Closing Ceremony

:01:02. > :01:07.# I really think you need a round after laws

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:01:13. > :01:17.# I think you need a # When you were born you should have

:01:18. > :01:20.had a standing ovation # They didn't realise what was

:01:21. > :01:24.really in the room, they were looking at a star like a rocket to

:01:25. > :01:33.the moon # You should get a round of applause

:01:34. > :01:35.# I think you really need a round of applause

:01:36. > :01:38.# People clap now # I said, you should get a round of

:01:39. > :01:41.applause # People clap your hands

:01:42. > :01:46.# Before I hit it like a hurricane # Let me pay my respects now

:01:47. > :01:49.# Meet me in the beautiful place # I get the scene to whatever your

:01:50. > :01:53.tastes # As you arrive, I see your car

:01:54. > :01:55.pulling up slowly outside and you step into the room through the big

:01:56. > :02:01.double doors, first thing I'm going to give you is a round of applause.

:02:02. > :02:04.# People clap now # I said, you should get a round of

:02:05. > :02:10.applause # People clap your hands

:02:11. > :02:21.# I think you need a... # A round of applause, applause#

:02:22. > :02:25.306 gold medals have been handed out across 28 different sports and Rio

:02:26. > :02:29.is preparing to say farewell to the watching world, farewell to 11,000

:02:30. > :02:33.athletes and the two Steves have joined me here in the studio, Steve

:02:34. > :02:35.Cram and Steve Redgrave. You can tell they're Olympians because they

:02:36. > :02:40.battled through one of the worst storms we've had, it's the worst

:02:41. > :02:45.since we've been here. Due get blown around? I stupidly didn't put

:02:46. > :02:49.anything, no coat, no jacket, north-east lad, typical. It's only

:02:50. > :02:53.just dried out. You're rock hard, it's all right. Absolutely. I was

:02:54. > :02:57.here earlier and went down the road for a pizza with Matt Pinsent and

:02:58. > :03:02.battled to get back. It has been blowing a gale. We understand that

:03:03. > :03:05.at the Maracana, further inland, it's much less stormy than it is

:03:06. > :03:09.here. Fingers crossed. We're building up to the closing ceremony.

:03:10. > :03:13.But just bring you up to date on a couple of things that happened

:03:14. > :03:15.earlier today. Joe Joyce was in the boxing ring for Great Britain

:03:16. > :03:20.winning the last medal. Sadly not winning the last gold. He couldn't

:03:21. > :03:25.emulate Anthony Joshua's feats of four years ago. The Frenchman was

:03:26. > :03:31.too good. The 30-year-old Joyce lost out on a split decision. He now

:03:32. > :03:36.intends to turn pro and Britain finished with a gold, silver and

:03:37. > :03:40.bronze from the boxing ring. In the very last event of these

:03:41. > :03:45.Olympics, the USA added yet another gold to their medal haul in the

:03:46. > :03:48.men's basketball final. They won their third consecutive Olympic

:03:49. > :03:55.title, dominating Serbia, nearly breaking the 100 points mark. 96-66,

:03:56. > :04:03.the 15th Olympic title and a double up as the American women won the

:04:04. > :04:04.basketball title yesterday as well. The final, final tables medals table

:04:05. > :04:32.looks like this: Other nation that's have done well,

:04:33. > :04:42.the host nation Brazil, it's their best Games. Jamaica six gold medals,

:04:43. > :04:47.all of them on the track. Three of them involving Usain Bolt. New

:04:48. > :04:51.Zealand, their best Olympics ever with 18 total medals. Various

:04:52. > :04:57.countries winning their first ever Gold Medal, including Fiji who took

:04:58. > :05:03.gold in the Rugby 7's. It has been an incredible Olympics for a lot of

:05:04. > :05:09.nations. This for Great Britain, the most successful ever, which I don't

:05:10. > :05:14.think anyone was predicting. No. I think to be honest, I was talking to

:05:15. > :05:19.Liz Nichol from UK Sport, I think she has been very up front, there

:05:20. > :05:24.was a range. The media tended to report the lower end of that range,

:05:25. > :05:28.48. Secretly, actually not secretly, reasonably open about somewhere in

:05:29. > :05:34.the 60 range would have been a very, very good performance. To have

:05:35. > :05:38.exceeded that, 67, phenomenal. Really phenomenal. Russia effect

:05:39. > :05:42.perhaps, a little bit. Only a little bit. China have been down. They

:05:43. > :05:46.haven't had a good Games here. Would it be naive to start to think that

:05:47. > :05:52.the world balance reorders itself with drug testing being more

:05:53. > :05:57.thorough? It's an interesting thing. What's really happening is the super

:05:58. > :06:01.powers are not as super as they used to be. That spread is going around a

:06:02. > :06:06.lot more. If you actually look down the table to how many countries are

:06:07. > :06:09.winning gold medals, I think there's more than there's ever been before.

:06:10. > :06:15.More countries winning medals before. Where it used to be of 30

:06:16. > :06:18.years ago, the dominance between the Soviet Union and America, and no-one

:06:19. > :06:21.else get a look-in, is that their totals are coming down, especially

:06:22. > :06:27.on the gold medals, that's being spread around a bit more. That's a

:06:28. > :06:31.valid point. Also, it's a very valid point, 80-odd countries have won

:06:32. > :06:34.medals here. 42 countries won medals in athletics. The spread is greater.

:06:35. > :06:39.We have a great system, but you don't have to have a great system to

:06:40. > :06:43.win one medal. That's what's happening. This maybe needs looked

:06:44. > :06:47.at. We have a lot of different sports to what we had 20 years ago.

:06:48. > :06:54.In the Games? In the Games. And more to come. That traditional superpower

:06:55. > :06:58.sport emphasis has shifted. We've gone with it. We've been very good

:06:59. > :07:03.at going with that shift, if you like. We've been able to target

:07:04. > :07:07.certain sports. We've done very well, as you say, gold medals in

:07:08. > :07:10.more sports than even the USA. Some sports we don't even really compete

:07:11. > :07:16.in, handball, volleyball. You take those out, we've got a very high

:07:17. > :07:20.strike rate of winning medals. I think it's 70-odd per cent. Good

:07:21. > :07:24.stats. I'm impressed. But those stats are why we're winning because

:07:25. > :07:29.we look at it carefully and we look at where we can get gains and win.

:07:30. > :07:34.Quiz question: Who won Great Britain's first medal of these

:07:35. > :07:41.Games? Peaty. Correct. Let's look at some of the triumphs from the

:07:42. > :07:44.British athletes at Rio 2016. COMMENTATOR: Adam Peaty takes

:07:45. > :07:53.Olympic gold for Great Britain. A wonderful world record. The time oh,

:07:54. > :07:57.my goodness me! Mark Cavendish has an Olympic medal.

:07:58. > :08:03.The United States have it, Jamaica took the silver and Great Britain

:08:04. > :08:07.have the bronze medal. Wales' Jazz Carlin in Silver Medal

:08:08. > :08:12.position. I honestly can't believe. It I'm on the edge of tears. The

:08:13. > :08:17.Gold Medal goes to Great Britain! The Olympic champions again. Laura

:08:18. > :08:23.Trott is Britain's most successful female Olympian of all time.

:08:24. > :08:30.Jason Kenny's got it. Seen a through come through here. They take the

:08:31. > :08:34.bronze medal here -- Ed Lynning takes the bronze medal here. Jo

:08:35. > :08:45.Ohuruogu is holding on to take the bronze. Well done Christine, Emily,

:08:46. > :08:49.Eilidh and Aniyka. Chris Froome pulled it out at the

:08:50. > :08:57.end. He dug deep. It is gold for Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark. It's

:08:58. > :09:02.awesome! There is a medal here for Becky James, it's silver. Can she

:09:03. > :09:08.get it on the line. I think she can. Great Britain win the silver.

:09:09. > :09:14.Stephen Scott takes the bronze medal in the double trap competition.

:09:15. > :09:19.Gold, they've smashed the world record. It's silver to Siobhan-Marie

:09:20. > :09:23.O'Connor. Finally he gets a chance to enjoy this moment. Giles Scott

:09:24. > :09:24.has the gold. Will it be Britain or Australia? It certainly will be

:09:25. > :09:46.Great Britain! One, two, three, go.

:09:47. > :09:49.They've done it! They have done it. Daley and Goodfellow are bronze

:09:50. > :09:52.medallists. I pounced on Dan at the end. I didn't realise we were going

:09:53. > :09:56.backwards until we were in the water. I went with. It I don't care

:09:57. > :10:01.any more. COMMENTATOR: You can see how much it

:10:02. > :10:08.means to her. She really focussed well. Bryony Page is an Olympic

:10:09. > :10:12.Silver Medallist. The Welsh wonder strikes gold. Jade

:10:13. > :10:18.Jones becomes the two times Olympic champion.

:10:19. > :10:22.Really lovely steps, niedge rhythm. Britain have got silver. Nile Wilson

:10:23. > :10:25.makes history for Great Britain as the first ever gymnast to medal at

:10:26. > :10:30.the Olympics on high bar. I'm so happy. I know everyone back home

:10:31. > :10:35.will be so proud. I want to say, Joanna, mum, dad - we did it. Jack

:10:36. > :10:43.Laugher and Chris Mears... One, two, three... Go. Yes! So good. It is

:10:44. > :10:48.gold! Pure gold, the boys are in tears.

:10:49. > :10:57.It's a Silver Medal, perfect performance from Lutalo Muhammad.

:10:58. > :11:04.A bronze medal for the British pair Chris and Marcus. At least you can't

:11:05. > :11:09.say anything. Amy Tinkler, the youngest member of Team GB. She

:11:10. > :11:18.twisted and tumbled her way to that bronze medal. Bianca Walkden has

:11:19. > :11:20.shown the tenacity. She battled for that, Olympic Games bronze

:11:21. > :11:26.medallist. One more to go for jaw lure. What

:11:27. > :11:33.colour Med -- Jack Laugher, what colour medal will it be? Yes silver!

:11:34. > :11:36.Nick Skelton and Big Star take the gold for Great Britain. It's

:11:37. > :11:38.something that has been a dream. One wonders whether dreams do come true,

:11:39. > :11:50.but they have today. Max Whitlock takes the first medal

:11:51. > :11:55.in the all around final for 108 years, what a result for Great

:11:56. > :11:59.Britain! And it's Joe Clarke, the

:12:00. > :12:04.23-year-old, that is the Olympic champion. Can't quite believe it. My

:12:05. > :12:14.words are going to come out in a big bleur. Salary O'Connor gets the

:12:15. > :12:18.medal. -- Sally. They go away Olympic Silver Medallists. Mum and

:12:19. > :12:23.dad, I promise, I'll never put you through it again. David Florence and

:12:24. > :12:28.Richard Hounslow another plate of silver.

:12:29. > :12:34.Another throw of the dice for Sophie Hitchon. It is big enough. Sophie

:12:35. > :12:45.Hitchon has saved her best for last. They are fearless. They are without

:12:46. > :12:53.equal. They are history makers. Great Britain's glover and K is it

:12:54. > :12:58.ann -- and stanning. Joshua but but has emerged as the

:12:59. > :13:01.star of the boxing ring. Incredible discipline and power that's what you

:13:02. > :13:08.need to win a race. They are the Olympic champions. They've done it

:13:09. > :13:16.in style again. It's a one-two, a gold and silver for the BrownLee

:13:17. > :13:20.brothers. Heath and Schofield believed where others might not have

:13:21. > :13:25.done. They have the Silver Medal. Scores! That's the golden goal!

:13:26. > :13:29.Great Britain have won the Olympic Gold Medal. Great Britain in the

:13:30. > :13:36.men's eight are the Olympic champions and that has a fantastic

:13:37. > :13:42.ring about it. Just most amazing thing, guys, I'm

:13:43. > :13:45.speechless. The battle continues between Stanford and Holland. The

:13:46. > :13:51.bronze to Vicky Holland of Great Britain. What a race in the women's

:13:52. > :13:55.triathlon. Absolutely sensational. The first time that Great Britain

:13:56. > :14:00.have won an Olympic medal in the women's eight.

:14:01. > :14:08.Gold goes to Liam Heath. He will leave Rio as the Olympic champion.

:14:09. > :14:13.Terrific variety to this point. Nicola Adams lets out a triumphant

:14:14. > :14:16.roar. I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer we've

:14:17. > :14:18.ever had, like ever. It takes a lot to win an Olympic medal, especially

:14:19. > :14:32.to be able to do it twice. It really has been the most

:14:33. > :14:37.extraordinary Games and you watch that again and you think, my word,

:14:38. > :14:42.it seems like it's gone by in a dreamlike sequence. I enjoyed it, to

:14:43. > :14:46.be honest I haven't seen half of that, I've read about them and heard

:14:47. > :14:49.about them but being in the athletics stadium for the last ten

:14:50. > :14:54.days, I can't wait to get home and catch up and watch it all. On you

:14:55. > :15:00.could come you can. Earlier, I was asking, we were fighting over the

:15:01. > :15:03.hockey as our highlights and Kate Richardson-Walsh reminded as she

:15:04. > :15:08.will be carrying the flag tonight at the closing ceremony. The hockey

:15:09. > :15:14.captain. What's your highlight? I'm biased, I guess. We had a great

:15:15. > :15:19.athletics programme. Danny Care winning the 400 metres, da Silva,

:15:20. > :15:23.the brilliant -- Brazilian pole vault, everything got wrapped up in

:15:24. > :15:29.that, there were good things, the brewing wrapped up in it, and Bolt,

:15:30. > :15:33.but I have to come back to Mo, he is ours, as it were. You might have

:15:34. > :15:38.this, I don't know if you've had this with the robbers, but we've

:15:39. > :15:44.watched Mo since he was a kid, eight cheeky little kids -- with the

:15:45. > :15:49.rowers. Little Rascal, actually. I remember him coming to Brendan and I

:15:50. > :15:52.come in the junior team, they'd dyed their hair, including Mo, I think it

:15:53. > :15:58.was the instigator, and like all ran badly. Gave them a bit of... He

:15:59. > :16:02.didn't take it very well. After that, he used to come up and he'd

:16:03. > :16:09.always kind of want to come and chat, he knew he had something about

:16:10. > :16:14.him even as a kid. He mentioned it last night, I'm such a competitor, I

:16:15. > :16:19.hate losing. That was in him when he was very young. But he used to lose.

