Rains failed to dampen the famous Rio carnival spirit as this Brazilian city bid an emotional farewell to the thousands of athletes of the world in a colourful closing ceremony to bring down curtains on the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Fireworks explode at the end of the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016
Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
Electronic music artist Kygo and singer-songwriter Julia Michaels perform the song 'Carry Me' during the Closing Ceremony
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony
The Brazilian national flag is projected on the floor of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony
The Brazilian national flag is projected on the floor of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
Athletes parade during the closing ceremony
The Olympic flag is carried to the stage during the closing ceremony
The Olympic flag is lowered during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
The Olympic flag is carried to the stage during the closing ceremony
The Olympic flag is lowered during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach declared the Games
closed to mark the official end of the 16-day sporting spectacle
competed among more than 11,000 athletes from 205 countries in 42
disciplines.
“I declare the Games of the 31st Olympiad closed. In accordance with
tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to assemble in four years
time in Tokyo, Japan to celebrate the Games of the 32nd Olympiad,” Thomas Bach
said to the huge applause of the packed gathering at the iconic Maracana
Stadium on Sunday night Aug 21,2016
This was after the Olympic flag was lowered and handed over to the
representative of Tokyo 2020, the next host of the Games.
Thomas Bach handed over the flag to female Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike.
Thomas Bach handed over the flag to female Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a dramatic entry in a high-tech
show, a trademark of the far eastern country, during a short but
impressive performance titled ‘See You in Tokyo’.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a comical cameo as Nintendo video
game character Super Mario as Tokyo set out its store for 2020.
Izabel Goulart put on quite a show for the Olympics Closing Ceremony.
She danced her way into the Maracana stadium with Samba legend Renato Sorriso
Izabel Goulart revealed almost every inch of her stunning figure in a sexy carnival costume as the Rio games came to a close.
The Brazilian model looked spectacular in the bejeweled amethyst bikini, complete with magnificent pink plumage.
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