UK armed forces wheelchair basketball team. First | :01:41. | :01:48. | |
Simon our captain, fast, powerful, always looking to drive inside the | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
key and when he's there, he rarely misses. Gaz, a great thinking and | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
finesse player, looking to exploit gaps in the defence. Nerys, clever, | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
vocal, selfless, thinking hard for others opening the game. Kirsty, | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
reads the game well, controls the defence, makes life hard for the | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
attackers. Chris, agile and fast. Vicky, a powerful defender and a | :02:20. | :02:20. | |
great shot from distance. Before we see them all in action, | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
here's Ade with a quick rundown In wheelchair basketball you're | :02:27. | :02:43. | |
allowed to push your chair twice, then you have to bounce the ball, | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
one, two, bounce. Any more than that, all this dancing and stuff and | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
it's a turnover and it's travel and you're out of here. In the game, if | :02:53. | :02:59. | |
you shoot outside or beyond the three-point line, you get three | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
points if you make it. You've also got serious skills. If you score a | :03:05. | :03:13. | |
basket from inside the three-point line, it's worth two points. Can I | :03:14. | :03:22. | |
have my ball back? If you're in possession of the ball and you get | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
fouled and the referee deem it's in the act of shooting, you get penalty | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
shots. Each shot is worth one point. Those are the basic rules of | :03:32. | :03:40. | |
wheelchair basketball. Come on! He's not bad at that. | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Both the crowd and the teams in the Fieldhouse were buzzing. | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
The UK faced Denmark in the first semifinal and gained revenge for | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
their wheelchair rugby defeat the night before. The defending | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
champions were dominant, running out 29-10 winners to advance to the Gold | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
Medal match. All that was needed now was for the | :04:04. | :04:13. | |
Americans to get past the Dutch to set up a re-match of the 2014 final. | :04:14. | :04:18. | |
They obliged. Anthony McDaniel helped them put 42 points on the | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
ball. The Fieldhouse was packed out. The final started in frenetic | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
fashion. Both teams scored spectacular early baskets. We join | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
with the score 4-4. COMMENTATOR: The United States with | :04:32. | :04:46. | |
a steal. Foul. That's the difference. The UK was worried about | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
the ten-second call. They had a turnover. The counterattack led to | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
two for the United States. The Americans back in the lead. The | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
thing is about the press, it's about accumulative pressure. It's what it | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
does over the course of the game. Wearing on you physically and | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
mentally Yes, exactly. That pass hung up there a little | :05:11. | :05:12. | |
bit. Three-second violation. | :05:13. | :05:27. | |
The defence for the United States forced 31 turnovers against the | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
Netherlands. They get the deflection. | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
There -- deflection there. The defence has to stay back because | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
there are shooters under the basket. He was fouled from behind. | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
The UK team are very nervous. I can tell this because they're quiet. | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
They're not communicating. Gibbs isn't. Number 13 is still his | :05:58. | :06:00. | |
normal, vocal self. Great touch. | :06:01. | :06:16. | |
That's the first time that McDon yells has -- McDaniels has had the | :06:17. | :06:18. | |
open lane to the basket. I love the check by Lee Matthews. He | :06:19. | :06:42. | |
came right back to the ball in a V-cut action. Secured the ball and | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
then the touch pass over the top. I feel that pass was risky. He should | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
have taken his time. The Americans have had four | :06:54. | :06:54. | |
different players score. They were balanced in their | :06:55. | :07:08. | |
semifinal win. Now we're seeing Salazar picking up | :07:09. | :07:14. | |
Gibbs. I imagine goring Gibbs is -- covering Gibbs is not any fun. I | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
talked to Simon Gibbs in between games. I asked, what did you do? He | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
said, "Well, I was hungry. I went up and ate. It was important for me, | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
sometimes I feel lethargic when I eat too much. I had just enough so I | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
knew I would be fine to get back and refocus." | :07:35. | :07:43. | |
Wow, this is his shot. That is where you get punished, if | :07:44. | :08:14. | |
you take a poor shot, McDaniel will punish you. You know his speed and | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
quickness, he will be able to make that run. | :08:18. | :08:27. | |
We're going to have a tied ball and the possession arrow favours the | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
United Kingdom. This is a real test of the steel of the United Kingdom. | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
They haven't been behind all tournament. This is the first time | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
they've been behind. We're going to find out what they're really made of | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
as players. Zblt Americans have already scored | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