:16:20. > :16:24.He used to win a lot, used to lose. So watching him develop as an

:16:25. > :16:29.athlete and a person, the way he controls, people at the top of their

:16:30. > :16:34.game body else, don't they? You don't often get that, but Bolt does

:16:35. > :16:39.it and Mo does it so well and he did it again last night. He was tired.

:16:40. > :16:45.It was quite tired. Just going back to the 10,000 metres, he fell over

:16:46. > :16:48.and got back up again and still won. He was carrying an injury from that

:16:49. > :16:53.fall, I spoke to him this morning and I used a mental home in the

:16:54. > :16:56.build-up to the 88 games and I said you were hobbling afterwards and you

:16:57. > :17:02.struggled in the heat of the 5000 and he said, you are spot on, I was

:17:03. > :17:07.dropping, I wasn't at my best. But he would still be able to produce

:17:08. > :17:15.the best and still win. At the altitude training camp, we were

:17:16. > :17:18.having lunch one day, Mo said, what are the Kenyans going to do, we were

:17:19. > :17:22.chatting, I said there's no way you can be beaten unless they trip you

:17:23. > :17:26.up and it was a joke. We even said they can probably trip you up in the

:17:27. > :17:32.last lap but and you can still win. He nearly tripped in the heats of

:17:33. > :17:35.the 5000. In the 5000 final he was superb, absolutely superb. There was

:17:36. > :17:43.a little moment you didn't see there, by the way Andrew Butchart,

:17:44. > :17:48.oh... He got promoted to force. Two of the guys got reinstated, he went

:17:49. > :17:52.back to sixth. A big personal best. There was a moment at the bell when

:17:53. > :17:57.the Ethiopians tried to get past him, which is what you really should

:17:58. > :18:01.try to do if you are going to beat him, the aggressive bit of Mo came

:18:02. > :18:06.out, we see him in full flow, he said, you're not getting in here and

:18:07. > :18:12.from that point he had won. There was 390 metres to go and he makes us

:18:13. > :18:15.work for the win as well as he works for the win, but phenomenal. We

:18:16. > :18:20.won't see him on the track again and another thoroughly big. We could see

:18:21. > :18:23.him on the road. This is something cyclists have done. Sir Bradley

:18:24. > :18:27.Wiggins has done this, track, road, back to the track again, and you

:18:28. > :18:31.were there when he made history. One thing I wanted to go and see was

:18:32. > :18:35.these guys with Bradley and the team. It was truly amazing. The

:18:36. > :18:41.Australians, I was with Chris Hoy down in the centre of the track when

:18:42. > :18:44.they were racing, he said the Australians have gone off too hard,

:18:45. > :18:49.they'll never last, we will catch them, and they didn't, they just

:18:50. > :18:53.kept on going. We started pinching them back, pinching them back, and

:18:54. > :18:57.it was an incredible atmosphere. All four of them incredible cyclists.

:18:58. > :19:05.And he wanted to join you on five gold medals but he had a different

:19:06. > :19:09.attitude on the podium. This is so Wiggo. It's like Daley Thompson

:19:10. > :19:15.whistling in 1984. I think he does it as a way of not crying, as a way

:19:16. > :19:17.of almost bursting the balloon. Possibly, it's one of the things I

:19:18. > :19:18.of almost bursting the balloon. Possibly, it's one of the things I

:19:19. > :19:23.love about him. He does things you don't expect him to do. He is a

:19:24. > :19:29.little bit off the wall. But it's that personality and in some ways,

:19:30. > :19:33.the way we all train, the way they pair, it's making -- the way they

:19:34. > :19:39.prepare, it's making you a robot, its scientific, making small gains,

:19:40. > :19:44.and he does something like that. An amazing personality, eight medals in

:19:45. > :19:49.total, a British record. Jason Kenny equalling Chris Hoy on six gold

:19:50. > :19:53.medals. That progression of excellence and the new stars that

:19:54. > :19:57.have come up and joined in that list is, I think, really extraordinary.

:19:58. > :20:01.If you look at Sir Chris Hoy, he's out there, level with Jason Kenny,

:20:02. > :20:05.only in front by virtue of the alphabet and he's very thrilled

:20:06. > :20:13.about that. Bradley Wiggins goes to the top of those on five. Surely

:20:14. > :20:21.he's got Sir? S comes before. I'm getting fed up with cyclists! Yes,

:20:22. > :20:27.anyway, so Ben Ainslie is there an Sir Matthew Pinsent, the cyclists

:20:28. > :20:33.are getting fed up with the rowers. Paul Rob Miller Vidic was a swimmer

:20:34. > :20:37.and water polo player. In the early 20th century. Laura Trott is the

:20:38. > :20:40.first woman on that list, she is young and could definitely do

:20:41. > :20:42.another four years and I'm pretty certain wants to. I hope she does.

:20:43. > :20:46.And Jason certain wants to. I hope she does.

:20:47. > :20:50.And Jason as well. We will see them moving up that list very, very

:20:51. > :20:54.quickly and four years' time. When we are looking forward to Japan, you

:20:55. > :20:59.touched on it earlier in terms of mentioning new sports, what is going

:21:00. > :21:03.to be the British policy, the British Wallasey to surfing, but

:21:04. > :21:09.also to karate, which one would think would suit the Japanese in

:21:10. > :21:13.particular, to climbing, to skateboarding and, what is the fifth

:21:14. > :21:19.one? Baseball and softball, that's it. We might not off if we took the

:21:20. > :21:23.last two first, we've tended in team sports where we don't have

:21:24. > :21:28.traditions, so volleyball, handball for instance, basketball, we try to

:21:29. > :21:32.get a programme going, we have tended to go OK, we've got too far

:21:33. > :21:37.to go in those sports, those are big programmes with one medal or two

:21:38. > :21:39.medals, so we look for when we get best results. So where we are

:21:40. > :21:45.looking at multidiscipline sports, where there are various medals

:21:46. > :21:50.available such as rowing, athletics, cycling, sailing, etc, that's where

:21:51. > :21:56.we've tended over the years to kind of think well, that's where we will

:21:57. > :21:58.try and focus. I am not an expert on skateboarding, nor sports climbing.

:21:59. > :22:05.I would suspect things like karate, we've got a good line through judo

:22:06. > :22:08.and taekwondo etc, I would suspect... We have history there, we

:22:09. > :22:14.have won World Championships that karate. I haven't heard recently,

:22:15. > :22:18.but there is a pathway of sorts. What Steve is saying is totally true

:22:19. > :22:20.on the team sports. There's so much investment within their round the

:22:21. > :22:25.problem with the basketball is anybody who is anybody -- any good

:22:26. > :22:29.in basketball, they go to the States and it's difficult to keep a team

:22:30. > :22:33.together. You are trying to get individuals back, trying to get a

:22:34. > :22:36.team together at the last minute and you can get reasonably good results,

:22:37. > :22:39.but you can't get consistent results. They have to be in Major

:22:40. > :22:43.leagues, playing all the time, and that is one of the downfalls with

:22:44. > :22:47.those particular sports. It will be interesting to see the new sports

:22:48. > :22:55.coming in. We haven't done too badly at the two introduced here, golf and

:22:56. > :23:01.rugby sevens. Tokyo will bring no Usain Bolt, which will definitely

:23:02. > :23:09.feature in Eddie Butler's fabulous review of these Games.

:23:10. > :23:16.Never had there been an Olympic setting quite like this. The soaring

:23:17. > :23:24.splendours of Rio. In contrast to what might think these Games. --

:23:25. > :23:29.think these Games. Brazilian politics in limbo, an economy in

:23:30. > :23:41.recession, crime on the streets, fills in the waters, Zika virus. The

:23:42. > :23:44.host nation wary of all this. The Brazilian boo would ring around Rio,

:23:45. > :23:49.if any Brazilians turned up to watch, that is. Then came the

:23:50. > :23:52.imported difficulties, the Olympic zone pet problems, the Russians,

:23:53. > :23:59.half here, half band, drugs are never far away, and an alleged

:24:00. > :24:07.ticketing scam, arrests of the Irish, you couldn't make it up.

:24:08. > :24:12.Except Ryan Lochte did. The boxing judges... Again. Michael Conlon

:24:13. > :24:13.eliminated after judging which just leaves me scratching my head. The

:24:14. > :24:25.spirit of fair play. Competition within the spirit of

:24:26. > :24:31.peaceful cooperation. And then there were the problems born of bad luck,

:24:32. > :24:36.the crashes of competition. And as if the Olympics didn't have enough

:24:37. > :24:40.testing to do, there was gender to define. Unathletic gift Caster

:24:41. > :24:43.Semenya must sometimes feel weighing like a burden. -- and athletic gift.

:24:44. > :25:02.No, it was not going to be easy. But if a couple of bullets came out

:25:03. > :25:06.of the favelas, so too did Rafaela Silva, straight out of the City of

:25:07. > :25:12.God slums, and Rio found it had reason to cheer. He would not be

:25:13. > :25:31.denied. MUSIC

:25:32. > :25:41.Home crowd, homeboy, higher than ever, better than ever. And the mood

:25:42. > :25:48.changed. There was fun to be had. BBC! This is magical. There was a

:25:49. > :25:51.new question to be asked and the betrothed pair on bikes winning

:25:52. > :25:56.enough gold to make wedding rings for every couple in China. This was

:25:57. > :26:04.the only fever, gold fever in the velodrome. There had been a pre-Rio

:26:05. > :26:11.appraisal. These Games could never be as good as London 2012. Well, it

:26:12. > :26:16.was time for a reappraisal. Great Britain's Max Whitlock is the floor

:26:17. > :26:23.Olympic champion! Its hero time. Scores, that is the golden goal.

:26:24. > :26:28.Andy Murray is a double Olympic gold-medallist. Nicola Adams let out

:26:29. > :26:33.a triumphant roar. GB medals were coming in at a pace and volume that

:26:34. > :26:36.had China worried about being overtaken and humiliated by some

:26:37. > :26:45.isolated little rocks off mainland Europe. Fiji, specs in the split --

:26:46. > :26:48.specs in the Pacific, won their first medal ever in the rugby

:26:49. > :26:54.sevens. Puerto Rico, half the side of Fiji, won their first medal.

:26:55. > :26:57.Puerto Rico with the territory of the USA but those states can let

:26:58. > :27:01.their Caribbean island keep that gold, they had enough of their own,

:27:02. > :27:07.top of the medal table with a familiar cast of winners and some

:27:08. > :27:10.new superstars. A true champion and a leader of a great team. That's not

:27:11. > :27:18.the last you will see your Simone Biles. The Americans couldn't beat

:27:19. > :27:22.this man. Nobody could. He can't be a one-man saviour of the Olympics,

:27:23. > :27:33.even if sometimes it feels that way. These were his final acts. Heerkens

:27:34. > :27:40.Usain Bolt, Bolt is going to take it.

:27:41. > :27:44.Usain Bolt gets it. His final bursts of sub ten and sub 20 seconds.

:27:45. > :27:48.# Weimann man # yes and #.

:27:49. > :27:52.He will be a hard act to follow, even though that's what everybody

:27:53. > :27:57.has been doing in the the last three Olympics. He went out in style, not

:27:58. > :28:03.though breaking his own world record in the 200 he loves best. Some

:28:04. > :28:08.things he had to leave to others. One of the greatest pieces of

:28:09. > :28:16.distance running you have ever seen, the new world record to Ayane of

:28:17. > :28:19.Ethiopia. Each new distance, each new time, lifting the Games. It's a

:28:20. > :28:27.new world record! And lifting what haunted Brazil,

:28:28. > :28:37.atonement for the last World Cup in the sport that truly matters here.

:28:38. > :28:49.Neymar - scores! 200 million Brazilians scream with delight.

:28:50. > :28:56.It leaves the legacy question - what becomes of all this? There's no

:28:57. > :29:00.doubt that some of Olympic Rio will rust and fade, reclaimed by a city

:29:01. > :29:06.that plays by its own rules, a city that the Games never came close to

:29:07. > :29:16.taming. Rio may struggle to feel any long-term glow from all this. But

:29:17. > :29:21.whilst the Games were on, while the giant soared in the city that soars,

:29:22. > :29:34.Rio was as Rio looked, imperfect, perfect. For a fortnight in the

:29:35. > :29:44.August of 2016, the most beautiful place in the world.

:29:45. > :29:46.A proper, proper shiver down my backment beautifully written,

:29:47. > :29:59.beautifully delivered. Usain Bolt has written his last message to Rio

:30:00. > :30:06.and he's written it in Portuguese. It means, that's not very g, I don't

:30:07. > :30:10.speak Portuguese. It is, we came, we saw, we conquered, Rio I have a

:30:11. > :30:14.special love for you. It will have a special place in his heart. This was

:30:15. > :30:18.his swan song. Delighted hopefully he's going to be in London next

:30:19. > :30:25.year. From an Olympic stage, that's it. A massive void for our sport. I

:30:26. > :30:28.think for the Olympics as well, it's not just athletics that will miss

:30:29. > :30:35.him. The whole of the world of sport will miss him when he finally goes.

