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Final day of the Invictus Games here in Orlando, it's the wheelchair

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basketball. It's the United States versus UK... The Brits got lucky.

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Not so fast my American friend. GB victory, smell it. Security. Yeah!

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Hello and welcome to our final day of coverage of the 2016

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Invictus Games with Daraine Mulvihill.

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In a moment all the action from the basketball court with Ade

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We'll be bringing you the highlights of last night's Closing Ceremony.

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And we'll find out what the Canadians have got planned

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Plus a story that sums up these Invictus Games.

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And for more in-depth action you can follow us

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After winning gold at the 2014 Games against the Americans,

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the UK were going to need a formidable team to stand any

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chance of beating them on home turf, and here they are.

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This is part of the UK armed forces wheelchair basketball team. First

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Simon our captain, fast, powerful, always looking to drive inside the

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key and when he's there, he rarely misses. Gaz, a great thinking and

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finesse player, looking to exploit gaps in the defence. Nerys, clever,

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vocal, selfless, thinking hard for others opening the game. Kirsty,

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reads the game well, controls the defence, makes life hard for the

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attackers. Chris, agile and fast. Vicky, a powerful defender and a

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great shot from distance. Before we see them all in action,

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here's Ade with a quick rundown In wheelchair basketball you're

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allowed to push your chair twice, then you have to bounce the ball,

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one, two, bounce. Any more than that, all this dancing and stuff and

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it's a turnover and it's travel and you're out of here. In the game, if

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you shoot outside or beyond the three-point line, you get three

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points if you make it. You've also got serious skills. If you score a

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basket from inside the three-point line, it's worth two points. Can I

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have my ball back? If you're in possession of the ball and you get

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fouled and the referee deem it's in the act of shooting, you get penalty

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shots. Each shot is worth one point. Those are the basic rules of

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wheelchair basketball. Come on! He's not bad at that.

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Both the crowd and the teams in the Fieldhouse were buzzing.

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The UK faced Denmark in the first semifinal and gained revenge for

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their wheelchair rugby defeat the night before. The defending

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champions were dominant, running out 29-10 winners to advance to the Gold

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Medal match. All that was needed now was for the

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Americans to get past the Dutch to set up a re-match of the 2014 final.

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They obliged. Anthony McDaniel helped them put 42 points on the

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ball. The Fieldhouse was packed out. The final started in frenetic

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fashion. Both teams scored spectacular early baskets. We join

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with the score 4-4. COMMENTATOR: The United States with

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a steal. Foul. That's the difference. The UK was worried about

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the ten-second call. They had a turnover. The counterattack led to

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two for the United States. The Americans back in the lead. The

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thing is about the press, it's about accumulative pressure. It's what it

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does over the course of the game. Wearing on you physically and

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mentally Yes, exactly. That pass hung up there a little

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bit. Three-second violation.

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The defence for the United States forced 31 turnovers against the

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Netherlands. They get the deflection.

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There -- deflection there. The defence has to stay back because

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there are shooters under the basket. He was fouled from behind.

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The UK team are very nervous. I can tell this because they're quiet.

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They're not communicating. Gibbs isn't. Number 13 is still his

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normal, vocal self. Great touch.

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That's the first time that McDon yells has -- McDaniels has had the

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open lane to the basket. I love the check by Lee Matthews. He

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came right back to the ball in a V-cut action. Secured the ball and

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then the touch pass over the top. I feel that pass was risky. He should

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have taken his time. The Americans have had four

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different players score. They were balanced in their

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semifinal win. Now we're seeing Salazar picking up

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Gibbs. I imagine goring Gibbs is -- covering Gibbs is not any fun. I

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talked to Simon Gibbs in between games. I asked, what did you do? He

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said, "Well, I was hungry. I went up and ate. It was important for me,

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sometimes I feel lethargic when I eat too much. I had just enough so I

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knew I would be fine to get back and refocus."

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Wow, this is his shot. That is where you get punished, if

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you take a poor shot, McDaniel will punish you. You know his speed and

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quickness, he will be able to make that run.

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We're going to have a tied ball and the possession arrow favours the

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United Kingdom. This is a real test of the steel of the United Kingdom.

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They haven't been behind all tournament. This is the first time

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they've been behind. We're going to find out what they're really made of

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as players. Zblt Americans have already scored

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more points than they did in the final two years ago.