more points than they did in the final two years ago. | :08:50. | :08:59. | |
You hear the fans that have made the trip across. | :09:00. | :09:12. | |
An opportunity for the United States. | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
STUDIO: The Americans continued to play a pressing game, keeping the UK | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
in check. The visitors' coach called a timeout to refocus the team and | :09:23. | :09:23. | |
stop the US from pulling away. COMMENTATOR: Great moves. Oh, that | :09:24. | :09:45. | |
was beautiful. We haven't talked much about Soto. He's had a | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
tremendous first half. He had a tremendous semifinal game. | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
His vision is so good. It is raining right now in the UK. The United | :10:01. | :10:12. | |
States up 21-6. Look at the United States, you could throw a blanket | :10:13. | :10:15. | |
over the top of the GB players, they're so close together. | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
The last six possessions for the United Kingdom have been turnovers.. | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
He's so impressive. How impressed with you with the United States and | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
A, their defence, but B, the multitude of scorers and how | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
comfortable their players are being put in these roles. I'm really, | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
really impressed. They've come out here and their defence has been | :10:39. | :10:40. | |
smoothering. It's been awesome. I don't know, did you watch the | :10:41. | :10:58. | |
final in 2014? What is different about the American team that only | :10:59. | :11:04. | |
scored nine points that day? The American team back then didn't have | :11:05. | :11:17. | |
as many scorers. They relied mainly on number four. Now they have | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
multiple scorers. Salazar with four quick ones right. | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
There -- right there. The United Kingdom has got to be | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
absolutely stunned at this development. We all thought and | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
anticipated a very tight game right here. There's going to have to be | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
major adjustments here in the second half for the United Kingdom. | :11:45. | :11:48. | |
That's going to be off McDaniel. It will belong to the UK. | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
The clock is running most of the time. There are stoppages for free | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
throws. The UK are going to pieces. They're going to pieces in terms of | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
trying to deal with this press and trying to stay calm. | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
There you go! That was from NBA range! At least three foot beyond | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
the three-point line. You get an opportunity to steal some momentum | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
going into the break. Another possession, a stop here and | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
a score at the other end of the floor would benefit a great deal. | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
McDaniel tried to match. Can the UK steal some momentum going into the | :12:29. | :12:29. | |
break? A tough spill for one of the | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
Americans. He gets back up. That pass is going to sail out of | :12:34. | :12:48. | |
the bounds. A quick substitution for the UK. | :12:49. | :13:04. | |
Gibbs off the bench for the final minute here. | :13:05. | :13:12. | |
Another basket here could end up in a 5-0 run into the break. Maybe some | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
momentum going into halftime? I'm a half-full kind of guy. | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
The shot clock is off. I don't feel that the UK have had any sort of | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
organised offence. Everything they've got has been broken off. | :13:31. | :13:52. | |
He couldn't get the shot off. Foul. Yes, we do have a foul. | :13:53. | :14:02. | |
What a first half, though, for the United States. | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
STUDIO: The second half started badly for the UK and got steadily | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
worse as McDaniel turned on the style. | :14:12. | :14:14. | |
COMMENTATOR: Another assist - count it! | :14:15. | :14:18. | |
STUDIO: The hosts piled on 48 points with just 16 in reply. Pay back for | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
the heart break of 2014. It's an American victory in | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
wheelchair basketball. The United States secures the top overall count | :14:33. | :14:41. | |
in golds. It has secured its revenge and did it in dominating fashion | :14:42. | :14:46. | |
here this afternoon. I knew what we had as a team. It was | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
just more about executing. We did that. If we wouldn't have done as | :14:51. | :14:52. | |
well, I would have been that. If we wouldn't have done as | :14:53. | :14:53. | |
well, I would have been surprised at that. We came together as a team, we | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
communicated, helped each other, picked each other up. That's what it | :14:59. | :15:02. | |
was about, that's what we accomplished. I'm delighted to say | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
that Ade and Sean are here. They look like they're friends. A bit of | :15:08. | :15:11. | |
disagreement ahead of that one. He talked to me more before the game, | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
than he has since! I reached out a couple of times, even on Twitter. | :15:15. | :15:15. | |
Painful. I'm going to block user. I thought | :15:16. | :15:26. | |
you already had. Were you able at all to enjoy the experience? It was | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
a crushing defeat in the end and the gap seems to have wide and perhaps | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
beyond what you expected? I enjoyed watching clinical and really good | :15:38. | :15:45. | |