:30:36. > :30:41.The Olympic movement will miss him. For me, that was a fantastic piece

:30:42. > :30:47.from Eddie, and you know, Bolt almost... Rio is a great place to go

:30:48. > :30:51.out. Rio, that kind of idea of it being a beautiful, and he's a

:30:52. > :30:55.beautiful runner, there's a thing about Bolt which we all fall in love

:30:56. > :30:59.with, his character. It's the way he does it, in his way. Rio's a bit

:31:00. > :31:03.like that. They've done it their way. It is a beautiful place. We'll

:31:04. > :31:08.all remember it. It has been a wonderful setting. The Lagoa, never

:31:09. > :31:13.seen anything like it. Some of the back drops for the sports

:31:14. > :31:16.incredible. Especially my sport of rogue, with Christ The Redeemer and

:31:17. > :31:20.the beautiful lake and all the houses around in the back drop,

:31:21. > :31:25.absolutely stunning. The water wasn't always at its best. We just

:31:26. > :31:28.had a real rattle to the studio. You can understand why rowing had to be

:31:29. > :31:33.cancelled a few days. The waves out there sailing would be cancelled for

:31:34. > :31:36.too much wind. We are heading towards the Closing Ceremony now,

:31:37. > :31:40.where we hope it is less windy than here on the coast. The Opening

:31:41. > :31:44.Ceremony had a theme of regeneration and re-invention. I suspect the

:31:45. > :31:48.closing will be party, party all the way. Can't wait to see all the

:31:49. > :31:53.athletes coming in, with thanks to Steve Cram and Steve Redgrave, who

:31:54. > :31:56.contributed so much in terms what have they did on the field of play,

:31:57. > :32:00.let us now wish them goodbye, farewell and let's hope they have

:32:01. > :32:06.fun. The Closing Ceremony will be described for you by Andrew Cotter

:32:07. > :32:11.and Hazel Irvin. Good evening, 24 hours after Neymar

:32:12. > :32:15.and Brazil's football win here in the Maracana Stadium, we back again

:32:16. > :32:20.for a celebration of this country's most golden Games ever, seven golds

:32:21. > :32:24.for them is the best. Of course, of the efforts of all the athletes over

:32:25. > :32:28.the last incredible fortnight in this breath takingly beautiful city,

:32:29. > :32:34.perhaps and probably the most spectacular Olympic stage ever. It's

:32:35. > :32:37.a stage that's set to stage one more final performance this evening.

:32:38. > :32:41.Andrew, I know you're looking forward to it too. A Closing

:32:42. > :32:44.Ceremony never has quite the same feel as an opening, the eager

:32:45. > :32:50.anticipation, excitement replaced by a more relaxed sell brigs and

:32:51. > :32:54.reflection, still plenty to entertain you with and I'm sure try

:32:55. > :33:00.to explain as well as we say goodbye to the Games of Rio. Thankfully, the

:33:01. > :33:05.weather has, I think, improved. It was borderering on the apocalyptic

:33:06. > :33:08.an hour ago. Howling a gale and torrential rain. It seems to have

:33:09. > :33:14.calmed a bit. It has. They declared a state of emergency in some of the

:33:15. > :33:20.favelas around the sit why with the high winds and tides. Our Brazilian

:33:21. > :33:26.friends are showing their tears for the end of the Games. The hypnotic

:33:27. > :33:34.mirror sculpture, that astonishingly beautiful flame sits there in the

:33:35. > :33:36.Maracana and we're just about ready. Anthony Howe's sculpture there

:33:37. > :33:44.amplifying the flame and radiating that energy out. Sadly, it's set to

:33:45. > :33:50.be skinning wished tonight. We will -- extinguished tonight. Our old

:33:51. > :33:54.friend, the aviation pioneer from the Opening Ceremony. Celebrating

:33:55. > :33:56.winning a contest in Paris at the start of the Twentieth Century with

:33:57. > :34:04.a friend and complained about having to take his pocket watch out to

:34:05. > :34:10.check his timings. His friend was Cartier who made him a watch to wear

:34:11. > :34:21.on his wrist. To underline how time flies, he's back.

:34:22. > :34:27.The much larger clock, we're again giving the projections on the floor

:34:28. > :34:29.of the Maracana. The larger clock ticks down and sell us when it is

:34:30. > :35:23.time to start this Closing Ceremony. The first section called Olympic

:35:24. > :35:29.wings, welcoming us to the ceremony to celebrate the diversity of the

:35:30. > :35:42.wildlife and land marks around Rio de Janeiro. This music is being

:35:43. > :36:08.performed by Barbatuques. This was for Rio 2.

:36:09. > :36:17.Some of the land marks are formed, the Arches of Lapa, built in the

:36:18. > :36:19.19th century to bring fresh water to the Carioca river. You can now take

:36:20. > :36:45.a tram across to it. Christ The Redeemer looks down upon

:36:46. > :38:04.this amazing scene for the past two weeks.

:38:05. > :38:10.Next to Shugarloaf, considered one of the world's great natural

:38:11. > :38:14.beauties. It stands out in thousand's of people's photos and

:38:15. > :38:18.crowds of tourists wait to ride the cable car up to the mountain to be

:38:19. > :38:22.closer to all the wildlife that lives there. An astonishing place,

:38:23. > :38:57.right on the edge of the bay. Your guess as good as mine on that

:38:58. > :39:33.one. The first time that the Games have

:39:34. > :39:41.come to a tropical country and an appropriate and totally tropical

:39:42. > :39:44.revamping of the Olympic rings. Usually blue, yellow, black, green,

:39:45. > :40:10.red, representing five of the continents. But here, multicoloured.

:40:11. > :40:19.The president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, with a cheery hello to us all.

:40:20. > :40:37.We'll be hearing from him later. Carinhoso, considered the most

:40:38. > :41:03.beautiful of Brazilian songs of all time.

:41:04. > :41:10.# Ah se tu soubesses como sou tao carinhosa

:41:11. > :41:21.# Eu sei que tu nao fugirias mais de mim

:41:22. > :41:43.# Vem sentir o calor dos labios meus a procura dos teus

:41:44. > :41:52.# Vem matar essa paixao que me devora o coracao

:41:53. > :42:17.This is 78-year-old Martinho da Vila with his three daughters and his

:42:18. > :42:28.granddaughter here. # Eu sei que tu nao

:42:29. > :43:07.fugirias mais de mim # Vem matar essa paixao

:43:08. > :43:42.que me devora o coracao Time for the national and of Brazil,

:43:43. > :43:48.which will be sung by children, representing the country's 27 states

:43:49. > :43:54.but the -- 26 states, plus the Federal district.

:43:55. > :43:56.# Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens placidas

:43:57. > :43:58.# De um povo heroico o brado retumbante

:43:59. > :44:02.# E o sol da Liberdade, em raios fulgidos

:44:03. > :44:05.# Brilhou no ceu da Patria nesse instante

:44:06. > :44:12.# Se o penhor dessa igualdade Conseguimos conquistar com braco

:44:13. > :44:21.# Desafia o nosso peito a propria morte

:44:22. > :44:24.# O Patria amada Idolatrada

:44:25. > :44:27.# Salve Salve Brasil, um sonho intenso,

:44:28. > :44:31.# Um raio vivido, De amor e de esperanca a terra

:44:32. > :44:36.# Se em teu formoso ceu, risonho e limpido,

:44:37. > :44:44.# A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece Gigante pela propria natureza

:44:45. > :44:49.# Es belo, es forte, impavido colosso,

:44:50. > :44:53.# E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza

:44:54. > :44:57.# Terra adorada Entre outras mil

:44:58. > :44:59.# Es tu, Brasil, O Patria amada

:45:00. > :45:02.# Dos filhos deste solo Es mae gentil

:45:03. > :45:11.# Deitado eternamente em berco esplendido

:45:12. > :45:15.# Ao som do mar e a luz do ceu profundo

:45:16. > :45:19.# Fulguras, o Brasil florao da America

:45:20. > :45:27.# Iluminado ao sol do Novo Mundo Do que a terra mais garrida

:45:28. > :45:31.# Teus risonhos, lindos campos tem mais flores

:45:32. > :45:37.# "Nossos bosques tem mais vida" "Nossa vida" no teu seio

:45:38. > :45:41.# "Mais amores" O Patria amada

:45:42. > :45:43.# Idolatrada, Salve Salve

:45:44. > :45:48.# Brasil, de amor eterno seja simbolo O labaro que ostentas

:45:49. > :45:52.# E diga o verde-louro dessa flamula

:45:53. > :45:59.# Paz no futuro e gloria no passado

:46:00. > :46:03.# Mas se ergues da justica a clava forte

:46:04. > :46:07.# Veras que um filho teu nao foge a luta

:46:08. > :46:11.# Nem teme, quem te adora, a propria morte

:46:12. > :46:15.# Terra adorada Entre outras mil

:46:16. > :46:18.# Es tu, Brasil, O Patria amada

:46:19. > :46:21.# Dos filhos deste solo Es mae gentil

:46:22. > :46:41.The children, the flag brought in by a famous figure. Tennis legend Maria

:46:42. > :46:45.Bueno, a former world number one, renowned for her graceful style of

:46:46. > :46:51.play as her winning record, Maria Bueno. Is just about time to meet

:46:52. > :46:54.the heroes of the Games. But our famous figure of Brazilian

:46:55. > :47:04.entertainment being portrayed, Carmen Miranda. If you got have no

:47:05. > :47:12.idea who she was, ask your grand, or look her up on YouTube. -- ask your

:47:13. > :47:19.grandmother. The Brazilian Bombshell, that title followed her.

:47:20. > :47:25.She went on to achieve worldwide fame, star of Hollywood films in the

:47:26. > :47:32.1940s. She was seldom seen without a vibrant fruit adorned headgear. I

:47:33. > :47:38.notice there is an extra guava in your hat, very fetching. There are

:47:39. > :47:43.indeed. There they Carmen Miranda museum here in Rio, where you can

:47:44. > :47:47.study her life and her headgear. For the athletes coming in, a great

:47:48. > :47:52.number have gone home after competing in their event. They don't

:47:53. > :47:57.come in as their teams here, they just coming together. It's a

:47:58. > :48:02.celebration of togetherness. 207 teams and delegations, or 205

:48:03. > :48:08.countries and two special teams, and they all come in together under

:48:09. > :48:12.their flags. They sure do, one giant joyous unruly and rather giddy

:48:13. > :48:16.gathering of the greatest athletes and their homes on the planets,

:48:17. > :48:22.mixing together and sending selfies to every corner of the world. The

:48:23. > :48:27.flag their first of all, the Union Flag tonight is being carried by

:48:28. > :48:31.Kate Richardson-Walsh, the wonderful captain of the women's hockey team.

:48:32. > :48:36.Is interesting flag-bearers to look out for, the Greek, the first in

:48:37. > :48:46.there, Caster Semenya is carrying the flag for South Africa. The

:48:47. > :48:51.heptathlon champion is carrying the Belgian flag. The Simone Biles, the

:48:52. > :48:57.four times gold-medallist of the United States, a diminutive figure,

:48:58. > :49:01.but a giant of these Games. Almaz Ayana of Ethiopian, who smashed the

:49:02. > :49:06.record in the 10,000 metres, an astonishing run. The French judoka,

:49:07. > :49:12.the giant man who has defended his title in the 100 kilograms plus

:49:13. > :49:17.category. For Hungary, a swimmer, three golds and a silver. Lisa

:49:18. > :49:27.Carrington for New Zealand. The most medals they have ever won in a

:49:28. > :49:31.single games is 18. And for Brazil, one kidney, they call him. He says

:49:32. > :49:36.he has the lungs of three men and he's the first Brazilian ever to win

:49:37. > :49:41.three medals in a single Games. They adore this man. What a performance

:49:42. > :49:45.that has been by Brazil. We talked of the Opening Ceremony, we wondered

:49:46. > :49:49.our Brazil going to get that little kick, that list that home nations

:49:50. > :49:57.get, and that they have won seven golds among their medals. Beach

:49:58. > :49:59.Volleyball Arena for the men, men's volleyball, the silver in the great

:50:00. > :50:06.pole vault, a wonderful achievement, that battle. And in the lightweight

:50:07. > :50:14.boxing, the man from the streets of El Salvador. Rafael Silva, the woman

:50:15. > :50:18.from the City of God here in Rio, winning judo gold. That was the

:50:19. > :50:26.first gold, on day three. And here they come.

:50:27. > :50:30.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE A trickle at the moment, but there

:50:31. > :50:34.will be more, I promise you. It's not just this lot that have stayed

:50:35. > :50:38.around. We said again some of the athletes do move on very quickly to

:50:39. > :50:41.the next event. Andy Murray is in Cincinnati, going very well, into

:50:42. > :50:46.the final. The athletes that have stayed, a lot of those who were

:50:47. > :50:49.competing later but some completed earlier in the Games and decided to

:50:50. > :50:55.stay out here for the full two or three weeks. In they come and we

:50:56. > :51:00.really thought that it probably couldn't get any better than London

:51:01. > :51:03.for Great Britain's athletes, but it just has. Great Britain and Northern

:51:04. > :51:07.Ireland have broken new ground. Since the modern Games began in

:51:08. > :51:10.1896, the first time that any country has increased its medal

:51:11. > :51:16.tally at the summer Games immediately following the wallet

:51:17. > :51:22.hosted. So they leave Rio with 67 medals, two more than the 65 of

:51:23. > :51:30.those heavy gauge in London and you have to pinch yourself. Is anybody

:51:31. > :51:36.filming this? I can tell you the phones, I think it's important point

:51:37. > :51:38.out that London and Rio are not glorious anomalies. They are

:51:39. > :51:43.extraordinary for Great Britain but they represent the evidence surely

:51:44. > :51:46.that in UK Sport and the BOM the constituents and contributing bodies

:51:47. > :51:50.and institutes of sports throughout the entire United Kingdom, we do now

:51:51. > :51:54.have a world-class system of talent identification and coaching and

:51:55. > :51:58.athlete support, and it seems amazing to think back just 20 years

:51:59. > :52:03.that the British team returned home from Atlanta with just one goal.

