Simone Biles was chosen to carry the American flag at the closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics Sunday night.
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All officially announced the closing ceremony of 31st Olympiad few hours back, the closing ceremony is so colorful which took nearly three and half hours.
Tokyo, hoping to piggyback Rio’s final moment in the Olympic spotlight to introduce its vision of the next games, also packed a video with Pac-Man, Hello Kitty and other manga and video game icons. On this occasion many biggies are part of these celebrations, sportiness of Japan’s PM Shinzo who appeared as computer game character Super Mario, is the highlight of the event.
The Rio Olympics have ended in a blaze of colour with a carnival-inspired closing ceremony at the Maracana stadium.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are expected to feature many more gaming and anime references which makes the game’s opening and closing ceremonies worthwhile to watch for gamers and non-gamers alike.
Latin America improved its gold medal count at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, bringing home a total of 18 gold medals, four more than it won four years ago in London. It featured the parade of athletes as well as the dramatic extinguishing of the Olympic flame. Brazil won the gold medal on penalty shoot-out. This news story is related to Latest/144373-Pakistan-goes-home-without-a-medal-as-Rio-Olympics-end/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. The American athletes also got 37 silver medals and 38 bronze medals.
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Argentina, meanwhile, put in a performance not seen since the 1948 London Games, winning three gold medals, thanks to Paula Pareto in judo, Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza in sailing, and the men’s field hockey team.