basketball. Anthony McDaniel for the USA is my star of the tournament. He | :15:46. | :15:50. | |
is unbelievable. That side of the game I really loved. This guy played | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
a rugby match that night before, he was the star of the rugby match. | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
Amazing. He comes out and dominates in the semifinal and final for the | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
USA. He has one hand, a double amputee and is playing wheelchair | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
basketball, above his disability level. It shows what a difference | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
one player can make in a sport like this. It needs to be someone special | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
and he is a unique talent. You do a lot of technical analysis on | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
basketball, how good do you think this was? I think the overall play | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
stumps me. I was excited about the opportunity... The first time? Yes, | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
the first time. For me the fluidity of the offence with superb. In late | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
game we touched on this, it was going to be about defence, which | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
team is going to be able to assert itself will stop the United States | :16:48. | :16:50. | |
came out with this pressure events which took the UK out of its rhythm, | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
forcing turnovers that led to easy schools. I think those are the | :16:57. | :17:00. | |
things that stood out and made a huge difference for the United | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
States. Once they got that lead, you knew it was done. | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
You felt all week the team sports were important to the United States. | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
The revenge factor was there. Those guys were talking about it the day | :17:13. | :17:15. | |
before when I was at the rugby match and I got a chance to speak to a | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
couple of them. Jorge Salazar, I said, let's not get ahead of | :17:20. | :17:23. | |
ourselves but assuming it is the UK and the US... He said it is going to | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
be that, and we going to win. So you have the UK to thank for making you | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
raise your level? Yes! It was great because the sportsmanship and the | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
competitiveness, back in the tunnel as I walked off after the game a | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
couple of them said it is 1-1, see you in Toronto. That is the great | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
thing about what we saw here in the Invictus Games and in particular | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
between these two teams, they are so competitive. You have played at the | :17:54. | :17:56. | |
highest level of this book, what is the skill level like, compared to | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
Pabst Paralympic wheelchair? Invictus wheelchair basketball, | :18:04. | :18:05. | |
these guys haven't been playing that long. What you have to remember with | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
Paralympic basketball is most of the top teams are fully professional. | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
They are training every day, five or six days a week. These guys are | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
quite a long way off, but they can get there. I am delighted to say we | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
will bring in the captain of the UK basketball team, Simon Gibbs is | :18:25. | :18:25. | |
here. APPLAUSE Take a seat, Simon. Congratulations. | :18:26. | :18:42. | |
I don't know if you had the analysis there of that experience, but what | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
was it like for you out on the court? On the court the atmosphere | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
was amazing. It is not home turf but this support that came with us were | :18:51. | :18:54. | |
fantastic. From all the other nations as well. You can't argue, it | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
was good. You wanted gold big you came away with silver. How proud you | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
of your team-mates? Amazing, they have come such a long way in a short | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
time. We didn't have masses of time together as a squad, training. For | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
me, personally, I couldn't be more proud. Sean was alluding to the | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
ramping it up from the US, they wanted to get revenge from 2014. Did | :19:20. | :19:26. | |
you feel that? Before the match? We were feeling it before we got out | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
there. The talk back home... It's what we wanted. You want a blue | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
ribbon match at the end of the tournament. You can't ask for much | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
more. Let me tell you this, the one thing that stood out for me watching | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
him play, is not just what he was able to accomplish statistically, | :19:44. | :19:46. | |
because you are the dominating player for your team, but the heart | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
and soul as well. The vocal leader. Your level of intensity is what | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
stood out to me. Were you always intense as an athlete? I'm not going | :19:56. | :20:02. | |
to ask him! I did the broadcast of the semifinals, he said, he didn't | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
pass me the ball like that and I said, that's because it's you! Were | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
you always that intense? Then you can go back to him and he shooting | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
ability. Absolutely. If you don't have passion on love for something | :20:17. | :20:19. | |
you're doing, your heart is not completely inept. I've never been | :20:20. | :20:23. | |