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You hear the fans that have made the trip across.

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An opportunity for the United States.

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STUDIO: The Americans continued to play a pressing game, keeping the UK

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in check. The visitors' coach called a timeout to refocus the team and

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stop the US from pulling away. COMMENTATOR: Great moves. Oh, that

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was beautiful. We haven't talked much about Soto. He's had a

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tremendous first half. He had a tremendous semifinal game.

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His vision is so good. It is raining right now in the UK. The United

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States up 21-6. Look at the United States, you could throw a blanket

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over the top of the GB players, they're so close together.

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The last six possessions for the United Kingdom have been turnovers..

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He's so impressive. How impressed with you with the United States and

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A, their defence, but B, the multitude of scorers and how

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comfortable their players are being put in these roles. I'm really,

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really impressed. They've come out here and their defence has been

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smoothering. It's been awesome. I don't know, did you watch the

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final in 2014? What is different about the American team that only

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scored nine points that day? The American team back then didn't have

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as many scorers. They relied mainly on number four. Now they have

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multiple scorers. Salazar with four quick ones right.

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There -- right there. The United Kingdom has got to be

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absolutely stunned at this development. We all thought and

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anticipated a very tight game right here. There's going to have to be

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major adjustments here in the second half for the United Kingdom.

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That's going to be off McDaniel. It will belong to the UK.

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The clock is running most of the time. There are stoppages for free

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throws. The UK are going to pieces. They're going to pieces in terms of

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trying to deal with this press and trying to stay calm.

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There you go! That was from NBA range! At least three foot beyond

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the three-point line. You get an opportunity to steal some momentum

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going into the break. Another possession, a stop here and

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a score at the other end of the floor would benefit a great deal.

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McDaniel tried to match. Can the UK steal some momentum going into the

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break? A tough spill for one of the

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Americans. He gets back up. That pass is going to sail out of

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the bounds. A quick substitution for the UK.

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Gibbs off the bench for the final minute here.

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Another basket here could end up in a 5-0 run into the break. Maybe some

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momentum going into halftime? I'm a half-full kind of guy.

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The shot clock is off. I don't feel that the UK have had any sort of

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organised offence. Everything they've got has been broken off.

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He couldn't get the shot off. Foul. Yes, we do have a foul.

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What a first half, though, for the United States.

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STUDIO: The second half started badly for the UK and got steadily

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worse as McDaniel turned on the style.

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COMMENTATOR: Another assist - count it!

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STUDIO: The hosts piled on 48 points with just 16 in reply. Pay back for

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the heart break of 2014. It's an American victory in

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wheelchair basketball. The United States secures the top overall count

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in golds. It has secured its revenge and did it in dominating fashion

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here this afternoon. I knew what we had as a team. It was

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just more about executing. We did that. If we wouldn't have done as

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well, I would have been that. If we wouldn't have done as

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well, I would have been surprised at that. We came together as a team, we

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communicated, helped each other, picked each other up. That's what it

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was about, that's what we accomplished. I'm delighted to say

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that Ade and Sean are here. They look like they're friends. A bit of

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disagreement ahead of that one. He talked to me more before the game,

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than he has since! I reached out a couple of times, even on Twitter.

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Painful. I'm going to block user. I thought

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you already had. Were you able at all to enjoy the experience? It was

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a crushing defeat in the end and the gap seems to have wide and perhaps

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beyond what you expected? I enjoyed watching clinical and really good

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basketball. Anthony McDaniel for the USA is my star of the tournament. He

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is unbelievable. That side of the game I really loved. This guy played

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a rugby match that night before, he was the star of the rugby match.

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Amazing. He comes out and dominates in the semifinal and final for the

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USA. He has one hand, a double amputee and is playing wheelchair

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basketball, above his disability level. It shows what a difference

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one player can make in a sport like this. It needs to be someone special

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and he is a unique talent. You do a lot of technical analysis on

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basketball, how good do you think this was? I think the overall play

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stumps me. I was excited about the opportunity... The first time? Yes,

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the first time. For me the fluidity of the offence with superb. In late

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game we touched on this, it was going to be about defence, which

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team is going to be able to assert itself will stop the United States

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came out with this pressure events which took the UK out of its rhythm,

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forcing turnovers that led to easy schools. I think those are the

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things that stood out and made a huge difference for the United

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States. Once they got that lead, you knew it was done.

