“They let down our athletes”, he said.
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The host Brazilians got soccer gold that they craved, the Russians struggled on the heels of the exposure of a state-sponsored doping program, and the Chinese finished well below expectations.
President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach declared the official closing of the Rio 2016 Olympics saying “the marvellous Games in the marvellous city ends”. The 51-medal dropoff from the United States to China is the largest total since 1984, and the seventh best all-time.
Team GB’s 67 medals in Brazil cost an average of just over £4m per medal in lottery and exchequer funding over the past four years – a reported cost of £1.09 per year for each Briton. In her Olympic debut, Biles won team and individual gold medals in the women’s all-around, vault and floor exercise, and added a bronze on the balance beam for a total of five medals. With this game, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks becomes the first man to win three Olympic basketball gold medals.
Got em, Felix said, smiling. Not only did Phelps snatch up some more Olympic Gold, he set a record that is over 2,000 years old in the process.
A swimming legend, Michael Phelps, by winning five gold at Rio Olympics and a silver, took his medal tally to 23 in his Olympic career.
“We are a vibrant people”, Nuzman said.
But Blackmun was thrilled by the results, and he wasnt the only one leaving Rio happy.
Hosts Brazil’s Olympics took off when Rio native Rafaela Silva, 24, won judo gold on day three. Winning medals and just one after the other. After all the chaos and uncertainty surrounding them, Russian Federation managed 19 Golds, 18 Silver and 19 Bronze medals which summed to 56 medals.
Tokyo 2020’s handover show also worked better as a coherent spectacle than London’s effort in the Beijing closing ceremony, which featured dancers, a double-decker bus and David Beckham.
The Russians and the Chinese probably didnt feel the same. It also ranked first with 46 gold medals, besting its London numbers in both categories.
In the pool, Michael Phelps swam into retirement, the USA great adding five golds to a tally that now stands at 23, among a total of 28 medals. Efimova has twice been banned.
“We are in a hard moment as a country right now, we can’t hide that, but the Games were scheduled and I’m glad we could enjoy them”, said Alessandro Freitas, also from Rio.
Chief executive of British Gymnastics Jane Allen told BBC Radio 5 live: “You wouldn’t want to be in some of the other countries at the moment, who are examining themselves”. It was like war..
5/11 Usain Bolt bows out on top having completed an unprecedented triple-triple.
Brazil came late to the party but the country celebrated long and loud when Neymar won a gold-medal penalty shoot-out against Germany to erase memories of their 7-1 World Cup semi-final humiliation in 2014.
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And 10 teams – including the independent team – won their first golds, including Monica Puig in womens tennis for Puerto Rico.