one to sit back and let things happen around me. -- not completely | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
in it. Simon has been on a really amazing personal journey, because | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
his temperament this tournament has been amazing. I'm so proud of you. A | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
lovely way to end. A lot of insults and trash talk so good to end on a | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
positive. Sean and Simon, you are staying around. | :20:44. | :20:45. | |
The spirit of Invictus means making it to the start line can often be | :20:46. | :20:48. | |
JJ met a determined member of the Jordanian team, Ulfat Zwiri, | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
taking part in the Games for the first time. | :20:53. | :21:00. | |
This is Jordan's first year at the Games. How does it feel to have been | :21:01. | :21:09. | |
invited? TRANSLATION: The resort is very beautiful. The green | :21:10. | :21:12. | |
environment is stunning and it gives me calmness and peace of mind. It | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
will help the athletes to perform well in this competition. What about | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
you, how does it feel to get to represent Jordan again? TRANSLATION: | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
I am proud and honoured to represent Jordan here in the United States of | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
America. Warm applause for the Jordanian Afellay, Ulfat Zwiri, | :21:37. | :21:38. | |
drawn in lane number eight. TRANSLATION: I was in a car accident | :21:39. | :21:47. | |
and I injured my seat five vertebra, but you don't just give up hope | :21:48. | :21:55. | |
overnight and become a couch potato. A person should have a goal to | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
achieve in their life. I was given the opportunity to participate in | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
these games, and I said, why not? Taking part gives me the motivation | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
to achieve something, instead of losing hope in life. This is the | :22:10. | :22:17. | |
first time I've competed in such an event and the first time I've played | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
sport. I hope I'll be able to achieve a positive result in this | :22:23. | :22:23. | |
competition. This is the spirit of the Invictus | :22:24. | :22:34. | |
Games, huge support for Ulfat Zwiri, who finishes in last place, but what | :22:35. | :22:35. | |
superb performance from her. So what effect | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
have the Games had JJ and Rachael discovered | :22:40. | :22:41. | |
an emotional crowd. How has your week been? Awesome, | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
fantastic. An absolute delight. It brings the best out in people. | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
Amazing. We have come because we think our forces are the best. The | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
Invictus Games has been changing lives? Undoubtedly. The stories tug | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
at your heart, the stories of resilience and determination we | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
sleep played out on the athletic field. It is great encouragement all | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
of us to try harder in life. I have a disability and I am so proud and | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
honoured of all of our people and soldiers who have disabilities, for | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
their families and mothers and fathers, to be competing in such a | :23:24. | :23:26. | |
glorious thing like the Invictus Games. I think what came out of the | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
opening ceremony is we have to look at the invisible wounds. The ability | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
to be able to demonstrate the real power of sport, the real power of | :23:39. | :23:42. | |
what it means to be a veteran, what it means to be a competitor, | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
representing your country, and able to come out of that dark place where | :23:48. | :23:49. | |
many of them have been. With us now are just | :23:50. | :23:52. | |
a few of the friends and family who've been out here in Orlando | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
supporting their loved ones. Simon Gibbs is back with his wife | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
Ashley and Karen and Austin joins us also. What difference has this made | :24:06. | :24:09. | |
to your family being out here in Orlando? It has given me a focus on | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
real purpose in life. He has come a long way with his sport. For us | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
being here it's been being able to speak to the friends and families | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
and swapping stories and just enjoying the camaraderie and | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
laughter, and the tears. We have had a few of those, but it has been a | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
fantastic platform for all of these athletes. You are Simon's partner in | :24:35. | :24:42. | |
crime and support and probably has to put up with a lot when training | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
gets heavy and demanding, has all that being were set out here? It's | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
been absolutely fantastic. It has been hard because Simon is away | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
trading a lot, but I'd follow him anywhere to support him, he knows | :24:56. | :24:59. | |
that. And to achieve what these people achieve is amazing, because I | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
know why really couldn't do this and remained strong. What was it like | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
seeing him out there? Wonderful, absolutely fantastic. Just see all | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
of them was fantastic. For you having friends here must bow you | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
one, having your family cheer you on? Absolutely, when just doing it | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