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You felt all week the team sports were important to the United States.

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The revenge factor was there. Those guys were talking about it the day

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before when I was at the rugby match and I got a chance to speak to a

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couple of them. Jorge Salazar, I said, let's not get ahead of

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ourselves but assuming it is the UK and the US... He said it is going to

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be that, and we going to win. So you have the UK to thank for making you

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raise your level? Yes! It was great because the sportsmanship and the

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competitiveness, back in the tunnel as I walked off after the game a

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couple of them said it is 1-1, see you in Toronto. That is the great

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thing about what we saw here in the Invictus Games and in particular

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between these two teams, they are so competitive. You have played at the

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highest level of this book, what is the skill level like, compared to

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Pabst Paralympic wheelchair? Invictus wheelchair basketball,

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these guys haven't been playing that long. What you have to remember with

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Paralympic basketball is most of the top teams are fully professional.

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They are training every day, five or six days a week. These guys are

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quite a long way off, but they can get there. I am delighted to say we

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will bring in the captain of the UK basketball team, Simon Gibbs is

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here. APPLAUSE Take a seat, Simon. Congratulations.

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I don't know if you had the analysis there of that experience, but what

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was it like for you out on the court? On the court the atmosphere

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was amazing. It is not home turf but this support that came with us were

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fantastic. From all the other nations as well. You can't argue, it

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was good. You wanted gold big you came away with silver. How proud you

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of your team-mates? Amazing, they have come such a long way in a short

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time. We didn't have masses of time together as a squad, training. For

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me, personally, I couldn't be more proud. Sean was alluding to the

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ramping it up from the US, they wanted to get revenge from 2014. Did

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you feel that? Before the match? We were feeling it before we got out

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there. The talk back home... It's what we wanted. You want a blue

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ribbon match at the end of the tournament. You can't ask for much

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more. Let me tell you this, the one thing that stood out for me watching

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him play, is not just what he was able to accomplish statistically,

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because you are the dominating player for your team, but the heart

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and soul as well. The vocal leader. Your level of intensity is what

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stood out to me. Were you always intense as an athlete? I'm not going

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to ask him! I did the broadcast of the semifinals, he said, he didn't

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pass me the ball like that and I said, that's because it's you! Were

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you always that intense? Then you can go back to him and he shooting

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ability. Absolutely. If you don't have passion on love for something

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you're doing, your heart is not completely inept. I've never been

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one to sit back and let things happen around me. -- not completely

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in it. Simon has been on a really amazing personal journey, because

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his temperament this tournament has been amazing. I'm so proud of you. A

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lovely way to end. A lot of insults and trash talk so good to end on a

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positive. Sean and Simon, you are staying around.

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The spirit of Invictus means making it to the start line can often be

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JJ met a determined member of the Jordanian team, Ulfat Zwiri,

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taking part in the Games for the first time.

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This is Jordan's first year at the Games. How does it feel to have been

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invited? TRANSLATION: The resort is very beautiful. The green

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environment is stunning and it gives me calmness and peace of mind. It

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will help the athletes to perform well in this competition. What about

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you, how does it feel to get to represent Jordan again? TRANSLATION:

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I am proud and honoured to represent Jordan here in the United States of

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America. Warm applause for the Jordanian Afellay, Ulfat Zwiri,

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drawn in lane number eight. TRANSLATION: I was in a car accident

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and I injured my seat five vertebra, but you don't just give up hope

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overnight and become a couch potato. A person should have a goal to

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achieve in their life. I was given the opportunity to participate in

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these games, and I said, why not? Taking part gives me the motivation

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to achieve something, instead of losing hope in life. This is the

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first time I've competed in such an event and the first time I've played

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sport. I hope I'll be able to achieve a positive result in this

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competition. This is the spirit of the Invictus

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Games, huge support for Ulfat Zwiri, who finishes in last place, but what

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superb performance from her. So what effect

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have the Games had JJ and Rachael discovered

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an emotional crowd. How has your week been? Awesome,

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fantastic. An absolute delight. It brings the best out in people.

