Olympics Closing Ceremony 2016: Live-Stream Schedule to Watch and Follow Event

After two weeks of the best sporting action the world can offer, the Rio 2016 Olympics comes to an end on Sunday with the closing ceremony.As with the opening ceremony, it will take place at the Brazilian city's famed Maracana Stadium and will include the closing speeches, the lowering of the flags and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.It will also see a presentation from Tokyo 2020 as Rio hands over to the Japanese capital ahead of it hosting the Games in four years.Here are all the scheduling, television and live-streaming details for following the event:Date:Sunday, August 21Time:8 p.m. (BRT), midnight (BST), 7 p.m. (ET)TV Info:Watch live on BBC One (UK) and NBC (U.S.)Live Stream:BBCiPlayer,NBC Live StreamFour years ago at London 2012, the closing ceremony included a celebration of British music.As with the opening ceremony in Rio, this year's event will be a quintessentially Brazilian affair to finish the 2016 Games, which have produced some quite remarkable moments.History has been made across the sports, with Usain Bolt winning an unprecedented third successive 100-metre and 200-metre Olympic double, while Simone Biles of the United States claimed a stunning quartet of gold medals in gymnastics, along with a bronze on the beam.Fiji won their first-ever gold as rugby sevens made a splash in the sport's first Olympic outing, and golf returned to the Games after a 112-year absence, with Great Britain's Justin Rose triumphing in a brilliant men's tournament.For hosts Brazil, they have claimed golds in pole vault, boxing, judo, beach volleyball and sailing, but they are unlikely to be able to meettheir pre-Games aim of finishing in the top 10, per Yahoo News' Laura Bonilla Cal.Here is what the medal table looks like, with United Statesunsurprisinglyset to finish atop the pile:It is now time to look ahead to the next Olympics four years from now, which will be hosted by Tokyo in 2020.Per the Japan Times, Japanese pop starSheena Ringo, choreographer Mikiko,former synchronised swimming OlympianMikako Kotani andParalympic shooter Aki Taguchi have all been involved in preparing the eight-minute segment that will present Tokyo 2020 at the handover.Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori hinted at what would be included: "It will be a tall order to squeeze everything into eight minutes.But I hope we can offer some highlights about Japan that will give the world an idea of what our country is up to."For the Brazilians' part, artist andsamba school directorRosa Magalhaes will produce the main presentation of the closing ceremony, per Lise Alves in theRio Times.As ever, the contents of the event are a closely guarded secret, but it is sure to be a fitting end to a fine Games, the first ever in South America.
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