for ourselves. Everyone has their own personal to achieve that the | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
Invictus. Everyone who has supported us, it is a massive thing, they put | :25:26. | :25:29. | |
up with us and we can be horrible at times and we are away a lot. To have | :25:30. | :25:33. | |
them here, we are doing it for everyone. Your boy Ross goes out | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
there and says his country and something unimaginable, something | :25:39. | :25:40. | |
you never think is going to happen happens. He stood on an IED and you | :25:41. | :25:49. | |
have had a long journey back. What sums up the spirit of Invictus? | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
Apart from seeing my son win, which was amazing. I think the 50 metres | :25:55. | :26:01. | |
breaststroke, the men's race, for all five had finished and there was | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
one person still halfway down the pool. Everyone was up on their feet | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
cheering. I'm getting in motion now, it was really emotional. So | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
fantastic to see them finish. For me, that is what sport should be | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
about. I think sport has lost its way somewhere, but that was | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
fantastic. I think you are right. Sport is important but it is so much | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
more. Like you, so many times this week I have been sat somewhere on | :26:30. | :26:32. | |
the side of a court and you find yourself that close to tears. On the | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
verge of tears a lot this week. Well put, thank you. And congratulations | :26:37. | :26:43. | |
on your medal. Pass on our congratulations to Ross. | :26:44. | :26:45. | |
Last night, Prince Harry rounded off the Games by dishing out | :26:46. | :26:47. | |
the Invictus medallions at the Closing Ceremony under | :26:48. | :26:49. | |
the watchful eyes of Eddie Butler and Tanni Grey-Thompson. | :26:50. | :26:51. | |
For the athletes, it was also a chance to join their friends | :26:52. | :26:54. | |
and family and let a line up of music's great and good | :26:55. | :26:57. | |
The evening of the last day, time for the farewells to begin. Starting | :26:58. | :27:40. | |
with A for Afghanistan. What has been your impression of these days | :27:41. | :27:44. | |
of competition? Afghanistan have only got a really small team, eight | :27:45. | :27:48. | |
competitors. They are the only country not to win a medal, but | :27:49. | :27:51. | |
actually the really important thing is they are here and competing. Just | :27:52. | :27:59. | |
being here. It wouldn't be a Closing Ceremony without a party and music. | :28:00. | :28:05. | |
Jordan Smith, winning of ninth season in America of The Voice. | :28:06. | :28:17. | |
# I'll follow my heart # I could stay there and close my | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
eyes # Here forever #. | :28:24. | :28:31. | |
I don't think we could have had Invictus without London 2012 stop I | :28:32. | :28:36. | |
think having men and women working on security at the Games, I think | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
that change the public relationship. It was great. It was fabulous. | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
People were coming up to the men and women and saying thank you, because | :28:46. | :28:48. | |
I think before that we never always knew what to say. Prince Harry | :28:49. | :28:54. | |
giving out the medals, these are very much his games. They are. What | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
is being great, doesn't just come to the opening ceremony and Closing | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
Ceremony, he has been at every event, walking round the park, | :29:05. | :29:07. | |
having his picture taken with lots of people. He has really made this | :29:08. | :29:12. | |
significant effort to make everyone feel really proud of what the Games | :29:13. | :29:14. | |
mean. It's great. It shows he has this | :29:15. | :29:24. | |
amazing are pour with the team that he wants to be here to that part. | :29:25. | :29:38. | |
I have a favourite moment from the wheelchair rugby, the captain of the | :29:39. | :29:49. | |
American team, that's Anthony McDaniel, to qualify for the | :29:50. | :29:53. | |
Paralympics, you have to be impaired in three limbs. Well, he qualifies | :29:54. | :29:58. | |
because he had two legs blown off and a left hand. Yet, he's just | :29:59. | :30:07. | |
outstanding at wheelchair rugby. The coach of the Invictus team is also | :30:08. | :30:14. | |
the coach of the Paralympic team. I think he's earmarked McDaniel for | :30:15. | :30:15. | |
the Paralympics in Rio. It's award night too. The award for | :30:16. | :30:32. | |
above and beyond, presented by wrestling superstar, John Cena. | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
These gat words for me on the TVs to say, but I'd rather to speak to you, | :30:38. | :30:41. | |
fan to my heroes much inspraction is a word that I hold close to my | :30:42. | :30:45. | |
heart, because inspiration is the fuel that makes the imThe | :30:46. | :30:48. | |
Impossible. I would -- the impossible possible. I would like to | :30:49. | :30:51. | |
thank the competitors from all countries, their families and the | :30:52. | :30:54. | |
supporters of the 2016 Invictus Games for allowing me to be lucky | :30:55. | :30:58. | |
enough to be part of such an inspirational experience. | :30:59. | :31:01. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It is with honour and | :31:02. | :31:08. | |
privilege that I present the 2016 Invictus Games above and beyond | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
award to an entire team, that quite frankly, made the impossible | :31:14. | :31:17. | |
possible with no funding, no coach, and very little knowledge of the | :31:18. | :31:22. | |
sport, not only did this team make it to the 2016 Invictus Games, they | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
earned themselves a medal. The winners of the above and beyond | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
award goes to the sitting volleyball team from Georgia. | :31:33. | :31:38. | |
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :31:39. | :32:07. | |
Next on stage, Phillip Philips winner of the 11th season of | :32:08. | :32:11. | |
American Idol. # Hold me close and I'll surrender | :32:12. | :32:37. | |