:52:04. > :52:10.Yes, Redgrave and Pinsent it was, incidentally if you are wondering,

:52:11. > :52:17.this is DJ -- DJ Dolores and Orchestra Santa Massa.

:52:18. > :52:23.It's not quite going to be the same length of time as it took for the

:52:24. > :52:26.parade of nations in the Opening Ceremony. They will be ushered in

:52:27. > :52:32.fairly quickly. Not the full noble of over 11,000 athletes who competed

:52:33. > :52:36.here in Rio -- the full number. Everyone seems fairly happy. If you

:52:37. > :52:40.carry a medal around your neck it gives you particular currency. You

:52:41. > :52:44.are special. You get a special seat. I'm very glad the rain has stopped

:52:45. > :52:50.because the seats the athletes will sit on are just around the field of

:52:51. > :52:53.play in the Maracana, much drier than they were half an hour ago.

:52:54. > :52:59.They are showing off the hardware out there. When you think back over

:53:00. > :53:03.the last two weeks, we said farewell, really, to Olympic

:53:04. > :53:09.legends, Phelps and Bolt, Michael Phelps with his 23 golds. It's the

:53:10. > :53:12.fourth consecutive Games he has won more medals than anybody else. He is

:53:13. > :53:20.a one-man team, this phenomenal swimmer. And Usain Bolt, it's his

:53:21. > :53:31.30th birthday today. Happy birthday, Usain Bolt World War III. -- Usain.

:53:32. > :53:35.I know he has given us such entertainment, he will be at the

:53:36. > :53:42.World Championships next year, but his last Olympic Games without

:53:43. > :53:46.doubt. A great way to go out. There have been so many successes and so

:53:47. > :53:50.many significant moments of these Games. We can look back on, not just

:53:51. > :53:56.for Great Britain, but for Allyson Felix of the United States, her

:53:57. > :54:00.sixthth gold medal and be Americans, their most successful away Games,

:54:01. > :54:07.they have topped the medal table by a long way. But Great Britain, with

:54:08. > :54:12.27, an extraordinary performance to finish above China. They were first,

:54:13. > :54:17.Sophie Hitchon was excited about coming to the closing ceremony,

:54:18. > :54:22.bronze in the hammer, the first female medallist in that event. But

:54:23. > :54:26.there were so many for Great Britain's athletes. Medals in 19

:54:27. > :54:31.different sports out of the 28. That's two more than in London. And

:54:32. > :54:35.we were trying to keep tabs on all the returning champions from London

:54:36. > :54:40.and I began to lose count. I think it's about 16 of the 21 returning

:54:41. > :54:45.gold-medallists from London either retained their title or won gold in

:54:46. > :54:50.something else. Nick Skelton, for example. China, third place there,

:54:51. > :54:56.well done to them. Look at some of the British firsts in Rio, we talked

:54:57. > :54:59.about Sophie Hitchon in the hammer, but Bryony Page won first trampoline

:55:00. > :55:06.medal and there was the first success in gymnastics as well, or

:55:07. > :55:09.except for Beth Tweddle, but in certain disciplines to have that

:55:10. > :55:14.success in that sport, which was never considered in the past as

:55:15. > :55:20.being a possible sort of medals. 2008 was the first medal 4/80 years

:55:21. > :55:24.in gymnastics and Max Whitlock got two in one evening, plus the bronze

:55:25. > :55:28.in the individual all-around. And there was Nile Wilson and Amy

:55:29. > :55:31.Tinkler as well, and those repeating and doing great things, Charlotte

:55:32. > :55:36.Dujardin, Laura Trott, the first women to retain an individual

:55:37. > :55:42.Olympic title. Mo Farah's long-distance double, he did it, it

:55:43. > :55:47.all started in the pool come with Adam Peaty in that sensational style

:55:48. > :55:51.with that emphatic 100 metres breaststroke in a world-record time,

:55:52. > :55:55.the second time he smashed it. His own world record. The British

:55:56. > :56:00.swimmers, a wonderful hall from them, they have smashed their own

:56:01. > :56:03.medal target. One of the more serious aspects, we talk about

:56:04. > :56:06.athletes going back to compete in events elsewhere, we talk about Andy

:56:07. > :56:10.Murray playing in Cincinnati, but some of the athletes who compete in

:56:11. > :56:14.Olympic Games are incredibly highly paid and successful athletes, but a

:56:15. > :56:19.lot of these athletes will go back to doing jobs, to doing work. Some

:56:20. > :56:23.of them might rid -- retire. This might be the end of a lifetime dream

:56:24. > :56:27.to compete in the Olympics and they have to look forward to what to do,

:56:28. > :56:31.it's down notes but it's interesting that for a lot of these athletes it

:56:32. > :56:36.will be back to doing something very different. And for some of them it

:56:37. > :56:41.will be business as usual. I mean, Justin Rose, the history man for

:56:42. > :56:46.golf, and what a fantastic supporter and enthusiast of this entire golf

:56:47. > :56:52.resurgence within the Olympic movement. With golf in particular,

:56:53. > :56:56.with the women's event and Shang Chunsong winning and it's a huge

:56:57. > :57:00.audience in China, a lot of people were talking about it being a rather

:57:01. > :57:04.rocky position, would it be their reason in Tokyo going forward but

:57:05. > :57:10.I'm pretty sure it has cemented the place now. You mentioned Shang

:57:11. > :57:15.Chunsong of China, Inbee Park taking the gold and completing a golden

:57:16. > :57:21.slamming gold. Lydia Ko was involved, a New Zealander and China,

:57:22. > :57:25.South Korea, these are the markets golf is trying to get into. I think

:57:26. > :57:34.golf is in pretty good shape going forward in terms of the Olympics.

:57:35. > :57:40.What we are also looking forward to tonight, coming slightly later in

:57:41. > :57:43.the ceremony, is the handover, the section where Tokyo presents a bit

:57:44. > :57:47.of a ceremony of their own. They have a section of the evening. I

:57:48. > :57:55.promise you that will be interesting. They have had a good

:57:56. > :57:59.Games, Japan, 12 golds, they had targeted 14. But significantly about

:58:00. > :58:04.20 bronze medals for Japan, which really does say these guys are going

:58:05. > :58:08.to be coming for their home Games. It points to real potential for the

:58:09. > :58:12.next four years and how exciting to think that is where Great Britain

:58:13. > :58:16.was in 2008 in Beijing, seeing that whole process start for them now. A

:58:17. > :58:18.little bit of rain coming down inside the Maracana again but nobody

:58:19. > :58:37.seems to concerned at the moment. We've had a record ten nations

:58:38. > :58:50.winning their first ever Olympic gold medals here. As the French come

:58:51. > :58:53.in. We've had Ivory Coast, Cisse nicking that taekwondo gold from

:58:54. > :58:56.Lutalo Muhammad in the final session, the final second of that

:58:57. > :59:04.bout. It was an extraordinary victory and dancing in the streets

:59:05. > :59:08.I'm sure. This is like the awkward moment at the start of a school

:59:09. > :59:12.dance where nobody's mingling properly yet, but give it time. A

:59:13. > :59:15.little nudge from the PE teacher and they'll all be across dancing with

:59:16. > :59:18.each other. There's a lot of seats to be filled up here. That's for

:59:19. > :59:25.sure. Nobody seems to be taking them yet. Nvment -- yet.

:59:26. > :59:36.One of the favourite moments of the Games in the Pacific's eyes was the

:59:37. > :59:39.men's Rugby 7's gold for Fiji. They came straight in and took that gold

:59:40. > :59:44.in the men's competition, what a win. I saw footage of their home

:59:45. > :59:50.coming. It was extraordinary. The Rugby 7's team not here for Fiji.

:59:51. > :59:54.The javelin thrower carrying their flag in. It was, I would say

:59:55. > :59:58.expected, because lots of things could happen, but they were the

:59:59. > :00:01.favourites. For them to get that medal, even if it was against Great

:00:02. > :00:04.Britain in the final, I think a lot of people were still cheering for

:00:05. > :00:12.Fiji, because it meant so much to them.

:00:13. > :00:17.Another nation that a Gold Medal has meant so much to is Kosovo. This was

:00:18. > :00:23.the first time they have ever taken part as an independent nation in the

:00:24. > :00:28.Olympics. In judo they won the gold. The prime minister back home

:00:29. > :00:38.immediately, indeed all their athletes here, what a fantastic

:00:39. > :00:41.Games for that nation. And Jordan, Bahrain, Vietnam, Singapore,

:00:42. > :00:50.Tajikhistan, Ivory Coast, all of them celebrating. One thing the

:00:51. > :00:55.weather has done tonight is ensure that we won't, sadly, have the

:00:56. > :00:59.overhead shots of the Maracana, which are so spectacular because

:01:00. > :01:03.helicopters are grounded. We're getting plenty of footage down

:01:04. > :01:07.inside the mar canament he looked like he could just reach up and film

:01:08. > :01:08.from above. Great Britain and Northern Ireland coming in in their

:01:09. > :01:24.numbers. We'll see if we can spot some of

:01:25. > :01:26.these medallists as they come in for Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

:01:27. > :01:47.There's plenty of them, that's for sure. Nice moves!

:01:48. > :01:53.They have the flashing shoes. Check these out. These were team kit

:01:54. > :02:06.issue. They flash red, white and blue. You won't miss them.

:02:07. > :02:24.I think France are holding everyone up here.

:02:25. > :02:34.It's not just about winning medals here. There have been some amazing

:02:35. > :02:40.stories throughout the Games. The selfie of unity between north and

:02:41. > :02:48.South Korea, two of their gymnasts taking a selfie and creating an

:02:49. > :02:51.iconic moment of unity. Spotted chatting away and laughing during

:02:52. > :02:56.qualification rounds and taking pictures of each other. That went

:02:57. > :03:05.viral as a symbol of peace around the world.

:03:06. > :03:11.Just looking down to see how involved the athletes from Great

:03:12. > :03:12.Britain and Northern Ireland are getting in the dancing. It's fairly

:03:13. > :03:30.restrained at the moment. Glimpse of a couple of the hockey

:03:31. > :03:34.team there. What an achievement by the British women's hockey team. In

:03:35. > :03:43.that penalty shootout against the Dutch as well, it was very, very

:03:44. > :03:47.tense. The Cox in the rogue being hoisted aloft there. That will be

:03:48. > :03:53.one of my abiding memories of the Games, all 26 of the medallists in

:03:54. > :03:57.rogue coming in -- rowing, coming in for a chat within about 20 minutes

:03:58. > :04:02.of each other. They've had a very good night. Nile Wilson, made

:04:03. > :04:05.history, not only the first British man to get into a high bar final,

:04:06. > :04:21.but he took a medal as well. Congratulations.

:04:22. > :04:24.Emily Diamond going past. Dani Buchard, a great run behind Mo

:04:25. > :04:47.Farah, doing the double double. Like an enormous dental

:04:48. > :04:55.advertisement. One of the other moments of the Games was in the

:04:56. > :05:00.women's 5000m you probably remember this, Hamblin of New Zealand and

:05:01. > :05:08.Dagoustino, they clipped heels and went tumbling to the ground. Hamblin

:05:09. > :05:15.stopped and helped her up. They had to finish it. Yeah, with a torn ACL.

:05:16. > :05:20.The spirit of the Games. You go back to Barcelona and Derek Redmond going

:05:21. > :05:25.round with his father for the last 100. Hambn said afterwards, you can

:05:26. > :05:34.make friends in the moments that really should break your heart.

:05:35. > :05:40.I have to say, this is reasonably orderly so far. It gets a bit out of

:05:41. > :05:46.hand sometimes at a Closing Ceremony. Just heading to the punch

:05:47. > :06:35.at the other end. So it will all get a little more chaotic.

:06:36. > :06:42.The whole picture being framed by that magnificent sculpture, around

:06:43. > :06:50.the Olympic flame. That's been one of the stars of the show, I think.

