The Olympic torch was extinguished and Brazil and the world bid farewell on Sunday to the first Olympic Games in South America.
Rio
marked the occasion with a joyful closing ceremony meant to celebrate a
city and a people that defied predictions and pulled off a scaled-back
Olympics amid economic and political turmoil.
The competition
took place as scheduled and there were no major security incidents if
you don’t count the one fabricated by American swimmers.
USA came
first winning a total of 121 Medals, which include 46 Gold, Great
Britain second with 27 Gold while China is third with 26 Gold.
Our
very own Team Nigeria came in on 78th position in the rankings as
published by the organizing committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic games.
Carlos Nuzman, president of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee, said during the ceremony:
“We
did it. We made it. It was seven years of a lot of struggle and work,
but it was worth it. Every minute. Organizing the Games in Rio was a
challenge. A successful challenge.”
The 2020 Summer Games is set to be hosted in Tokyo.