to your heart. # You know how to give and how to | :32:38. | :32:44. | |
take # You see every hope locked away | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
# Pull me close and surrender to my heart. | :32:50. | :32:57. | |
# For the flame goes out tonight # Yeah, we'll live until we die | :32:58. | :33:06. | |
# Come out, come out, come out, won't you turn my soul into a raging | :33:07. | :33:09. | |
fire # Come out, come out, come out | :33:10. | :33:16. | |
# Till we lose control into a raging fire | :33:17. | :33:27. | |
# Into a raging fire. # Come out, come on, come on | :33:28. | :33:33. | |
# Won't you turn my soul into a raging fire. | :33:34. | :33:49. | |
# Let the world leave us behind # Before the flame goes out tonight | :33:50. | :34:01. | |
# We can live until we die. # So come out, come out, come out | :34:02. | :34:20. | |
# Won't you turn my soul into a raging fire | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
# Come on, come on, come on # Won't you turn my soul into a | :34:26. | :34:29. | |
raging fire # Come on, come on, come on | :34:30. | :34:37. | |
# Till we lose control into a raging fire | :34:38. | :34:53. | |
# Into a raging fire # | :34:54. | :34:56. | |
The captain of the American Team Will Reynolds. Outside of being a | :34:57. | :35:08. | |
celebration of rehabilitative success, one of the most powerful | :35:09. | :35:13. | |
things about Invictus is that it helps remind wounded, ill and | :35:14. | :35:17. | |
injured service members and veterans what was once, that they once were | :35:18. | :35:21. | |
serving for a higher cause, a mission greater than themselves, | :35:22. | :35:25. | |
that they once were serving with men and women who were not willing to | :35:26. | :35:28. | |
only lay down their lives for their countries, but also for each other. | :35:29. | :35:34. | |
And quite frankly, that we all were once pretty cool and did some pretty | :35:35. | :35:41. | |
hard core stuff. Having been part of this experience | :35:42. | :35:45. | |
we are now all ambassadors of Invictus. The stories told and | :35:46. | :35:51. | |
shared this week will memorialise all our fort tud for a long -- | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
fortitude for a long time to come. However, it does not stop here. To | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
continue to grow Invictus, we must continue telling our stories and | :36:02. | :36:04. | |
inspiring others to strive to be part of Invictus so that they too | :36:05. | :36:08. | |
may have this life-changing experience. There will unfortunately | :36:09. | :36:16. | |
always be wounded, ill or injured, advisably or invisibly, service | :36:17. | :36:19. | |
members or veterans, Invictus will always have a place in making them | :36:20. | :36:22. | |
feel great again. Whatever your role was in this year's Invictus, there | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
are many more to play, as we have seen with the athletes turned | :36:27. | :36:33. | |
advocates and manager like John-James Chalmers. So many vow to | :36:34. | :36:42. | |
remain a vital part of Invictus. More on the closing ceremony later. | :36:43. | :36:45. | |
We're joined now by three stars of Invictus, JJ Chalmers, | :36:46. | :36:48. | |
UK team captain, David Wiseman, and Canadian team captain, | :36:49. | :36:50. | |
JJ, you started the Games by telling your story | :36:51. | :36:57. | |
What would you say the story of these Games has been? | :36:58. | :37:04. | |
It's been incredible. The wonderful thing is so many stories have been | :37:05. | :37:11. | |
told, of the athletes, families, supporters, it touches everybody. | :37:12. | :37:14. | |
The big one for me, the story I wanted to tell and I wanted to | :37:15. | :37:18. | |
change the narrative too was about the mental health piece. From | :37:19. | :37:21. | |
walking around the park and having had reactions to what I said in the | :37:22. | :37:25. | |
Opening Ceremony, it clearly has. It's worked. I met a Vietnam veteran | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
who said he's been carrying around issues for 40 years and he never | :37:32. | :37:34. | |
felt he was in an environment to talk about it. David, as captain of | :37:35. | :37:39. | |
the team, after the closing ceremony, you're getting to relax, | :37:40. | :37:42. | |
what's the spirit been like amongst team-mates? It's been fantastic. Not | :37:43. | :37:50. | |
just amongst the team-mates either. Internationally, it was fantastic | :37:51. | :37:54. | |
last night, towards the end of the closing concert, where impromptu, | :37:55. | :37:57. | |
everyone started changing shirts. I'm surprised we have a team kit | :37:58. | :38:00. | |
left actually! Everyone started changing shirts. I sought out my | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
good friend Ivan Castro, an American officer, who was blinded in a mortar | :38:07. | :38:12. | |
attack in Iraq. I sought him out. I really wanted to change shirts with | :38:13. | :38:15. | |
him. I've known him for a couple of years. I reconnected with him at | :38:16. | :38:20. | |
these Games. It's the relationships between the countries which is | :38:21. | :38:23. | |
fantastic and unique about the Invictus Games. Spirit is fantastic, | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
not just amongst the team but across the international community. You | :38:28. | :38:30. | |
mentioned you're moving house, you have kids of course, we're keeping | :38:31. | :38:34. | |
you busy here, are you training towards anything else? Are you going | :38:35. | :38:37. | |
to be physical? When you've done this level of training for a Games | :38:38. | :38:42. | |
like this... You need to keep it up. Yeah, I've been a terrible father | :38:43. | :38:47. | |
for a past few months. I work in London and when at home I'm in the | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
swimming pool. There's been talk the last couple of days with our swim | :38:53. | :39:02. | |
coach here about perhaps creating an Invictus team to train throughout | :39:03. | :39:07. | |
the year. I look forward to that. Bruno, before the Games, Prince | :39:08. | :39:09. | |
Harry announced that they will be going to Toronto next year. What was | :39:10. | :39:13. | |
it like for you taking the flag on last night? How proud were you? It | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
was an incredible honour, to be brought on stage and handed the flag | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
by Will Reynolds, who I met at the launch for the States. Taking on | :39:26. | :39:29. | |