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Amazing. We have come because we think our forces are the best. The

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Invictus Games has been changing lives? Undoubtedly. The stories tug

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at your heart, the stories of resilience and determination we

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sleep played out on the athletic field. It is great encouragement all

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of us to try harder in life. I have a disability and I am so proud and

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honoured of all of our people and soldiers who have disabilities, for

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their families and mothers and fathers, to be competing in such a

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glorious thing like the Invictus Games. I think what came out of the

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opening ceremony is we have to look at the invisible wounds. The ability

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to be able to demonstrate the real power of sport, the real power of

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what it means to be a veteran, what it means to be a competitor,

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representing your country, and able to come out of that dark place where

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many of them have been. With us now are just

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a few of the friends and family who've been out here in Orlando

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supporting their loved ones. Simon Gibbs is back with his wife

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Ashley and Karen and Austin joins us also. What difference has this made

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to your family being out here in Orlando? It has given me a focus on

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real purpose in life. He has come a long way with his sport. For us

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being here it's been being able to speak to the friends and families

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and swapping stories and just enjoying the camaraderie and

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laughter, and the tears. We have had a few of those, but it has been a

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fantastic platform for all of these athletes. You are Simon's partner in

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crime and support and probably has to put up with a lot when training

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gets heavy and demanding, has all that being were set out here? It's

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been absolutely fantastic. It has been hard because Simon is away

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trading a lot, but I'd follow him anywhere to support him, he knows

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that. And to achieve what these people achieve is amazing, because I

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know why really couldn't do this and remained strong. What was it like

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seeing him out there? Wonderful, absolutely fantastic. Just see all

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of them was fantastic. For you having friends here must bow you

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one, having your family cheer you on? Absolutely, when just doing it

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for ourselves. Everyone has their own personal to achieve that the

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Invictus. Everyone who has supported us, it is a massive thing, they put

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up with us and we can be horrible at times and we are away a lot. To have

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them here, we are doing it for everyone. Your boy Ross goes out

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there and says his country and something unimaginable, something

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you never think is going to happen happens. He stood on an IED and you

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have had a long journey back. What sums up the spirit of Invictus?

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Apart from seeing my son win, which was amazing. I think the 50 metres

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breaststroke, the men's race, for all five had finished and there was

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one person still halfway down the pool. Everyone was up on their feet

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cheering. I'm getting in motion now, it was really emotional. So

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fantastic to see them finish. For me, that is what sport should be

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about. I think sport has lost its way somewhere, but that was

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fantastic. I think you are right. Sport is important but it is so much

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more. Like you, so many times this week I have been sat somewhere on

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the side of a court and you find yourself that close to tears. On the

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verge of tears a lot this week. Well put, thank you. And congratulations

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on your medal. Pass on our congratulations to Ross.

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Last night, Prince Harry rounded off the Games by dishing out

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the Invictus medallions at the Closing Ceremony under

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the watchful eyes of Eddie Butler and Tanni Grey-Thompson.

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For the athletes, it was also a chance to join their friends

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and family and let a line up of music's great and good

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The evening of the last day, time for the farewells to begin. Starting

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with A for Afghanistan. What has been your impression of these days

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of competition? Afghanistan have only got a really small team, eight

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competitors. They are the only country not to win a medal, but

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actually the really important thing is they are here and competing. Just

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being here. It wouldn't be a Closing Ceremony without a party and music.

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Jordan Smith, winning of ninth season in America of The Voice.

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# I'll follow my heart # I could stay there and close my

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eyes # Here forever #.

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I don't think we could have had Invictus without London 2012 stop I

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think having men and women working on security at the Games, I think

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that change the public relationship. It was great. It was fabulous.

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People were coming up to the men and women and saying thank you, because

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I think before that we never always knew what to say. Prince Harry

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giving out the medals, these are very much his games. They are. What

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is being great, doesn't just come to the opening ceremony and Closing

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Ceremony, he has been at every event, walking round the park,

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having his picture taken with lots of people. He has really made this

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significant effort to make everyone feel really proud of what the Games

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mean. It's great. It shows he has this

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amazing are pour with the team that he wants to be here to that part.

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I have a favourite moment from the wheelchair rugby, the captain of the

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American team, that's Anthony McDaniel, to qualify for the

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Paralympics, you have to be impaired in three limbs. Well, he qualifies

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because he had two legs blown off and a left hand. Yet, he's just

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outstanding at wheelchair rugby. The coach of the Invictus team is also

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the coach of the Paralympic team. I think he's earmarked McDaniel for

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the Paralympics in Rio. It's award night too. The award for

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above and beyond, presented by wrestling superstar, John Cena.