:06:51. > :06:52.We're getting a good look at the footwear now. That's certainly a

:06:53. > :07:32.statement. Just general milling around at the

:07:33. > :07:42.moment as DJ Dolores and orchestra Santa Massa do their stuff, the slow

:07:43. > :07:54.filling of the Maracana. Ukraine's athletes coming in. Top woman of the

:07:55. > :07:59.Games, Katie Ledecki, four gold, one silver, queen of the Games for the

:08:00. > :08:02.United States and officely, Michael Phelps, five gold and one silver for

:08:03. > :08:06.him. What's your high point of the Games, if you had to pick one

:08:07. > :08:11.moment. I'll let you have three moments... Thanks, very generous of

:08:12. > :08:15.you. I think whilst I've cheered every single one of Great Britain

:08:16. > :08:20.and Northern Ireland's medals, I think last night, in the football

:08:21. > :08:25.final, here in the Maracana Stadium, it kind of topped everything. I've

:08:26. > :08:29.taken a huge interest in the fortunes of the host nations at the

:08:30. > :08:33.Games that I've been to, and when the men's football team topped the

:08:34. > :08:38.lot, five-time winners of the World Cup, never won the Olympic gold, the

:08:39. > :08:42.Maracana was built to host the World Cup finals in 1950. They lost in the

:08:43. > :08:46.final there to Uruguay. Of course, in their own World Cup two years ago

:08:47. > :08:49.they lost 7-1. To win against Germany in the Maracana was deeply

:08:50. > :08:55.and doubly meaningful to this nation. We quite often look at

:08:56. > :09:00.football and the Olympics as being, well, shouldn't be there or a less

:09:01. > :09:03.important thing, but here in Brazil, the football was about the most

:09:04. > :09:08.important thing. A lot of Olympic sports have been overlooked by a few

:09:09. > :09:10.Brazilian people. When the football final was happening last night,

:09:11. > :09:21.everybody was glued to the television. You've got to think, the

:09:22. > :09:30.penalty from Neymar secured their sixth Gold Medal. You had a heady

:09:31. > :09:35.cocktail of emotion and catharsis and joy. It was utterly glorious.

:09:36. > :09:39.The rain is getting a bit heavier here. The wind has picked up. Again,

:09:40. > :09:53.everyone is well protected and prepared. Van Neicker would be mine.

:09:54. > :10:01.We change the music here. We have frevo dancers. They carry umbrellas,

:10:02. > :10:08.so they're well prepared. Frefa grew out of the African-Brazilian martial

:10:09. > :10:13.art dancing. Fights used to break out at carnival. They used to fight

:10:14. > :10:17.with knives. The police cracked down so they started carrying umbrellas

:10:18. > :10:18.instead and disguising the dance moves and that became the frevo

:10:19. > :12:32.dance. I think we're moving on to DJ Mika

:12:33. > :12:50.Mutti. I could be wrong. Tell me more about DJ Mika Mutti. Ah... He's

:12:51. > :12:55.a DJ. He has an aliterativ name. In terms of the assessment of these

:12:56. > :13:00.Games for Brazil, we talked about the breath taking and beautiful back

:13:01. > :13:07.drop, from the wildness of that road race, cycle circuit to the triage

:13:08. > :13:11.lab at Copacabana and the shots framing Christ The Redeemer at

:13:12. > :13:15.Lagoa. I don't think I've seen a more magnificent setting for a

:13:16. > :13:19.Games. This was a country in which people were dubious about the wisdom

:13:20. > :13:22.of holding the Games at such a time, in terms of the economic and

:13:23. > :13:27.political back drop and the health crisis. I think from press and

:13:28. > :13:30.television coverage each day, you could really sense the country

:13:31. > :13:35.gradually beginning to embrace events here in Rio. With each

:13:36. > :13:40.passing medal, momentum and enthusiasm has begun to build

:13:41. > :13:44.culminating in the football gold last night and men's volleyball gold

:13:45. > :13:46.earlier today. Belarus getting into the spirit of

:13:47. > :13:56.things. There was a lot of negativity, as

:13:57. > :14:01.there is before any Olympic Games, this is going to go wrong,

:14:02. > :14:06.everything is up in the air, but in the end, Brazil has delivered. Rio

:14:07. > :14:10.de Janeiro has delivered. As -- against the backdrop of huge

:14:11. > :14:13.financial and economic problems in the background, it was never going

:14:14. > :14:17.to be perfect. No Olympic Games really can be perfect. But I think

:14:18. > :14:21.Rio de Janeiro can be very proud of what it has delivered. Of course the

:14:22. > :14:25.Olympic Games will move on, the circus leaves town and there will be

:14:26. > :14:34.plenty of problems for the city and the country to deal with. We can't

:14:35. > :14:36.pretend everything is suddenly OK because the Olympics has been a

:14:37. > :14:39.success, but they have had moments to celebrate here and when a circus

:14:40. > :14:43.comes to town it is entertaining for a while. It's certainly cost this

:14:44. > :14:47.nation a lot and at a time when they could arguably least afford it. It

:14:48. > :14:51.was announced the retirement age for women in this country is set to

:14:52. > :14:54.rise, everybody is going to be paying for it for awhile, but you

:14:55. > :15:02.hope it has earned Brazil a huge amount as well. A survey says about

:15:03. > :15:06.95% of -- people who come to Brazil in this fortnight would hurry back

:15:07. > :15:09.in a heartbeat in the future and many millions will have watched

:15:10. > :15:15.these pictures and vowed one day they will come to this incredibly

:15:16. > :15:18.vibrant country as well. Is an argument that perhaps in Olympic

:15:19. > :15:22.Games should be permanently in Greece, with permanent

:15:23. > :15:26.infrastructure there, that everybody contributes to financially so there

:15:27. > :15:30.isn't the huge outlay that any city or country has to deal with. Tokyo

:15:31. > :15:35.and Japan will be able to cope with it. After that, in 2024, you are

:15:36. > :15:39.looking at either Los Angeles, Budapest, Rome or Paris, but it's a

:15:40. > :15:45.huge outlay for any city to try to handle. It is, but at the same time

:15:46. > :15:49.when you think back on the humble and warm and proud and genuine

:15:50. > :15:54.welcome we've been given from that cool and elegant and simply

:15:55. > :15:59.sophistication of their Olympic Opening Ceremony to celebration

:16:00. > :16:02.tonight of being amazingly diverse culture within Brazil, I think we

:16:03. > :16:05.have learned so much about this fantastic part of the world and

:16:06. > :16:12.that's always part of the experience of the Olympic Games.

:16:13. > :16:31.The multicoloured Maracana, as the athletes continue to come in.

:16:32. > :16:41.The man with the instrument on his chest continues to entertainers, as

:16:42. > :16:46.the Netherlands violin. The Dutch have been going for three golds in

:16:47. > :16:50.the row in the women's hockey, until that penalty shoot out against Kate

:16:51. > :16:54.Richardson-Walsh and her team-mates. But they've done so well in the

:16:55. > :17:01.cycling events, particularly on the road. I know they had great hopes in

:17:02. > :17:06.the Olympic Stadium, oh, that scared me for a moment, they had great

:17:07. > :17:10.hopes for Dafne Schippers, in a 200 metres. The number of Dutch fans in

:17:11. > :17:14.the Olympic Stadium was enormous. She couldn't quite do it as Elaine

:17:15. > :17:19.Thompson of Jamaica did the 100 and 200 metres double, but they always

:17:20. > :17:26.bring great colour and noise, the Dutch fans, when they arrive. I

:17:27. > :17:30.think everybody is agreed they have staged a very spectacular Games,

:17:31. > :17:35.Rio. Yes, there have been a fair number of mad paddling ventures

:17:36. > :17:39.beneath the surface, there have been transport issues, there have been

:17:40. > :17:43.very, very bright shoes! There have been unsold seats, long queues to

:17:44. > :17:47.get into the venues, but everybody has agreed the venues have been

:17:48. > :17:52.superb, and they've allowed the athletes to produce the performances

:17:53. > :17:57.we will remember from these Games. I'm left wondering what the battery

:17:58. > :18:03.life is in those shoes! Do they bring charges with them? They might

:18:04. > :18:10.cause a few problems at security tomorrow at the airport!

:18:11. > :18:17.I wonder if it's still the same that a gold medal usually gets an upgrade

:18:18. > :18:21.on the flight home, because with the number this time it's going to be

:18:22. > :18:33.very, very difficult. They're going to need a bigger plane, Andrew.

:18:34. > :18:37.It's winter in Rio de Janeiro, we've been fortunate with the weather.

:18:38. > :18:44.It's pretty good in winter anyway, is usually drier and cooler, but

:18:45. > :18:49.it's been warm and sunny, saving the rainfall of final day, for the

:18:50. > :18:58.closing ceremony. Australians are coming in. They go home with eight

:18:59. > :19:03.gold medals. I don't think you heard, Andrew, the other day on the

:19:04. > :19:10.air I was reading out an editorial from the newspaper in Australia,

:19:11. > :19:17.remember the good old days when we had fun teasing them about how we

:19:18. > :19:22.beat the Brits? We had TVs and at least one of them is playing God

:19:23. > :19:32.Save The Queen at any one moment, it said. Yes, some soul searching for

:19:33. > :19:40.Australia. But delivering since 1929, delivered considerable success

:19:41. > :19:45.in the Olympics in all sports. It's a proud sporting nation and it does

:19:46. > :19:49.underline the lessons that have to be learned after hosting a Games. It

:19:50. > :20:00.is 16 years now since the Sydney Olympics. Remember when the Sydney

:20:01. > :20:03.Olympics and the president of the IOC called it the best Games ever,

:20:04. > :20:06.then London got a ringing endorsement as well from Jacques

:20:07. > :20:11.Rogge. I wonder what Thomas Bach will say about the Games of Brazil.

:20:12. > :20:14.Everyone waits to see what the statements are and what phrase he

:20:15. > :20:47.will come up with the sum up these Games.

:20:48. > :20:53.The United States entering the arena. I know there's only so much

:20:54. > :21:02.staring at smiling athletes you can take, but almost all the countries

:21:03. > :21:03.are with as now. -- with us now. They're in no hurry to take their

:21:04. > :21:24.seats. As you see all of these flags

:21:25. > :21:29.fluttering in the breeze here in the Maracana Stadium, it's worth

:21:30. > :21:36.remembering that 87 nations winning medals, new share became the 87th

:21:37. > :21:42.here in Rio, a new Games record -- Niger. Some entries have stolen the

:21:43. > :21:46.limelight in terms of numbers of medals. There's great happiness

:21:47. > :22:03.amongst the huge number and taking hardware home with them today.

:22:04. > :23:14.Here's the United States of America, taking 46 gold medals north of here.

:23:15. > :23:33.Yes, the US with 46 medals, 121 in total. Great Britain, 27 gold and

:23:34. > :23:36.67, as we've been saying. So United States still the power team of the

:23:37. > :23:53.Olympic movement. Well, there's always talk about

:23:54. > :24:00.whether America is top of the medal table and by which count. Is it

:24:01. > :24:04.total medals? Or is it golds # I'm sure in China they will present at

:24:05. > :24:07.the moment as total medals won because they did sneak it from Great

:24:08. > :24:14.Britain and Northern Ireland in total medals. Interesting the

:24:15. > :24:19.Russian Federation, 19 medals and 56 in total. That was with about two

:24:20. > :24:30.thirds of the team they were supposed to bring here.

:24:31. > :24:40.Of course other Paralympic Games there will be no Russian athletes.

:24:41. > :24:43.The leader of the Paralympic movement was strong and decisive in

:24:44. > :24:48.his condemnation, so this doping situation does rumble on where the

:24:49. > :24:52.Paralympics are concerned. The it's a celebration, people will be

:24:53. > :24:58.thinking about the Paralympic Games due to be a success, and so many

:24:59. > :25:03.problems they will face now with the shortfall in funding but still a

:25:04. > :25:06.very, very strong and well supported team from Great Britain and Northern

:25:07. > :25:13.Ireland coming out. A lot of people will be heading over, or getting

:25:14. > :25:15.here already to get ready for it. I'm sure they'll be given a very

:25:16. > :25:27.warm welcome. Maybe a rainy one! It is a tropical country but it does

:25:28. > :25:33.feel a little more autumnal in the last couple of days. We are moving

:25:34. > :25:46.into the depths of winter in this country. Still, we'd take it, we'd

:25:47. > :26:44.take! Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania pressing in there.

:26:45. > :26:52.We're getting glimpses of the Union Flag is coming in, with the team. I

:26:53. > :26:57.interviewed UK Sport Chief Executive Liz Nicholl you're the day and she

:26:58. > :27:01.said, we knew we had potentially 79 medal shots and our target was at

:27:02. > :27:05.least 40, the best way Games ever, but really we were aiming for the

:27:06. > :27:09.66, won more than London, and she said it shows the system is working

:27:10. > :27:13.at the UK. Yet those of us involved, there's a huge amount more that can

:27:14. > :27:18.be improved, more potential to come, so as we look ahead to Tokyo it's

:27:19. > :27:22.really exciting. It was something, Andrew, that Katherine Grainger Eid.

:27:23. > :27:27.She said whilst we should rejoice at this level of success, amazingly we

:27:28. > :27:34.should now start to expect it. Well, it's nice to see Japan and coming in

:27:35. > :27:37.wearing Japanese flags, Brazilian flags as well. Again, Japan will

:27:38. > :27:41.play a part in this closing ceremony. Yes, it's not just about

:27:42. > :27:47.success at the top level of in sport, it's about success at the top

:27:48. > :27:50.which inspires people, it inspires youngsters to try sports out, but if

:27:51. > :27:55.there aren't the facilities to try out those sports it's to no end, so

:27:56. > :28:01.the debate will go on. The funding, the cost per medal not per gold

:28:02. > :28:03.medal for Great Britain and Northern Ireland is considerable. The

:28:04. > :28:14.National lotteries giving funding out. -- the national lottery is

:28:15. > :28:19.giving funding out. How exciting for these athletes from Japan. The flag,

:28:20. > :28:22.the Olympic flag, is going to be handed over to their capital city,

:28:23. > :28:24.Tokyo, later this evening. The build-up will start for real for

:28:25. > :28:32.them. Belarus getting into the spirit of

:28:33. > :28:35.things. We're all waving at the camera, life

:28:36. > :28:53.is good. The Japanese had a fantastic evening

:28:54. > :28:57.in the wrestling arena. They had the equivalent of our super Saturday, in

:28:58. > :29:01.one evening three female wrestlers won gold in the same session. It was

:29:02. > :29:09.their most successful sport. Big team of Japan. They will be

:29:10. > :29:13.targeting the Games in Tokyo as athletes from a host country do

:29:14. > :29:18.building up to it, they know it's so special to have that success at

:29:19. > :29:21.home. I notice the men's four by 100 in athletics took the Silver Medal

:29:22. > :29:26.there. It was an incredible run. They are beginning to show strength

:29:27. > :29:33.in some events that they haven't historically shown great strength,

:29:34. > :29:40.improving their weaker sports. Ukraine's athletes all wrapped up.