that responsibility now to, you know, fill in pretty big shoes after | :39:30. | :39:33. | |
London and now after here. So we'll do our best, for sure. It's going to | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
be a huge year for Canada. Your 150th birthday as well. We saw your | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
Prime Minister giving it back to the Obamas and Prince Harry with his | :39:45. | :39:48. | |
one-arm push up. A bit of personality in your Games, I think. | :39:49. | :39:53. | |
It will be for everybody coming to Canada from the other countries to | :39:54. | :39:58. | |
see the celebration across Canada, we will have it tying very well | :39:59. | :40:05. | |
together all around activities and organisations, various support for | :40:06. | :40:08. | |
the Games. A brand new sport in sledge hockey. What's Canada without | :40:09. | :40:14. | |
hockey, right? If we want to win some medals, we're going to put in | :40:15. | :40:18. | |
hockey. We'll have a good go. Here's a bit of sledge hockey here. That | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
will thrill the crowds. It's so sad here today, there's a real feeling | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
of everything being dismantled. You probably just heard, there's a crane | :40:29. | :40:31. | |
behind us taking things away. It really feels like the end of | :40:32. | :40:34. | |
something special. You have brought hope back to proceedings. We're | :40:35. | :40:36. | |
throwing it forwards. Yesterday we heard from Rachel | :40:37. | :40:52. | |
Platten. We heard from her with her anthem, Fight Song. | :40:53. | :40:59. | |
# Like a small boat on the ocean # Sending big waves into motion | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
# Like how a single word # Can make a heart open | :41:05. | :41:10. | |
# I might only have one match # But I can make an explosion | :41:11. | :41:16. | |
# And all those things I didn't say # Wrecking balls inside my brain | :41:17. | :41:22. | |
# I will scream them loud tonight # Can you hear my voice this time? | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
# This is my fight song # Take back my life song | :41:28. | :41:35. | |
# Prove I'm all right song # My power's turned on | :41:36. | :41:41. | |
# Starting right now, I'll be strong # I'll play my fight song | :41:42. | :41:48. | |
# And I don't really care if nobody else believes | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
# because I've still got a lot of fight left in me | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
# This is my fight song, take back my life song | :42:00. | :42:02. | |
# Prove I'm all right song # my power's turned on | :42:03. | :42:11. | |
# Starting right now I'll be strong # I'll play my fight song | :42:12. | :42:19. | |
# And I don't really care if nobody else believes | :42:20. | :42:23. | |
# Because I've still got a lot of fight left in me | :42:24. | :42:24. | |
# CHEERING AND | :42:25. | :42:32. | |
APPLAUSE London was the first in 2014. These have the second. The | :42:33. | :42:36. | |
third Invictus Games will be held in 2017 in Toronto Canada. | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
The Invictus Games flag is the symbol of strength, resilience and | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
determination, that is embodied by the men and women who compete in our | :42:48. | :42:52. | |
Games. It will now be passed from the United States to Canada and the | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
city of Toronto. The host of the third Invictus Games. | :42:59. | :43:08. | |
APPLAUSE Ladies and gentleman, please welcome | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
Prince Harry. CHEERING | :43:17. | :43:35. | |
Good evening everybody! CHEERING And everybody at home as | :43:36. | :43:45. | |
well. Wow, what a ride the last four days has been. I said you would be | :43:46. | :43:52. | |
moved, inspired, and entertained, was I right? | :43:53. | :44:01. | |
CHEERING As the great Stevie Wonder says, team work makes the dream | :44:02. | :44:12. | |
work. Four days, ten sports, 13 support dogs, 14 nations, 149 | :44:13. | :44:24. | |
events, 410 medals, 485 competitors, 836 volunteers... | :44:25. | :44:34. | |
APPLAUSE 1,008 friends and family... CHEERING | :44:35. | :44:42. | |
And hundreds of hours of gruelling competition and more smiles, tears, | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
hugs and cheers than you could ever, ever count. | :44:47. | :44:55. | |
I've been hugely honoured to hand out gold, silver and bronze medals | :44:56. | :45:04. | |
over the course of this competition, but what meant the most to me was | :45:05. | :45:10. | |
handing out your Invictus foundation medallions this evening. Those | :45:11. | :45:16. | |
medallions are the real prizes over the years of intense rehabilitation | :45:17. | :45:20. | |
you have put yourself through to be here. | :45:21. | :45:22. | |
CHEERING I know by your nature, you all want | :45:23. | :45:35. | |
to win, but these games are so much more than that. Invictus is so much | :45:36. | :45:42. | |
more than that. What could explain the remarkable sportsmanship of | :45:43. | :45:51. | |
sacrificing gold on the track to push Stephen Simmons into first | :45:52. | :45:55. | |
place? Invictus. CHEERING | :45:56. | :46:00. | |
How else could I describe the way I felt seeing Tim Payne, a man I met | :46:01. | :46:07. | |
three years ago to the day, in his hospital bed, beaming as he wore his | :46:08. | :46:11. | |
gold medal round his neck? Invictus. | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
CHEERING What is the force that drives | :46:16. | :46:22. | |
Elizabeth Marks to return to these games after nearly dying two years | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
ago? To compete now at the highest level, | :46:26. | :46:30. | |
in a sport that renders her blind and Saint? Invictus. | :46:31. | :46:35. | |
CHEERING -- and faint. | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
What makes last year for Luke, who took up wheelchair tennis not just | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
to represent his country again, but so he could play the sport with his | :46:48. | :46:51. | |
children? Invictus. CHEERING | :46:52. | :46:57. | |
What else could we say about the woman who wrote to me after watching | :46:58. | :47:05. | |
the opening ceremony on Sunday night, to say she'd realised it was | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
the time that her husband had to get help for his depression? | :47:10. | :47:18. | |
