The Rio Olympics finished with a marvelous carnival-inspired shutting ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo, while it’s become party time for top medalist as US leading the games.
The Rio Games, which marked the first Olympics to be held in South America saw Team USA, top the medal chart in every category for only the seventh time in Olympic history and the first since 1948.
USA is leading among all the nations with 121 medals, including 46 gold medals, 37 silvers and 38 bronzes. The US is one of only five nations to have accomplished the feat at the Olympic Games in summer competition and the first to do in 40 years.
USA's team having 121 awards are the most ever for a U.S. group in a non-boycotted Games, beating the past high of 110 from Beijing in 2008.
“The Rio Games were very special and we’re incredibly happy to be where we are from a results standpoint and celebrating the success of our athletes,” said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun while talking to Team USA.
The winning battle extended Team USA's rule on the overall Medals graph to six straight Games, going back to 1996. By and large, 213 American competitors added to the award number, including 32 various medalists and 13 who won numerous gold Medals.
For the second straight Olympics, Great Britain finished second with 67 medals (27 gold medals), ahead of China, which completed the Games with 70 medals but 27 gold medals to rank third among all nations. Russia having total of 56 Medals, in which 19 Gold, 18 Silver and 19 Bronze medals, while Germany having 42 medals including 17 gold, 10 silver and 15 bronze medals.
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