The 2016 Rio Olympic Games Draw to a Close: Pictures

Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony that ended the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
Closing ceremony in Rio marking the end of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Singer Lenine performs during the Recognition of the Volunteers segment during the closing ceremony. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
A family watches fireworks of the closing ceremony over the Maracana from Manugeira favela in Rio. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
Fireworks in the finale explode over the Maracana during the closing ceremony. Gary Hershorn/Flipboard
Kevin Durant celebrates after scoring 30 points to lead the US to an overwhelming 96-66 victory over Serbia in the gold medal basketball game. Elsa/Getty Images
The start of the men's marathon. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Claressa Shields of the US arrives for her 75kg boxing bout. She won the gold medal. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
Spain's Carlos Coloma in the mountain bike men's cross-country race. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
The men's marathon in the rain in Rio. PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images
Italy's Ivan Zaytsev (L) and Emanuele Birarelli try to block a spike by Brazil's Wallace de Souza in the men's gold medal volleyball match. Brazil won in straight sets. Gary Hershorn/Flipboard
Gold medalist Brazil celebrates victory over Italy in volleyball. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Brazil volleyball players throw teammate Sergio Dutra Santos in the air after defeating Italy in the men's gold medal volleyball match. Gary Hershorn/Flipboard
Switzerland's Nino Schurter winning the men's mountain bike cross-country race. PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images
Magomed Ibragimov of Uzbekistan and Khetag Goziumov of Azerbaijan in quarterfinal of 97kg freestyle wrestling. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Uzbekistan’s Fazliddin Gaibnazarov celebrates after he won the gold medal in light welterweight 64kg boxing. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Nino Schurter of Switzerland during the men's cross-country mountain bike race. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's marathon. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates with supporters after winning the marathon. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Mohammad Jaafar Moradi of Iran crawls across the finish line at the marathon. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Kyle Snyder of the US celebrates after winning gold in 97kg freestyle wrestling. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests the decision in 65kg wrestling match against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Hanna Dudzenkova, Maria Kadobina, Maryia Katsiak, Valeriya Pischelina and Arina Tsitsilina of Belarus during group all-around final of rhythmic gymnastics. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Iran's Reza Mohammad Ali Yazdani (red) wrestles with Uzbekistan's Magomed Idrisovitch Ibragimov in their 97kg freestyle repechage match. TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images
Claressa Shields of the US celebrates victory over Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands in the women's middleweight boxing final. Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Brazil's Wallace Leandro De Souza spikes ball during victory in gold medal volleyball match against Italy. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
Denmark's centre back Mads Mensah Larsen vies with France's pivot Ludovic Fabregas (L) and France's right wing Luc Abalo during victory in gold medal handball match. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
Kevin Durant of the US scoring easily against Serbia. Jamie Squire/Getty Images
The US gold medal winning basketball team: Jimmy Butler, Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan, Kyle Lowry, Harrison Barnes, Demar Derozan, Kyrie Irving, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George, Draymond Green and Carmelo Anthony. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images