Summary

  • Rio 2016 Olympics declared closed

  • Games hailed as "marvellous" by Olympic chief Thomas Bach

  • Tokyo take over the Olympic flag

  • Gold-winning hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh carries GB's flag

  • GB finish on 67 medals ahead of China in second place on the medal table

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt

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  2. Earlier on I said that the clay dancers had a look of Oompa Loompas. Have a look and decide for yourself...

  3. We're getting into the meat of the pomp and circumstance here. The Greek flag is being raised and the national anthem played. Then the Olympic flag is lowered and handed over to Tokyo.

  4. Check out the guy dancing in this clip. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, right?

    Zlatan shows his moves off the pitch

  5. Still belting it down. We're being introduced to the new members elected to serve on the IOC Athletes' Commission. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is among them...

  7. With a final medal ceremony, we get a last look at those ornaments that have been handed to the winners. I've seen them described as coloured jock straps, which I think is pretty accurate. 

    Closing ceremonyGetty Images

  8. As is tradition, we're going to have the medal ceremony for the men's marathon, which was won today by Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge.

    Feyisa Lilesa came second to take the silver, with American Galen Rupp collecting bronze. All three are walking like men who ran 26.2 miles earlier on.

    They're getting a good deal, an audience of 80,000. Mo Farah had about 1,000 when he got his second gold last night.

    Closing ceremonyReuters

  9. Johnson's five Rio stars

    Who does Olympic legend and BBC Sport pundit Michael Johnson pick as his standout stars of the Games?

    One's a no-brainer...

  10. Moment of the Games

    Clare Balding
    BBC TV presenter

    The women's hockey team winning gold was one of the best ever moments in team sport, male or female.

    They were so committed and concentrated and I was hugely impressed with their calmness under pressure. Maddie Hinch was phenomenal in goal and with her skill and the bravery of all the outfield players I hope it'll show the highly paid footballers in our Premier League what true sporting behaviour looks like. 

    It was a first ever gold for women's hockey and the perfect send-off for Captain Fantastic, Kate Richardson-Walsh after 13 years in charge.

  11. You know what, the clay dancers have received the biggest cheer of the night. Now the closing ceremony is reflecting on the best moments of the Games. I think they got the idea from us.

    Closing ceremonyReuters

  12. Now we're getting slightly strange, Hundreds of clay figures are dancing with one another. It reminds me a little of the Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - the Gene Wilder one. 

  14. We're rattling through now, with big cheers coming as men and women decked in red dance in an amber glow. It's still chucking it down. This section is called Bringing Clay To Life and pays tribute to the exportation of modelling clay. Clay must be one of those things that Rio and Stoke-on-Trent have in common. That and the scenery.

  16. Moment of the Games

    Leon Taylor
    Olympic diving silver medallist on BBC TV

    Jack Laugher and Chris Mears winning GB's first ever Olympic Gold in diving.

    I knew they were capable of a medal but when they won gold beating China into third it was an unexpected delight. As Chris summed it up when I asked him how are you feeling he said 'confused!' Awesome performance.

  18. The stadium has gone dark, someone is carrying a miner's lamp. This is The Art of the People. It looks a bit like something out of Indiana Jones.

    Closing ceremonyReuters

  19. It looks like all the athletes have made it in. Funnily enough, Ryan Lochte isn't there. In the rain, we're now getting down with some dance music.

    Closing ceremonyGetty Images

  20. Hazel Irvine
    BBC Sport presenter

    There is plenty more to get through and there has been a bit of a hold-up while we get all these athletes in.