:29:41. > :29:46.These athletes looking forward to their own Opening Ceremony, July 24,

:29:47. > :29:51.2020. Just about everybody is in now. This lot have done a sterling

:29:52. > :30:11.job. Japan's athletes coming in last.

:30:12. > :30:18.They're going to get used to that. Because that's the position they'll

:30:19. > :30:32.be in as the host nation in the Athletes'Parade in four years.

:30:33. > :31:21.The rain's been pouring down. It really doesn't seem to matter.

:31:22. > :31:45.There's a slightly chaotic scene, as they come in and find their seats.

:31:46. > :31:52.But it does make you think that, you know, once again, we've shared in

:31:53. > :31:56.the most incredible celebration - ah, Helen Glover congratulations.

:31:57. > :32:02.She got the gold rush started four years ago in London. She came back,

:32:03. > :32:12.did it again. That was in the women's pair. Heather Stanning, her

:32:13. > :32:14.partner on the water. The first women's crew to come back at the

:32:15. > :32:51.Olympics and retain a Gold Medal. I like the women trying to get them

:32:52. > :32:55.to sit down. When you see these faces, see the

:32:56. > :32:59.achievement, people from every single part of the world have come

:33:00. > :33:05.together in one place, at the one time, to be the very best they can

:33:06. > :33:09.possibly be. For the last two weeks, we've been hearing all of their

:33:10. > :33:17.stories and dedication and hard work and of passion and belief that

:33:18. > :33:22.drives them every day. Sports reminded us of how amazing we can

:33:23. > :33:26.be. It does allow us to share those rare moments that bring us all

:33:27. > :33:29.together, get us talk being to strangers and -- talking to

:33:30. > :33:33.strangers, crying with relief, empathy and joy for a change. This

:33:34. > :33:38.is a good effort by DJ Dolores and her gang. They've had to dig deep

:33:39. > :33:45.into the back catalogue to keep this going. I think this section of the

:33:46. > :33:53.parade was originally scheduled for about 20 minutes. It's taken them

:33:54. > :33:59.four years of effort to get here, I think we can spare them 20 minutes

:34:00. > :34:03.to come back in. Who would have thought thousands of D mob happy

:34:04. > :35:02.athletes would be so hard to control?

:35:03. > :35:08.A lot of medals on show tonight, as there should be. It's always

:35:09. > :35:12.important to remember that as the founder of the modern Olympic

:35:13. > :35:15.movement, Pierre de Coubertin said, the important thing in the Olympic

:35:16. > :35:21.Games is not to win, but to take part. The important thing in life is

:35:22. > :35:25.not triumph, but the struggle and the essential thing is not to have

:35:26. > :35:44.conquered but to have fought well. They've all done that.

:35:45. > :36:27.Even DJ Dolores is looking a little bit cross.

:36:28. > :37:35.Is Carmen Miranda still down there? She's quietly eating her fruit,

:37:36. > :37:56.she's so border. -- bored. There is plenty more to get through

:37:57. > :37:58.this evening. There has been a bit of a hold up in proceedings whilst

:37:59. > :38:20.we get the athletes in. Something's happening. Stand by your

:38:21. > :38:58.beds. That's the athletes in, in case you

:38:59. > :39:11.hadn't noticed. Ladies and gentleman, the athletes

:39:12. > :39:30.of the 31 st Olympiad. I couldn't agree more. Right now,

:39:31. > :39:41.the IOC is getting down with the kids.

:39:42. > :39:49.This is Kygo from Bergen, Norway. One of the biggest stars in the

:39:50. > :39:59.world and Julia Mikeles as well. Dygo is the fastest artist to reach

:40:00. > :40:06.one billion streams on Spotify. This song, Carry Me, will be followed by

:40:07. > :40:09.a launch of an Olympic Channel. If two weeks of your life given over to

:40:10. > :40:15.night and day watching of the Games isn't enough, you can deny yourself

:40:16. > :40:18.sleep all the time, with the free digital platform, 365 days a year,

:40:19. > :40:26.featuring Olympic sports and content. I think I'll get some sleep

:40:27. > :40:39.first. Kygo was the first electronic

:40:40. > :40:40.musician to perform at a Nobel Peace Prize Concert, which was very

:40:41. > :41:38.similar to this. There'll be more to the Olympic

:41:39. > :41:45.Channel than people dancing and looking happy. 365 days a year, all

:41:46. > :41:53.sorts of content on. There -- on there. Athletes have joined them on

:41:54. > :41:59.stage. You might recognise one of them, it's an interesting, eclectic

:42:00. > :42:06.mix. The 18-year-old swimmer from the refugee team is there. You have

:42:07. > :42:11.the 400 metre champion as well. And the tongian who is here essentially

:42:12. > :42:15.because he oiled himself up massively for the Opening Ceremony,

:42:16. > :42:25.carrying the flag for Tonga and went viral. Perhaps he'll go viral again.

:42:26. > :42:28.We've had the full noise from Brazilian musicians. Now we're going

:42:29. > :43:06.to celebrate their artists going way, way back to prehistoric times.

:43:07. > :43:14.We're celebrating the discovery and preservation of cave paintings of

:43:15. > :43:19.Serra da Capivara, a World Heritage Site in Brazil. They have finds

:43:20. > :43:23.dating back some 22,000 years, considered one of the most important

:43:24. > :43:32.ark logical sites in all of the Americas.

:43:33. > :43:40.The music provided by a choir of children from the indigenous

:43:41. > :43:54.peoples. It's one of the poorer states of

:43:55. > :44:21.Brazil, in the north-east, being represented.

:44:22. > :47:03.This section of the ceremony echoes a poignant pause for thought in

:47:04. > :47:06.London's Opening Ceremony in London, and Rio asking is here and

:47:07. > :47:15.everywhere around the world to remember loved ones who have touched

:47:16. > :47:18.our lives. Missing, and particularly poignant after the red full traffic

:47:19. > :47:25.accident in Rio which claimed the life of a German Canoe Slalom World

:47:26. > :47:30.Cup coach, a silver-medallist in 2004 he has in turn saved the lives

:47:31. > :47:30.of four people by organ donation transplants after his untimely

:47:31. > :48:16.death. And now we paid tribute, as we did

:48:17. > :48:20.in the Opening Ceremony, to the contribution of black culture to the

:48:21. > :48:28.formation of Brazil. They are making lace. This tradition of lacemaking

:48:29. > :48:37.passed down through Portuguese culture and celebrated in the song,

:48:38. > :48:41.Lace-Making Woman. It serves to remind as a gain of Brazil's

:48:42. > :48:47.colonial period, when slave women were allowed to sell lace on street

:48:48. > :49:02.stalls. Slavery abolished in the 1880s here.

:49:03. > :49:05.MUSIC: Mulher Rendeira "Lace-Making Woman" by Lampiao

:49:06. > :51:02.CHEERING Beautiful visuals again.

:51:03. > :51:10.And from lace, we move on to play. I know what you're thinking, we have

:51:11. > :51:13.stayed up until 115 in the morning for Brazilian handicrafts but this

:51:14. > :51:32.is quite beautiful. They will perform one of their shows.

:51:33. > :55:38.CHEERING It's an abbreviation which means

:55:39. > :55:51.shindig, which I do understand. So the clay figurines come to life.

:55:52. > :55:58.This sick -- this section is inspired by an artist. It's like the

:55:59. > :56:09.August edition of Handicraft Monthly, this, but in a very

:56:10. > :56:16.beautiful way. The artist's work, a ceramic artist, who remains largely

:56:17. > :56:21.unknown to the public, then his work was exhibited in Rio, and thereafter

:56:22. > :56:38.his works became known nationwide and he is well loved.

:56:39. > :58:16.# Eu te asseguro nao chore nao, viu

:58:17. > :58:55.That's got the biggest cheer of the night so far. To the best moments of

:58:56. > :59:58.the 2016 Olympic Games. Huge cheer for Silva for judo from

:59:59. > :00:57.Brazil. Almost as big a cheer for Usain Bolt

:00:58. > :01:01.as for the Brazilian athletes succeeding there. During the first

:01:02. > :01:07.edition of the games in 1896 all the medals were handed out on the last

:01:08. > :01:15.day. So, at this moment of the Closing Ceremony, the last medal for

:01:16. > :01:24.the men's marathon is going to be held. Held in driving rain today. It

:01:25. > :01:28.was during your afternoon. Won in historic style by Kenya. In fact,

:01:29. > :01:34.the first time that Kenyan athletes have won both the men's and women's

:01:35. > :01:40.marathons in the same Games. There were three British athletes running

:01:41. > :01:43.in the men's marathon this morning. Great run by Callum Hawkins

:01:44. > :01:53.finishing nine. His brother Derek also running. Eliud Kipchoge taking

:01:54. > :01:58.it in the end for Kenya. Galen Rupp, interesting running in the 10,000,

:01:59. > :02:06.fifth behind Mo Farah in that here. Doing a marathon double and a bronze

:02:07. > :02:11.medal for the American. And Ethiopia taking the silver. Kipchoge won in

:02:12. > :02:15.London this year. In fact an amazing record in marathon running. He's won

:02:16. > :02:29.seven of his eight marathons that ease ever run. -- he's ever run.

:02:30. > :02:34.How special to receive it at a Closing Ceremony, in front of the

:02:35. > :02:39.whole watching world. Interesting, Mo Farah receiving his second, 5000m

:02:40. > :02:44.one and the stadium just about empty. A significant number of

:02:45. > :02:47.British fans there, but the stadium just about empty, because folks had

:02:48. > :02:51.gone home by that stage of the evening. Sebastian Coe there

:02:52. > :03:00.alongside Thomas Bach to do this one. The president of the IAAF now.

:03:01. > :03:07.And Galen Rupp will get the bronze medal, former training partner of Mo

:03:08. > :03:09.Farah. Finished five knowledge the 10,000m, Silver Medallist behind Mo

:03:10. > :03:37.in London. Stepping up here to try the marathon as well as the 10,000.

:03:38. > :04:00.Hugely admire what David Rodisha did in defending his 800m title.

:04:01. > :04:05.Galen Rupp the first man from America to have won medals in the

:04:06. > :04:13.men's 10,000m and men's marathon. He took the silver in the 10 k in 2012

:04:14. > :04:17.behind Mo. Astonishing for these athletes to be receiving their

:04:18. > :04:19.medals in front of what would be the biggest medal ceremony crowd of the

:04:20. > :04:53.Olympic Games. CHEERING This is the eighth medal

:04:54. > :04:58.for Ethiopia in the men's marathon. It's their first silver. They've won

:04:59. > :05:02.gold four times in the past in this event. This man, one of the ten

:05:03. > :05:19.fastest marathon runners of all time. He has run under 2. 05. The

:05:20. > :05:21.winning time was 2. 08. 44. Lilesa took bronze and now has an Olympic

:05:22. > :05:56.Silver Medal. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:05:57. > :06:05.Only Kenya's second Gold Medal in the men's marathon. They won in

:06:06. > :06:08.Beijing in 2008. They took the women's marathon gold here too.

:06:09. > :06:12.Double celebration for Kenya. Kenyan men had a mixed time on the track.

:06:13. > :06:21.It was called a national shame that no Kenyan man made the final of the

:06:22. > :06:26.5000m. Eliud Kipchoge came into the marathon as the favourite. He was

:06:27. > :06:29.silver in Beijing. He left the track behind to go to the road and now the

:06:30. > :06:37.Olympic men's marathon champion. His moment and Kenya's anthem inside

:06:38. > :08:00.the Maracana. What a moment for Eliud Kipchoge of

:08:01. > :08:05.Kenya. So too for Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia and the United States'

:08:06. > :08:06.Galen Rupp, to have their medal ceremony for the men's marathon

:08:07. > :08:15.inside the Maracana tonight. Ladies and gentleman, the Olympic

:08:16. > :08:27.medallists. Now they can join the party with the

:08:28. > :10:05.rest. Now time to observe some formalities

:10:06. > :10:28.here. Ladies and gentleman, please welcome

:10:29. > :10:33.the newly elected members of the International Olympic Committee and

:10:34. > :10:38.its athletes commission. Yes, four athletes have been elected to the

:10:39. > :10:45.IOC's athletes commission, by their peers, here in Rio. For a term of

:10:46. > :10:47.eight years. 11,245 athletes were elible to vote. They had 23

:10:48. > :11:09.candidates to choose from. They've chosen Brigita Heideman. She

:11:10. > :11:26.won gold in Beijing. Table tennis. Rue of Korea -- Seug-min Ryu. Yelena

:11:27. > :11:36.Isinbayeva also voted on. The woman who set a staggering 28 world pole

:11:37. > :11:47.vault records in her career. Here is Seug-min Ryu, the table tennis

:11:48. > :11:50.champion from Athens. Swimmer, gold in the 200m breaststroke in 2012 in

:11:51. > :12:05.London and silver in 2004 in Athens. Yelena said about the pole vault

:12:06. > :12:08.here, whoever wins will be second by default because she's not competing.