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These gat words for me on the TVs to say, but I'd rather to speak to you,

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fan to my heroes much inspraction is a word that I hold close to my

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heart, because inspiration is the fuel that makes the imThe

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Impossible. I would -- the impossible possible. I would like to

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thank the competitors from all countries, their families and the

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supporters of the 2016 Invictus Games for allowing me to be lucky

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enough to be part of such an inspirational experience.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It is with honour and

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privilege that I present the 2016 Invictus Games above and beyond

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award to an entire team, that quite frankly, made the impossible

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possible with no funding, no coach, and very little knowledge of the

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sport, not only did this team make it to the 2016 Invictus Games, they

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earned themselves a medal. The winners of the above and beyond

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award goes to the sitting volleyball team from Georgia.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Next on stage, Phillip Philips winner of the 11th season of

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American Idol. # Hold me close and I'll surrender

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to your heart. # You know how to give and how to

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take # You see every hope locked away

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# Pull me close and surrender to my heart.

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# For the flame goes out tonight # Yeah, we'll live until we die

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# Come out, come out, come out, won't you turn my soul into a raging

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fire # Come out, come out, come out

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# Till we lose control into a raging fire

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# Into a raging fire. # Come out, come on, come on

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# Won't you turn my soul into a raging fire.

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# Let the world leave us behind # Before the flame goes out tonight

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# We can live until we die. # So come out, come out, come out

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# Won't you turn my soul into a raging fire

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# Come on, come on, come on # Won't you turn my soul into a

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raging fire # Come on, come on, come on

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# Till we lose control into a raging fire

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# Into a raging fire #

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The captain of the American Team Will Reynolds. Outside of being a

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celebration of rehabilitative success, one of the most powerful

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things about Invictus is that it helps remind wounded, ill and

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injured service members and veterans what was once, that they once were

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serving for a higher cause, a mission greater than themselves,

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that they once were serving with men and women who were not willing to

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only lay down their lives for their countries, but also for each other.

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And quite frankly, that we all were once pretty cool and did some pretty

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hard core stuff. Having been part of this experience

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we are now all ambassadors of Invictus. The stories told and

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shared this week will memorialise all our fort tud for a long --

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fortitude for a long time to come. However, it does not stop here. To

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continue to grow Invictus, we must continue telling our stories and

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inspiring others to strive to be part of Invictus so that they too

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may have this life-changing experience. There will unfortunately

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always be wounded, ill or injured, advisably or invisibly, service

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members or veterans, Invictus will always have a place in making them

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feel great again. Whatever your role was in this year's Invictus, there

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are many more to play, as we have seen with the athletes turned

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advocates and manager like John-James Chalmers. So many vow to

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remain a vital part of Invictus. More on the closing ceremony later.

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We're joined now by three stars of Invictus, JJ Chalmers,

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UK team captain, David Wiseman, and Canadian team captain,

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JJ, you started the Games by telling your story

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What would you say the story of these Games has been?

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It's been incredible. The wonderful thing is so many stories have been

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told, of the athletes, families, supporters, it touches everybody.

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The big one for me, the story I wanted to tell and I wanted to

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change the narrative too was about the mental health piece. From

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walking around the park and having had reactions to what I said in the

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Opening Ceremony, it clearly has. It's worked. I met a Vietnam veteran

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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

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the team, after the closing ceremony, you're getting to relax,

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what's the spirit been like amongst team-mates? It's been fantastic. Not

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just amongst the team-mates either. Internationally, it was fantastic

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last night, towards the end of the closing concert, where impromptu,

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everyone started changing shirts. I'm surprised we have a team kit

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left actually! Everyone started changing shirts. I sought out my

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good friend Ivan Castro, an American officer, who was blinded in a mortar

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attack in Iraq. I sought him out. I really wanted to change shirts with

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him. I've known him for a couple of years. I reconnected with him at

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these Games. It's the relationships between the countries which is

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fantastic and unique about the Invictus Games. Spirit is fantastic,

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not just amongst the team but across the international community. You

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mentioned you're moving house, you have kids of course, we're keeping

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you busy here, are you training towards anything else? Are you going

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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

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coach here about perhaps creating an Invictus team to train throughout

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the year. I look forward to that. Bruno, before the Games, Prince

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Harry announced that they will be going to Toronto next year. What was

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it like for you taking the flag on last night? How proud were you? It

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was an incredible honour, to be brought on stage and handed the flag

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by Will Reynolds, who I met at the launch for the States. Taking on

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that responsibility now to, you know, fill in pretty big shoes after

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London and now after here. So we'll do our best, for sure. It's going to

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be a huge year for Canada. Your 150th birthday as well. We saw your

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Prime Minister giving it back to the Obamas and Prince Harry with his

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one-arm push up. A bit of personality in your Games, I think.

