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Rio 2016 live: The Summer Games draw to an end as the closing ceremony brings down the curtain in style

Follow the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Samuel Stevens

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,Jack de Menezes,Samuel Lovett,Matt Gatward,Ian Herbert,Kevin Garside

Sunday 21 August 2016 08:33 EDT

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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games comes to an end with the closing ceremony on Sunday night after boxer Joe Joyce completed Britian's record medal haul to ensure Team GB will finish second in the medal table. Follow the live action from Rio here.

Day 15 highlights

The closing ceremony is underway at the Maracana stadium
British hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh carries the Union Jack to lead out Team GB
Joe Joyce secured Britain's 67th medal at the Games
Britain finishes second in the Olympic medal table behind USA and ahead of China
Team GB a 'sporting superpower', says UK Sport chief ahead of Tokyo 2020
Mo Farah has now won the 10,000m and 5,000m at Rio
Caster Semenya powers her way to Olympic gold in 800m final

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08:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification

08:38 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification

08:38 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification

08:46 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification

08:46 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification

08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification

08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification

09:30 Athletics Men's Marathon

09:30 Volleyball Men's Bronze Medal Match

10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

10:30 Handball Men's Bronze Medal Match

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

11:00 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 1

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final

11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final

11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final

11:30 Basketball Men's Bronze Medal Game

11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg SemiFinal

11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg SemiFinal

11:50 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 2

12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg SemiFinal

12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg SemiFinal

12:30 Cycling Mountain Bike Men's Cross-country

12:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 1

12:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 1

13:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 1

13:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 1

13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 2

13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 2

13:15 Volleyball Men's Gold Medal Match

13:25 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze

13:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal

13:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze

14:00 Boxing Women's Middle (69-75kg) Final Bout

14:00 Handball Men's Gold Medal Match

14:15 Boxing Men's Fly (52kg) Final Bout

14:25 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Bronze

14:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Bronze

14:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Gold Medal

15:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Final Bout

15:15 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Final Bout

15:45 Basketball Men's Gold Medal Game

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Men's 200m semi-finals: Wow. Justin Gatlin will not be the final.

Alonso Edward and Churandy Martina take the top two spots, Yohan Blake's recent injury problem see him fall well short, but what an upset re: Gatlin.

He looked to ease up slightly with 50m to go. Massive error and it's cost him the chance of besting Bolt.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 02:20

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Women's long jump: Enormous jump from Tianna Bartoletta - 7.17m - pushes her right to the top of the rankings in the long jump final.

Jazmin Sawyers is still back on 6.69m.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 02:26

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Women's 200m: Final coming up, with the Netherlands' Dafne Schippers the favourite. She'll face competition from the United Sates' Tori Bowie.

Dina Asher-Smith qualified by the skin of her teeth last night. Can she recover from some patchy form to medal? It's a big ask.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 02:30

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Women's 200m: Here we go...

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 02:33

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Men's Triathlon: Jonny and Alistair will be in action shortly. It's hot, really hot. That won't suit the boys who are used to the drizzly, cooler temperament of North Yorkshire but there's a reason they're the sport's best. Alistair is looking to make history to become the first triathlete to defend his Olympic title. Bring it on.

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 15:01

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Men's Triathlon: And here they go! Like those summer holidays by the beach, they rush down the beach and dive head first into the ocean - let's just hope their sun-cream is waterproof...

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 15:02

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Men's Double Badminton: Elsewhere, Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge have won the first set in the badminton, 21-18! They're in pole position now for that bronze medal.

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 15:04

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Men's Triathlon: The Brownlee brothers have worked their way to the leading pack and are now setting the pace for their third lap of eight. Alistair and Jonny are working tirelessly to shed as many chases as they can as they ascend the track's tough slope. Their main challenger, Spain’s Mario Mola, is struggling to keep up with the British brothers and is trailing by more than a minute in the chasing group.

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Men's Triathlon: Alistair and Jonny are leading the way as they finish their second lap. They're 13 seconds ahead of South Africa's Schoeman in third. Barring any disaster, it should be a one-two for Britain and Team GB's 20th gold medal. 5,000km to go.

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Speaking to BBC TV, Alistair Brownlee had this to say: "We have been pushing each other to the max. Jonny had the edge and I wasn’t sure I would win, I knew I had to go through hell and I did.

"I was delighted at the finish. On that run I got the gap and I was thinking it is good but kept trying to focus and when I got onto the blue carpet I was so happy.

"I knew the gap was big and I had a chance to enjoy it, it will probably never happen again."

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:10

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