Cheers, boos and a carnival atmosphere as flame goes out on Rio Olympics

The curtain fell and finally there was a sense the Games had managed to capture the imagination, despite several reminders of the problems encountered in Rio Perhaps appropriately at the end of a by turns stormy and thrilling fortnight, the 2016 Olympics closed amid driving rain and fireworks with a ceremony that was largely celebratory in tone. The International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach declared that Rio had staged a "marvellous Olympic Games in the marvellous city" as the flame ...