:12:09. > :12:14.She said that whoever wins, it won't be a proper go, it will have been

:12:15. > :12:20.done without Isinbayeva, referring to herself in the third person

:12:21. > :12:28.there. It's now time to thank the volunteers.

:12:29. > :12:32.CHEERING Always a very popular moment and always very well

:12:33. > :12:37.deserved. Once again, they've been wonderfully warm and enthusiastic

:12:38. > :12:45.and full of good cheer. They've illustrated what they call around

:12:46. > :12:48.here Brazilianness, the capacity of Brazilian people to face adversity

:12:49. > :12:53.with good humour, warmth and with happiness.

:12:54. > :13:02.It's a lovely moment, flanked by the four new members of the IOC athlete

:13:03. > :13:25.commission. And shelfy time. -- selfie time. That was quick.

:13:26. > :13:30.This is by Lenine. Who was it who made the Games happen, what was it

:13:31. > :13:40.that gave the heart. These people. MUSIC: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5

:13:41. > :15:38.by Heitor Villa-Lobos CHEERING

:15:39. > :15:42.Lenine, and the volunteers who have made these Games possible. I've

:15:43. > :15:52.never seen so many colours, my eyes... So the Greek national and,

:15:53. > :16:19.as we prepare to lower the Olympic flag. And hoist flags as well.

:16:20. > :16:51.GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS

:16:52. > :16:59.The Greek flag is raised, and now to the sound of the Olympic Anthem, the

:17:00. > :17:06.Olympic flag will be lowered, after Thomas Bach is introduced, alongside

:17:07. > :17:25.the Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, and the governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike.

:17:26. > :17:34.Eduardo Paes, who received the flag from Boris Johnson in the 2012

:17:35. > :17:36.closing ceremony is getting at mixed reception, and Yuriko Koike, the

:17:37. > :17:55.first woman governor of the city of Tokyo.

:17:56. > :20:31.and -- the Olympic Anthem sung as it was at the Opening Ceremony, a

:20:32. > :20:32.project which supports underprivileged children in Rio de

:20:33. > :20:41.Janeiro. Ladies and gentlemen, the Olympic

:20:42. > :21:31.flag handover ceremony. A very elegant figure. And for Japan

:21:32. > :21:35.and the capital Tokyo, it's all very real indeed now, just as it was for

:21:36. > :21:36.us when Boris Johnson rather enthusiastically took possession of

:21:37. > :22:03.the Olympic flag in Beijing. Ladies and gentlemen, please... To

:22:04. > :22:09.Tokyo's start of the Opening Ceremony, the national and some of

:22:10. > :22:20.Japan. -- the closing ceremony. The national and of Japan. -- National

:22:21. > :22:25.anthem of Japan. # Kimigayo wa

:22:26. > :22:29.Chiyo ni yachiyo ni # Sazare-ishi no

:22:30. > :23:28.Iwao to narite Thank you, Rio, Tokyo saying thank

:23:29. > :23:31.you for the support that Japan received when the people around the

:23:32. > :23:35.world after the devastating earthquakes and tsunami five years

:23:36. > :23:40.ago, they are saying thank you for the chance to hold these Games in

:23:41. > :23:45.Tokyo for the second time, after 1964, and thank you to Rio, Brazil,

:23:46. > :23:50.for a wonderful Games here. We move onto sights we might expect in

:23:51. > :23:58.Tokyo, this is the Scramble Crossing, where thousands cross at

:23:59. > :24:04.every like change. -- light change. You might see also the Tokyo Tower,

:24:05. > :24:06.1000 feet tall, modelled on the Eiffel Tower. The Rainbow Bridge,

:24:07. > :24:25.the bullet train. MUSIC

:24:26. > :24:38.A celebration of Japanese cartoons and video games as well.

:24:39. > :24:53.Pac-Man, Hello Kitty, Captain Tsubasa.

:24:54. > :25:01.A legendary swimmer making an appearance. A middleweight boxing

:25:02. > :25:11.gold in London four years ago, and the Prime Minister appears. A relay,

:25:12. > :25:22.of a red ball. Hello, Super Mario, obviously will.

:25:23. > :25:27.Rio and Tokyo quite literally at the opposite end of the Earth. A link is

:25:28. > :25:43.being established between the two cities.

:25:44. > :25:49.Three, two, one. And here he is, Super Mario. The man portraying him

:25:50. > :25:59.as the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe! Well... In London, the

:26:00. > :26:03.Queen was thrown out of a helicopter, so here's the Prime

:26:04. > :26:13.Minister playing Super Mario. What a fabulous effort!

:26:14. > :26:28.MUSIC And now we're going to see the Tokyo

:26:29. > :26:31.2020 emblem, illustrated on the field, and surrounded by an

:26:32. > :26:37.animation representing the 33 sports that are planned for Tokyo, five new

:26:38. > :26:40.sports. Baseball and softball returning, there's karate,

:26:41. > :26:56.skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing for the first time.

:26:57. > :27:15.MUSIC This is all performed by gymnasts

:27:16. > :27:20.from Aomori University. And the use of augmented reality graphics, the

:27:21. > :27:27.motto of Tokyo's Games is discovered tomorrow. And we'll discover more at

:27:28. > :27:28.the Opening Ceremony, as I said, on the 24th of July in four years'

:27:29. > :28:58.time. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:28:59. > :31:13.. Tokyo's emblem in the Ichimatsu

:31:14. > :31:18.style, this appearing to reveal the skyline of Tokyo. We've left

:31:19. > :31:27.Sugarloaf Mountain, we swap it for Mount Fuji. The silhouettes of the

:31:28. > :31:35.Tokyo Tower, Rainbow Bridge and a model of the Skytree, it really is

:31:36. > :31:39.one of Tokyo's land marks, appears out of the height, following the

:31:40. > :31:40.Prime Minister. See you in Tokyo. That was one classy, confident taste

:31:41. > :31:53.of what's to come perhaps. All began with the Japanese Prime

:31:54. > :31:57.Minister appearing as Super Mario. I'm delightly disappointed it wasn't

:31:58. > :32:06.Kenneth Branagh but, the Prime Minister will do.

:32:07. > :32:08.We've had a vision of 2020. Now we're going to reflect on the last

:32:09. > :32:37.fortnight here in Rio. There's Thomas Bach and Carlos

:32:38. > :32:39.Arthur Nuzman is being introduced, gave a passionate speech at the

:32:40. > :32:43.Opening Ceremony. He was the proudest man alive at the Opening

:32:44. > :32:46.Ceremony, he said. I think he's fit to burst here tonight. President of

:32:47. > :33:27.the Rio 2016 organising committee. Hungarian athletes trying to get

:33:28. > :33:28.back to their seats in the background. But Carlos Arthur Nuzman

:33:29. > :33:54.to speak first. Good evening. HE SPEAKS PORTUGUESE

:33:55. > :34:07.The rain comes to celebrate the Games of the 31 st Olympiad. The

:34:08. > :34:19.president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach.

:34:20. > :34:38.CHEERING We already know this much, the best place in the world is here,

:34:39. > :34:59.he says. "I invite all of you to celebrate

:35:00. > :35:05.with us this evening, this triumph of sport and of youth." Let's

:35:06. > :35:12.celebrate together this victory of the sport, the Games of Rio. They

:35:13. > :35:35.will stay forever. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:35:36. > :35:57.We celebrate the Olympic flame together with all of you.

:35:58. > :36:01.Rio let history show its beautiful, but the competence to organise the

:36:02. > :36:16.most important event of the world. This is about the city and it's

:36:17. > :36:58.still a magic place. The Games in Rio was a great

:36:59. > :37:11.challenge, but a challenge with success.

:37:12. > :37:27.I will say it again, I'm proud of my city, I'm proud of City and my

:37:28. > :37:36.people. We are vibrant people. And the lovers... Hello?

:37:37. > :37:43.Yes, we're different from north to south, east to west and it's this

:37:44. > :37:46.diversity that makes us so unique, all Brazilians are Olympic heroes.

:37:47. > :38:01.We cheer together, we celebrate together.

:38:02. > :38:14.We'll win together, he says. All Brazilians are Olympic heroes.

:38:15. > :38:21.We're vibrant together and celebrate together. These Olympic Games prove

:38:22. > :38:23.that your sons, Brazil, do not flee from the battle.

:38:24. > :38:39.CHEERING You've been to Brazil in green and

:38:40. > :38:47.yellow and renewed the pride. ... In the yellow and red.

:38:48. > :39:15.Sport has graced Rio with moments we will never forget. And Brazilian

:39:16. > :39:20.fans have earned the Gold Medal. You are the Gold Medal of the people who

:39:21. > :39:29.come to see the Games in all the planet.

:39:30. > :39:34.I want to thank the support of everyone who has helped organise our

:39:35. > :39:42.Games. The three levels of government, the International

:39:43. > :39:42.Olympic Committee, the Brazilian confederations, Olympic sports

:39:43. > :39:54.officials. My special affection to our tireless

:39:55. > :40:09.volunteers. The volunteers of our country and of

:40:10. > :40:12.the world, we are proud of our volunteers. With a smile on their

:40:13. > :40:33.face, they have put these Games together.

:40:34. > :40:38.My special tribute to you, dear athletes, you are the stars of this

:40:39. > :40:40.great event. You inspire the youth in believing that a dream can come

:40:41. > :40:49.true. You wrote a new page in our Olympic

:40:50. > :41:28.history. You are the heroes. 27 world records and 91 Olympic

:41:29. > :41:40.records. We've organised our marvellous

:41:41. > :42:04.Olympics in the marvellous city. The Olympic world belongs to all of

:42:05. > :42:08.us, no frontiers, now open to new horizons, new regions of the planet.

:42:09. > :42:11.When we won the Games in Copenhagen, I said Rio are ready to make

:42:12. > :42:50.history. Rio has delivered history, from my

:42:51. > :42:59.heart. And good luck for Tokyo 2020. Thank you.

:43:00. > :43:11.Nice, soothing honey and lemon drink for Carlos Arthur Nuzman now. Sorry,

:43:12. > :43:13.with the emotion, to invite the international Olympic president, and

:43:14. > :43:21.Olympic champion, Thomas Bach, my great friend and friend of Brazil!

:43:22. > :43:37.CHEERING Obrigado, Cariocas. Congratulations,

:43:38. > :43:54.Brazil. Dear fellow Olympians. That the president, Carlos Nuzman,

:43:55. > :44:00.mine colleague and friend, distinguished Brazilian authorities,

:44:01. > :44:06.dear Olympic friends around the world. Brazil, we love you.

:44:07. > :44:22.CHEERING And they love that. Thank you for

:44:23. > :44:29.your warm hospitality. Over the last 16 days a united Brazil inspired the

:44:30. > :44:35.world. In difficult times for all of us, with its irresistible joy of

:44:36. > :44:43.life. You have many reasons to be proud. These Olympic Games

:44:44. > :44:49.demonstrated that diversity is an enrichment for everyone. These

:44:50. > :45:03.Olympic Games were a celebration of diversity. Our Olympic values

:45:04. > :45:13.created unity in this diversity. A big thank you goes to the organising

:45:14. > :45:15.committee of these Games and its president, Carlos Nuzman, our

:45:16. > :45:21.gratitude in particular to the international federations, the

:45:22. > :45:25.National Olympic committees, and the sponsors, for their invaluable

:45:26. > :45:31.contribution. To the success of these Games. Thank you to all the

:45:32. > :45:40.volunteers. CHEERING

:45:41. > :46:01.Your smiles have warned our hearts. Thank you to you, the Olympic

:46:02. > :46:09.athletes. You have amazed the world with your incredible performances.

:46:10. > :46:15.You have shown us all the power of sport to unite the world. By

:46:16. > :46:23.competing in friendship and respect, by living in harmony under one roof

:46:24. > :46:29.in one Olympic Village, you are sending a powerful message of peace

:46:30. > :46:38.to the whole world. Together we can go even further. Together we can

:46:39. > :46:47.even aim higher. United in our diversity, we are even stronger.

:46:48. > :47:00.Thank you, dear refugee athletes. CHEERING

:47:01. > :47:07.You have inspired as with your talent and human spirit. You are a

:47:08. > :47:14.symbol of hope for millions of refugees in the world. We will

:47:15. > :47:24.continue to be at your side after this Olympic Games. We arrived in

:47:25. > :47:34.Brazil as guests. Today, we depart as your friends.

:47:35. > :47:37.CHEERING You will have a place in our hearts

:47:38. > :47:59.forever. These were a marvellous Olympic

:48:00. > :48:02.Games the marvellous city. -- in the marvellous city. These were a

:48:03. > :48:10.marvellous Olympic Games in the marvellous city. These Olympic Games

:48:11. > :48:18.are leaving a unique legacy for generations to come. History will

:48:19. > :48:25.talk about the Rio de Janeiro before and a much better Rio de Janeiro

:48:26. > :48:33.after the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee

:48:34. > :48:42.would like to honour the people who made this miracle happen. 110 years

:48:43. > :48:50.ago the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin,

:48:51. > :49:08.created a unique award, the Olympic Cup. Tonight this Olympic Cup goes

:49:09. > :49:16.to Cariocas. It goes to the people of Rio, the Cariocas. The IOC has

:49:17. > :49:42.invited six of you to accent this Cup here tonight -- accept this Cup.

:49:43. > :49:53.From the United Nations, Marcelo. From the transformer project,

:49:54. > :50:09.Nitoglia. -- Natalia. From the 2000

:50:10. > :50:12.volunteers, Michelle. From the construction team that helps

:50:13. > :50:21.transform the city, Francisco and Renato. He gets a big cheer, Renato,

:50:22. > :50:37.look out for him later. He may well feature, he's a special talent.

