Another celebration will take place in London afterwards.
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Majlinda Kelmendi made Olympic history for Kosovo, winning a gold medal in women’s judo and becoming the first athlete from the Balkan nation to win an Olympic medal.
However, the 8+1 women’s rowing crew managed to win a bronze medal.
“These days the challenge is much more competitive worldwide”.
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Boxer Nicola Adams, 33, the first Briton to retain an Olympic boxing crown since 1924, said: “I’d love to be able to see more girls coming into the sport and taking over and hopefully winning some more gold medals in the future”.
New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, 19, finished second to become the youngest Kiwi female medal victor, while China’s Shanshan Feng vowed to grow the sport in the world’s most populous country with her bronze medal.
But for many in soccer-crazed Brazil, the best moment happened when Neymar scored the winning penalty in the shootout as Brazil beat Germany to win their first men’s Olympic football gold medal.
Spectators take a selfie at the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 21, 2016. “I remember Sir Alex Ferguson got it because he was at Manchester United, and Sir Steve Redgrave for what he did, and to be able to be in the same category as them would be pretty incredible”.
“After these Olympics, our next generation will be strong”.
History was made by Team USA swimmers.
“When you get into the [Olympic] village there’s been a real collective team spirit around Team GB – you just got a sense that this was a team that wanted to do something really special”.
“Bye bye Rio”, said Bach at the Closing ceremony.
“We have calculated that 93 per cent of Team GB’s medallists were supported by the EIS during the Rio cycle which is up from the 86% which were supported in the London cycle”.
“Even with all our problems we pulled off a good Olympics”.
Rio de Janeiro: The 2016 Rio Olympics ended in a blaze of colour with an exuberant closing ceremony on Sunday as Tokyo took up the baton promising to host the best Games yet in 2020.
“It has been a brilliant Games but this is not an overnight success”, he said.
Thirty-nine different disciplines are listed as Olympic sports, including four cycling events, three types of swimming contests and three formats of gymnastics, and Great Britain accrued medals in 22 of the sports.
Gold medal winners among flag bearers from other nations included 4ft 9in gymnastics superstar Simone Biles from the United States and South African runner Caster Semenya. That ignited further security concerns after a series of assaults against government ministers, athletes and tourists.
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Security scares and logistical problems were a feature of South America’s first Olympics, held against the backdrop of Brazil’s political and economic crisis.
