The colorful and exuberant closing ceremony of Rio Olympics 2016 on Sunday announced the completion of the games as the Olympic flame has been extinguished and the 2020 Olympic Games host Tokyo took up the baton promising the best Olympic games ever.

Just before the closing ceremony American basketball team defeated Serbia 96-66 to win the final gold medal in the game and finishing the camping at the first place with winning 46 golds to Great Britain and China who finished second and third with winning 27 and 26 golds respectively.

India finished it Olympic campaign at 67th spot with winning one silver and one bronze medal by PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik respectively.

By asserting that it was marvelous Olympic games in the Brazilian city, Olympics chief Thomas Bach said, “These were marvelous Olympic games in the marvelous city. These Olympic Games are leaving a unique legacy for generations to come. History will talk about Rio de Janeiro before and much better Rio de Janeiro after the Olympic Games.”

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, while he met the Japanese medal-winner earlier, said, “The Japan’s government will work hard so it will be the best Olympics ever.”

Logistical as well as the security problems were on the verge during the South America’s first Olympics. But it was kept under control by the authorities as the audience saw an outstanding performance by many Olympic athletes of the different countries.

Michael Phelps, a swimming legend, by winning five gold at Rio Olympics and a silver and took his medal tally to 23 in his Olympic career.

The host country Brazil celebrated the the famous football win when the Brazilian team defeated Germany, under Neymar, in the penalty shootout revenging their infamous 7-1 loss in World Semi finals in 2014.

The fastest man on earth, Usain Bolt who has announced his retirement after the 2017 world championship, won three gold medals in Rio at 100m, 200m and 4x100m event taking his Olympic medal tally to nine after winning the same in London and Beijing Olympics.

Various controversies had to be faced by the organizing committee as Mongolia’s Chagnaadroj Usukhbayar became the sixth weightlifter in Rio to fail a drugs test. In an another event, police raided the Irish Olympics office after the Irish International Olympic Committee chief Patrick Hickey over an alleged black market tickets scam and seized passports, phones and computers.

Mongolian coach protested in a furious way when he stripped down to his underwear after an alleged wrong decision against wrestler Gazorigiin Mandakhnaran.  

By Prajakt K.