:50:38. > :50:43.CHEERING An award for the Cariocas, the

:50:44. > :51:12.people of Rio de Janeiro. After 16 glorious Olympic days I now

:51:13. > :51:21.have to perform my last official duty here in Rio de Janeiro. I

:51:22. > :51:38.declare the Games of the XXXI Olympiad closed. In accordance with

:51:39. > :51:42.tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years

:51:43. > :51:51.from now in Tokyo, Japan. To celebrate with others the Games of

:51:52. > :52:02.the 32nd Olympiad. Bye-bye, Rio. CHEERING

:52:03. > :52:09.So the formalities are over. And some more performance art in the

:52:10. > :52:23.making, I fancy. Yes, this section pays tribute to

:52:24. > :52:30.the landscape designer Burle Marx, part of is ill's artistic Vanguard,

:52:31. > :52:33.a series of choreographed moves next to a multicoloured projection which

:52:34. > :52:47.allude to overhead views of the artist's designs and the song

:52:48. > :54:51.Warlord two of the designs will be very familiar to us now, -- warlord

:54:52. > :55:42.two. Avenida Atlantica, one of the views.

:55:43. > :57:05.and now we move on to the extinguishing of the flame.

:57:06. > :57:13.And it's the tropical rain that's been falling naturally tonight that

:57:14. > :57:35.slowly and gently will extinguish Rio's Olympic flame.

:57:36. > :57:48.This song speaks of the permanence of life. -- impermanence of life.

:57:49. > :58:06.Tempo Que Durar by Marisa Monte and Adriana Calcanhoto

:58:07. > :59:28.Olympic champion, Thomas Bach, my great friend and friend of Brazil!

:59:29. > :59:36.The flame which has burned throughout these Games, and a torch

:59:37. > :59:57.in a relay, many months before, goes out.

:59:58. > :00:05.The water that puts the fire out, also allows new life to grow.

:00:06. > :00:09.Another tree, the symbol of the Opening Ceremony, grows up from the

:00:10. > :00:11.stadium floor, reminding us once again of the tree after which this

:00:12. > :01:00.nation was born. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:01:01. > :01:08.The flame may have gone, but we can still look forward to the colour of

:01:09. > :01:17.carnival and we end with the anthem of the city, Cidade Maravilhosa. As

:01:18. > :01:20.Thomas Bach said, a marvellous Olympics in THE marvellous city.

:01:21. > :01:26.This song is the official anthem of the city. It's a city of music. Its

:01:27. > :01:37.airport named after a composer, its anthem is this, a carnival march.

:01:38. > :02:13.These are the samba singers, who have mastered the practice of

:02:14. > :02:16.warming up the public. The samba school is not really schools,

:02:17. > :02:19.they're gathering of certain neighbourhoods who come together to

:02:20. > :06:58.outdo the others in carnival. Here he is, Renato Sorriso. He was

:06:59. > :07:09.filmed dantsing with his broom -- dancing with his broom and became an

:07:10. > :07:12.overnight sensation. These traditional street carnival

:07:13. > :07:16.songs, people in this city have learned as kids and passed on from

:07:17. > :07:23.generation to generation. I'm assured the woman with him is a

:07:24. > :07:27.famous model, Izabel Goulart. A lot of eyes on Renato Sorriso. He is

:07:28. > :07:41.hugely popular in Brazil. The whole floor of this Maracana

:07:42. > :08:40.Stadium is ablaze with colour now. The legendary Pele has just tweeted,

:08:41. > :08:42."Brazil welcomed the world with open arms and showed our life in both

:08:43. > :09:47.work and play." The samba drome has hosted the

:09:48. > :09:53.archery, but this is what it was made for. One other thing that

:09:54. > :09:59.carnival is famous for are the giant floats of the procession. Here comes

:10:00. > :12:29.one now. Confetti tumbles down from the roof of the Maracana.

:12:30. > :16:17.CHEERING And exuberant celebration for this

:16:18. > :16:23.amazing part of the world. Rio has done Brazil and South America. Thank

:16:24. > :16:27.you, Brazil. Obrigado. That was the party that didn't want to end but it

:16:28. > :16:31.is over. Good night from others here in the noise and colour of the

:16:32. > :16:35.Maracana. Thank you for watching. We shall do it again in Tokyo in four

:16:36. > :16:38.years' time. Most of all thank you to Brazil, thank you to Rio de

:16:39. > :16:48.Janeiro. CLARE BALDING:

:16:49. > :16:52.Many thanks to Hazel Irvine and Andrew Cotter on the commentary on

:16:53. > :16:58.the closing ceremony. So it ends with street carnival, Samba, Street

:16:59. > :17:01.fireworks as the flame is extinguished, Rio rocking to the

:17:02. > :17:04.sights and sounds of sport, but the torch has been passed on to Tokyo

:17:05. > :17:09.and it will most certainly be different in four years' time. It

:17:10. > :17:13.may be better attended, it may be better organised, but Steve Cram

:17:14. > :17:20.Redgrave are here in the studio. How will you Rio? Can I use the firework

:17:21. > :17:23.analogy? If you have a box of fireworks its spectacular, there's

:17:24. > :17:29.been a lot of that, there's been a few duds and a few things that

:17:30. > :17:34.didn't thrill and I think I will be my abiding memory. No Games has to

:17:35. > :17:36.be perfect, apart from London, of course, and it's a spectacular

:17:37. > :17:40.place, and the people are wonderful, but there are a lot of things, maybe

:17:41. > :17:45.the organisation that was the problem. The sport was fabulous,

:17:46. > :17:49.memorable. What about you? Colour, we expected a loss of colour, we

:17:50. > :17:53.have seen a lot of colour in the closing ceremony. The passion, any

:17:54. > :18:00.time the Brazilian was competing, the raw, even if it was a half

:18:01. > :18:03.filled stadium was incredible, but it comes down to the performance and

:18:04. > :18:05.the performance of all the athletes from all the countries have been

:18:06. > :18:09.amazing, especially our own, they have really stood up to the mark

:18:10. > :18:12.where we were thinking this could not be as good as London,

:18:13. > :18:16.performance wise it's been absolutely fantastic. Me because of

:18:17. > :18:21.the time difference as well the chance for gymnastics and diving and

:18:22. > :18:23.hockey, cycling, look at Kate Richardson-Walsh, carrying the flag

:18:24. > :18:29.at the closing ceremony, for those sports to really get the chance of

:18:30. > :18:32.the athletes having a profile. It does come down to the performance,

:18:33. > :18:37.if you are doing the performance you will get the coverage as well. It's

:18:38. > :18:43.one of the problems in some ways. We've got so many talented athletes

:18:44. > :18:46.doing such good competition and getting the results, they are

:18:47. > :18:51.getting smaller and smaller chunks, because we don't have the time to

:18:52. > :18:54.get them seen. Some will be missing in Tokyo. We will see new stars

:18:55. > :19:03.there and a lot of younger athletes here making -- may be hungry, to see

:19:04. > :19:10.how they progress in four years' time. Lets not forget, Bolt had a

:19:11. > :19:14.rotten first Olympics, in 2004. Then Mo had a very disappointing first

:19:15. > :19:17.Olympics, so there are people who are here who have not been

:19:18. > :19:23.disappointing perhaps, but have done well, and will be better in Tokyo.

:19:24. > :19:27.Actually, what you were just saying thereabout other sports getting

:19:28. > :19:32.their day in the sun, Bolt casts a big shadow, a nice shadow over our

:19:33. > :19:39.sport, and it will allow the new shoots to come up, if you know what

:19:40. > :19:43.I mean. Like the athlete who broke Michael Johnson's record and has

:19:44. > :19:47.hardly been talked about. The sport has stars, it has stars in Britain

:19:48. > :19:52.and internationally, and in Tokyo we will see some of them have their

:19:53. > :19:56.chance now, now that Bolt moves on, and I look forward to that. The big

:19:57. > :20:00.concern now for Brazil is what happens with the Paralympics. It

:20:01. > :20:07.starts two weeks on Wednesday. Ticket sales they say are around

:20:08. > :20:10.13%. I mean, that is desperately worrying, isn't it? There has been

:20:11. > :20:13.all sorts of rumours in the last couple of days because of the ticket

:20:14. > :20:18.sales not being good. They were relying on that money. There has

:20:19. > :20:23.even been talk about cutting some of the events. How can you train for

:20:24. > :20:28.four years, some for longer, plan to be here, and even two weeks before

:20:29. > :20:32.not fully decide if they are going to have all the events. Hopefully

:20:33. > :20:37.they will. It may a plea of getting some money in from somewhere, but

:20:38. > :20:43.what can they do at this stage? Talking of money, the IOC still has

:20:44. > :20:46.an awful lot of money to spend and interesting choices to make us to

:20:47. > :20:50.where it might be able to support countries that need it and where to

:20:51. > :20:54.spend that money in places like drug testing. Well, actually that last

:20:55. > :20:58.bit I think is so important. Wada doesn't have enough money. UK

:20:59. > :21:03.anti-doping have had their funding cut in real terms. Yet everyone is

:21:04. > :21:06.animated about this. If we are so animated, and we should be, and the

:21:07. > :21:13.Russian issue obviously highlighted that around the world, and that will

:21:14. > :21:19.carry on. Our sport still has Russia suspended. The IOC, and I'm going to

:21:20. > :21:23.say this now, and its sponsors, and to be fair money that comes from

:21:24. > :21:27.television, the money the IOC gets from people wanting to be part of

:21:28. > :21:31.the Olympics also has to be used to ensure we trust it, that we trust

:21:32. > :21:35.what we are looking at, and that we can have some faith in what we're

:21:36. > :21:41.watching, and we can put pressure on the Russias of this world come into

:21:42. > :21:45.this arena in as fair a way that we can manage. It will never be

:21:46. > :21:50.perfect, it will never will be, there will always be people trying

:21:51. > :21:53.to cheat. But we have to invest more in that, particularly drug testing

:21:54. > :21:55.and particularly in Congress, we've talked about other countries not

:21:56. > :21:59.winning medals and we have to make sure they are mid-dash-macro they

:22:00. > :22:03.are winning medals in the right way. We're not saying they are not. It's

:22:04. > :22:07.difficult in third World countries, they don't have money, funding,

:22:08. > :22:12.lottery, so they have to get it perhaps from the IOC and I don't see

:22:13. > :22:15.any reason why the IOC is a fairly wealthy organisation and why they

:22:16. > :22:20.don't spend a bit more doing that. I agree with that totally, I would go

:22:21. > :22:24.one step further. The lead has to come from the IOC. They are the body

:22:25. > :22:28.that should be leading this. But the richest sporting nations should be

:22:29. > :22:33.asked to chip in to it as well. I'm sure that Great Britain would be

:22:34. > :22:37.part of that. We want to see clean sports. What clean sport is out

:22:38. > :22:41.there should be promoted. Let's try and get one step ahead than being

:22:42. > :22:47.one step behind all the time. I just love the fact that not only have we

:22:48. > :22:50.able to watch, enjoy sport and marvel at sporting achievement for

:22:51. > :22:54.16 days, we have been able to discuss it as well. You do it so

:22:55. > :22:59.well. Thank you to Steve Cram, Steve Redgrave, to everyone who has won

:23:00. > :23:03.medals and competed, to everyone who has watched, and who has worked on

:23:04. > :23:08.this BBC production because it takes a lot of people to pull all this

:23:09. > :23:11.together. Tonight, for the very last time from BBC sport here in Rio, we

:23:12. > :23:12.say thank you for watching, thank you for all your feedback, and

:23:13. > :23:36.goodbye. # Birds flying high

:23:37. > :23:47.# You know how I feel # Sun in the sky

:23:48. > :23:52.# You know how I feel # Breeze drifting on by

:23:53. > :23:58.# You know how I feel # It's a new dawn

:23:59. > :24:08.# It's a new day # It's a new life

:24:09. > :24:19.# For me. # And I'm feeling good #.

:24:20. > :24:25.Goals for Great Britain. Andy Murray is a double Olympic gold-medallist.

:24:26. > :24:29.The Welsh wonder strikes gold again. Olympic gold for Great Britain.

:24:30. > :24:47.Usain Bolt got sick, a magnificent seven. The Olympic cycle.

:24:48. > :24:52.# You know how I feel # It's a new dawn

:24:53. > :25:03.# It's a new day # It's a new life

:25:04. > :25:07.# Oh, yeah, I'm feeling good #. What a magnificent moment. Alistair

:25:08. > :25:12.Brownlee, the Olympic triathlon champion. They succumbed to the

:25:13. > :25:23.inevitable, bowed to his superiority, Mo Farah wins the gold.

:25:24. > :25:31.# Dragonfly out in the sun # You know what I mean

:25:32. > :25:43.# Don't you know extraordinary, Michael Phelps. The triple triple,

:25:44. > :25:48.he has done it. That's what I mean # And this whole world is a new

:25:49. > :25:56.world # Our whole world for me #.

:25:57. > :26:03.Nicola Adams lets out a triumphant roar.

:26:04. > :26:11.# You know how I feel # You know how I feel

:26:12. > :26:18.# Freedom is mine # And I know how I feel

:26:19. > :26:21.# It's a new dawn # It's a new day

:26:22. > :26:25.# It's a new life for me # It's a new dawn

:26:26. > :26:38.# It's a new day # It's a new life for me

:26:39. > :26:42.# And I'm free #. Laura Trott is Britain's most

:26:43. > :26:48.successful female Olympian of all time. Max Whitlock, double Olympic

:26:49. > :26:50.champion. It's a gold medal. Mo Farah is going to get the double

:26:51. > :26:54.double.