Why did the 9/11 hero Sarah Rudder Pete Carroll self up metres before | :47:19. | :47:33. | |
the line when she fell and push herself forward? You are all | :47:34. | :47:43. | |
Invictus. You are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games. | :47:44. | :47:49. | |
Spread the word, never stop fighting, and do all you can to lift | :47:50. | :47:54. | |
up everyone around you. I will see you in Toronto! | :47:55. | :47:56. | |
CHEERING Ladies and gentlemen, one of the | :47:57. | :48:08. | |
biggest stars in music, Flo Rida. It's only right that I say I want to | :48:09. | :48:23. | |
thank Prince Harry for having me here at the Invictus Games. Shout | :48:24. | :48:29. | |
out to all the champions. It's always a great thing to celebrate | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
the love for our wounded soldiers. Prince Harry, welcome to my house. | :48:36. | :48:45. | |
# Open up the champagne, pop # It's my house, come on | :48:46. | :48:54. | |
# You knock on the door when the night begins | :48:55. | :49:00. | |
# As we have done this before, so you come on in | :49:01. | :49:03. | |
# Make yourself at home, tell me where you been | :49:04. | :49:08. | |
# Pour yourself something cold, baby # Yeah, you know where I live | :49:09. | :49:20. | |
# And you know where I live # Sometimes you got a stay in | :49:21. | :49:25. | |
# Welcome to my house # Baby, take control now | :49:26. | :49:29. | |
# We can't even slow down # We don't have to go out | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
# Welcome to my house # Play that music too loud | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
# Show me what you do now # We don't have to go out | :49:39. | :49:43. | |
# Everybody say what, what, what # Welcome to my house | :49:44. | :49:50. | |
# We don't have to go out # Welcome to my house | :49:51. | :49:57. | |
# Morning comes and you know that you want to stay | :49:58. | :50:02. | |
# Close the blinds, let's pretend that the time has changed | :50:03. | :50:07. | |
# Keep our clothes on the floor open up champagne | :50:08. | :50:09. | |
# Lets continue tonight, come on, celebrate | :50:10. | :50:17. | |
# You know where I live, you know what this is | :50:18. | :50:22. | |
# Sometimes you've got to stay in # Welcome to my house | :50:23. | :50:31. | |
# We don't have to go out # Welcome to my house | :50:32. | :50:36. | |
# Play that music too loud # Show me what you do now | :50:37. | :50:44. | |
# We don't have to go out # Welcome to my house | :50:45. | :51:00. | |
# Welcome to my crib # Slam dunk, touched down, pass | :51:01. | :51:06. | |
# Another shot of # Baby take control now | :51:07. | :51:20. | |
# Hit the brakes # We don't have to go out | :51:21. | :51:27. | |
# Welcome to my house # Play that music too loud | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
# Show me what you do now # We don't have to go out | :51:33. | :51:37. | |
# Everybody say what, what, what # Welcome to my house | :51:38. | :51:42. | |
# We've got it going # Welcome to my house | :51:43. | :51:46. | |
# My house, my house # Welcome to my house #. | :51:47. | :51:55. | |
Invictus, I love you. The man who has to carry Flo Rida on | :51:56. | :52:09. | |
his shoulders through the crowd deserves a medal. Listening to that | :52:10. | :52:13. | |
speech I don't think anyone can argue with Prince Harry's passion | :52:14. | :52:16. | |
for these games. You can see extended highlights online tomorrow | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
and a full round-up of all the sports and website. I am delighted | :52:22. | :52:24. | |
to see Rachael is here with us. Thank you. This is your first | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
experience at the Olympic Games -- Invictus Games, how did you find it? | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
I will be honest, this is the first time I've come to competition since | :52:37. | :52:40. | |
I retired and have genuinely been inspired and want to get back in and | :52:41. | :52:44. | |
compete. You have to remember that the idea behind the Paralympic games | :52:45. | :52:49. | |
and Invictus Games are very different. The Paralympic games is | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
about elite athletes who are often being paid to train and compete for | :52:55. | :53:01. | |
their country and represent them on the world stage. The Invictus Games | :53:02. | :53:05. | |
isn't just about the competitors, it's about the whole of the | :53:06. | :53:08. | |
community that's come round and helps these servicemen and women on | :53:09. | :53:15. | |
their road to recovery. They are using sport as a way to kind of | :53:16. | :53:19. | |
celebrate. Absolutely. I've really got behind that. JJ, what do you | :53:20. | :53:24. | |
hope people will take away from the Invictus Games question at I hope | :53:25. | :53:27. | |
people take away what they need to take away from it. Whether it is an | :53:28. | :53:31. | |
athlete taking spore or the viewer taking inspiration. I hope the | :53:32. | :53:35. | |
viewers in return take the gratitude we have for them. I am sure. Thank | :53:36. | :53:42. | |
you so much. Thank you to all the athletes and guest to joined us this | :53:43. | :53:48. | |
week. We hope you've enjoyed getting into the spirit of the Invictus | :53:49. | :53:51. | |
Games as much as us. We will leave you with a few moments that have | :53:52. | :53:54. | |
epitomised the Invictus Games here in Orlando this week. Bye-bye. | :53:55. | :54:06. | |
I hope you have a lot of fun along the way, have fun! | :54:07. | :54:15. | |
# I was blind, now I can see # You made a believer out of me | :54:16. | :54:24. | |
# I was blind, now I can see # You made a believer out of me | :54:25. | :54:35. | |
# I'm moving on up now # My light shines on | :54:36. | :54:53. | |
# I was lost, now I'm find # I'm moving on up now #. | :54:54. | :55:17. | |
The British team on mailing it today. Great speed. | :55:18. | :55:25. | |
# My light shines on # My light shines on #. | :55:26. | :55:42. | |
This is going to be gold for Britain. OK, he's come to play | :55:43. | :55:47. | |
today! Fantastic example of teamwork out there. It's a full complement of | :55:48. | :55:53. | |
medals. Mike Goody has done it again. That was one of the most | :55:54. | :55:59. | |
impressive performances of the day! It is the hardest thing I have ever | :56:00. | :56:04. | |
done in my life. It is the spirit of the Invictus Games! Yes! | :56:05. | :56:11. | |
# My light shines on # My light shines on my light shines | :56:12. | :56:59. | |
on #. I will see you in Toronto! | :57:00. | :57:03. |