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More from Mike Hay: "It has been a great Games. We got off to a slow start but then we had that Super Saturday and we got three medals in one day.

"It could have been better but unfortunately for Elise [Christie] it wasn't her Games in the speed skating.

"There was a lot of hope on the shoulders of Elise and Eve Muirhead's curling team and sadly it wasn't to be.

"They [the curling team] will be very disappointed but I'm proud of the way they played and they are great ambassadors for us. They are young and they will be back again I'm sure.

Despite the five-medal target being reached, that figure was so nearly higher.

Elise Christie came fourth in the 500m in the short-track speed skating, the same position Great Britain's women's team finished in the curling and James Woods obtained in the freestyle skiing ski slopestyle.

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Team GB chef de mission Mike Hay speaking to BBC Radio 5 live: "We have managed to make the five medals. There have been one or two disappointments but there have also been some great results for us.

"We come away from the Games as the most successful British team ever so overall it's very positive.

"You have to look at Lizzy Yarnold getting back-to-back golds and she is probably the greatest Winter Olympian we have ever had. That was probably the highlight of the Games for us."

The pre-Games target was five medals for Great Britain, more than they had ever won at a single previous Games.

One gold and four bronze medals later. Mission accomplished.

Team GB chef de mission Mike Hay said: "I don't think it was something he [Billy Morgan] expected, or really knew about the protocol, but he's delighted [to carry the flag].

"I'm slightly worried that he gets the right stadium and carries the flag the right way, but I had a good chat with him and he is very humbled and taking it very seriously.

"It was never an easy choice but I spoke to Billy this morning and he was delighted. His reaction was great.

"He seemed a bit nervous which seems unbelievable. But he is looking forward to it though."

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Billy Morgan on being named Team GB flag bearer: "I'm pretty nervous already thinking about carrying the flag but I'm sure it's going to be amazing.

"I'll say to the athletes that it's an honour to be the flagbearer and I hope everyone is stoked because it's been a great experience out here.

"I never expected to win a medal before the contest and I keep forgetting I did it so it's nice to relive it now and then, which is pretty cool.

"It's been a crazy Games for Team GB, our best ever, so I hope everyone can go home happy. It's been amazing for me and I'm just over the moon"

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Andy Mullen: Billy Morgan gets the honour of carrying the national flag at the Olympics. Well done Billy. Tear in the eye stuff. His achievement is the epitome of what makes sport for me.

Lee Fergusson: Great choice by Team GB to have the brilliant Billy Morgan carry the flag at the closing ceremony.

Dawn Third: Huge thanks to all the team home and away for a great two weeks coverage and of course to all the amazing Team GB athletes! Loved it all and gutted it's over! Roll on Beijing!

Billy Morgan's crazy Winter Olympics got even crazier earlier today when it was announced that he would be carrying the British flag at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

Speaking to BBC Sport, he said: "It's been pretty crazy. I still can't take it all in. It's nuts! I turned up just happy to be in the finals. I never thought I'd get here. I can't believe it - it's just crazy!

"It's the icing on the cake. Everyone has been working hard over the last four years. It's been madness. I have been doing interviews none stop and my phone has been blowing up. I can't believe I'm the flagbearer. I'm well proud!

"I'm a snowboarder I barely use my arms. People have been saying there's an art to it. I guess I'll just freestyle it."

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Jenny Jones
2014 Olympic bronze medallist snowboarder on BBC TV

My highlight is absolutely Billy Morgan getting a bronze medal in the big air… yesssss!.

Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC TV

What a fortnight it has been. Congrats to all the athletes - both those who were able to find their very best under the ultimate pressure and those who showed us their heartbreak of disappointment.

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Opening ceremony flagbearer and double Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold speaking to BBC: "We [her and bronze medallist Laura Deas] started the sport at exactly the same time. It is a really stressful thing to go to the Olympics.

"To be able to share it with someone else does keep me going. We supported each other. It was really nice to know that Laura was just behind me or just in front of me throughout the race.

"We are very much a team. When you wear the crest of Team GB, it's not like any one person is leading the team - it's everyone doing their best."

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Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC TV

This Olympics has been an absolute roller coaster - from the heartbreak of disappointment, to the giddiness of ultimate success.

The bronze medals won by Billy Morgan and Izzy Atkin and Dom Parsons were incredible but my moment of the Games was seeing Lizzy Yarnold and Laura Deas sharing that podium together.

Not so much the medals that were around their necks but the friendship that they had shared this roller coaster ride together and attributed so much of that success to the bond they have. Congrats to Team GB for everyone who has worked so hard.

We have also asked for our pundits' and commentators' highlights of the Games and we will be putting those into this page over the next few hours.

From a British point of view, there is only one place to start.

As always we want your thoughts, comments and pictures on your highlights of the Closing Ceremony.

Get involved by tweeting us using the hashtag #bbcolympics.

Welcome back everyone. I'm Michael Emons and after 18 days of fierce competition, it is time to look back at the best moments of the Games and enjoy the finale - the Closing Ceremony.

We have had tears...

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...we've had cheers...

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...there have been shocks...

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...and magic moments...

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...and now it is time to celebrate a wonderful Winter Olympics and have a massive party.

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But the fun is not over just yet, no way.

We still have the fun and games and celebrations of the Closing Ceremony to come.

That starts at 11:00 GMT and we will be back at 10:30 GMT to guide you through the party.

In the meantime, BBC coverage will continue on BBC Two with the highlights from the final day and you can watch along by pressing the play button at the top of this page.

See you soon.

And that is the end of the competition at the Winter Olympics.

We had 103 gold medals won, and we even had a bonus one as Canada and Germany produced a dead heat in the men's two-man bobsleigh so they both got gold.

No country has ever won more medals at a single Winter Olympics then Norway's 39, and Marit Bjorgen's gold in the cross-county skiing ladies' 30km mass start, the last event of the Games, saw them finish top of the medal table.

For Great Britain, it was also a record with five medals being their best ever return.

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James Mitchell: Hockey what a finish. Just finished night shift. Rushed home to watch the OT. Huge congrats OAR unlucky Germany. Now what do I watch on a quiet night shift?

BBC commentator Seth Bennett has posted on Twitter what this victory for the Olympic Athletes From Russia Team will mean back in Russia.

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