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It will be for everybody coming to Canada from the other countries to

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see the celebration across Canada, we will have it tying very well

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together all around activities and organisations, various support for

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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

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hockey. We'll have a good go. Here's a bit of sledge hockey here. That

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will thrill the crowds. It's so sad here today, there's a real feeling

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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

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something special. You have brought hope back to proceedings. We're

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throwing it forwards. Yesterday we heard from Rachel

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Platten. We heard from her with her anthem, Fight Song.

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# Like a small boat on the ocean # Sending big waves into motion

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# Like how a single word # Can make a heart open

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# I might only have one match # But I can make an explosion

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# And all those things I didn't say # Wrecking balls inside my brain

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# I will scream them loud tonight # Can you hear my voice this time?

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# This is my fight song # Take back my life song

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# Prove I'm all right song # My power's turned on

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# Starting right now, I'll be strong # I'll play my fight song

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# And I don't really care if nobody else believes

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# because I've still got a lot of fight left in me

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# This is my fight song, take back my life song

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# Prove I'm all right song # my power's turned on

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# Starting right now I'll be strong # I'll play my fight song

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# And I don't really care if nobody else believes

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# Because I've still got a lot of fight left in me

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# CHEERING AND

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APPLAUSE London was the first in 2014. These have the second. The

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third Invictus Games will be held in 2017 in Toronto Canada.

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The Invictus Games flag is the symbol of strength, resilience and

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determination, that is embodied by the men and women who compete in our

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Games. It will now be passed from the United States to Canada and the

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city of Toronto. The host of the third Invictus Games.

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APPLAUSE Ladies and gentleman, please welcome

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Prince Harry. CHEERING

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Good evening everybody! CHEERING And everybody at home as

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well. Wow, what a ride the last four days has been. I said you would be

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moved, inspired, and entertained, was I right?

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CHEERING As the great Stevie Wonder says, team work makes the dream

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work. Four days, ten sports, 13 support dogs, 14 nations, 149

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events, 410 medals, 485 competitors, 836 volunteers...

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APPLAUSE 1,008 friends and family... CHEERING

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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

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over the course of this competition, but what meant the most to me was

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handing out your Invictus foundation medallions this evening. Those

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medallions are the real prizes over the years of intense rehabilitation

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you have put yourself through to be here.

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CHEERING I know by your nature, you all want

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to win, but these games are so much more than that. Invictus is so much

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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

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place? Invictus. CHEERING

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How else could I describe the way I felt seeing Tim Payne, a man I met

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three years ago to the day, in his hospital bed, beaming as he wore his

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gold medal round his neck? Invictus.

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CHEERING What is the force that drives

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Elizabeth Marks to return to these games after nearly dying two years

:46:23.:46:25.

ago? To compete now at the highest level,

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in a sport that renders her blind and Saint? Invictus.

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CHEERING -- and faint.

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What makes last year for Luke, who took up wheelchair tennis not just

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to represent his country again, but so he could play the sport with his

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children? Invictus. CHEERING

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What else could we say about the woman who wrote to me after watching

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the opening ceremony on Sunday night, to say she'd realised it was

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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

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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

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up everyone around you. I will see you in Toronto!

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CHEERING Ladies and gentlemen, one of the

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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

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the love for our wounded soldiers. Prince Harry, welcome to my house.

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# Open up the champagne, pop # It's my house, come on

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# You knock on the door when the night begins

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# As we have done this before, so you come on in

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# Make yourself at home, tell me where you been

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# 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

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# Welcome to my house # Baby, take control now

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# We can't even slow down # We don't have to go out

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# 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

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# Everybody say what, what, what # Welcome to my house

:49:44.:49:50.

# We don't have to go out # Welcome to my house

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# 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

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# Keep our clothes on the floor open up champagne

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# Lets continue tonight, come on, celebrate

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# 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

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# 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

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# My house, my house # Welcome to my house #.

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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

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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.

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# My light shines on # My light shines on #.

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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!

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