That brings us to the end of live coverage of the closing ceremony. Thank you and have a great day :)

Shooting was a big flop this time, had expected 3-4 medals from shooting: Rakesh Gupta

I was hopeful that we would get all three medals - gold, silver and bronze. Disappointed that Yogeshwar Dutt could not win a medal: Gupta

I am not so happy with the result, we were expecting more, says Rakesh Gupta, India's chef-de-mission at Rio Olympics

Want to relive the best moments? Go to Olympicchannel.com

That's a wrap on the closing ceremony and the Rio Olympics

Athletes are in the arena, enjoying the fireworks and clicking pictures

More fireworks at the Maracana

It's carnival at the Maracana stadium now

Can we have the music and dance back on? Yes, here it is!

Time for spectacular fireworks!

Water streams down to extinguish flame in Olympic cauldron, wrapping up Rio Games at closing ceremony

Olympic cauldron, which was lit at the stadium on August 5, goes out, bringing an end to the Games

There were unforgettable moments of athleticism and sportsmanship - as well as some upsets and surprises along the way, tweets football great Pele

'Bye bye Rio': Thomas Bach, president of IOC, declares Rio Olympics closed

Bach honors people of Brazil, calling 6 residents of Rio to the stage

Bach thanks refugee Olympians, says 'you will have a place in our hearts forever'

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, speaks at the closing ceremony

Couldn't be prouder of #TeamUSA. Your determination and passion inspired so many of us. You carried that flag high tonight, Simone Biles, tweets Obama

Fireworks light up the sky again

OH MY! From a video that shows Japan PM Shinzo Abe turning into Super Mario, Abe makes his way to the stadium sporting Mario hat!

Tokyo governor accepts Olympic flag at closing ceremony, symbolizing end of Rio Games and transition to 2020

Now, the official handover of the Olympic flag from Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike ahead of the 2020 games

The Olympic flag is in the arena now as a group of children sings the Brazilian national anthem

The national anthem of Greece, the home of the ancient Olympic Games, is being played now

Over to music and dance

The athletes facilitating the volunteers now. Job well done, volunteers!

The three medalists of men's marathon posing for photos now. What an emotional, proud moment for them

Keralite marathon runner Thonakal Gopi finished 25th in the event with a timing of 2:15:25

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the gold, Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa claimed the silver and American Galen Rupp took the bronze in the marathon

Victory ceremony of men's marathon is to happen now

And we get to see those stunning, emotional, captivating moments from Rio Olympics in a video

We can see athletes singing along, moving to the rhythm

The lights are off, setting the stage for another set of dancers

We've another performance happening now - a serene one this is

That's some choreography to watch: Dancers making formations in the arena and the athletes are seated

Rio sees the launch of an Olympic channel online so that you can go back to those moments anytime

Fireworks again!

The athletes are in their rain coats, there was a light drizzle

Dance all you want: athletes can't get enough of the Brazilian spirit

By the way, did you know? Two Mongolian coaches stripped themselves off in protest after their wrestler was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the dying seconds of the bout

There comes the samba flavor - dancers rocking the arena and athletes can't stop themselves from tapping their feet

Gymnast Simone Biles, who won 4 gold medals and 1 bronze, is the flag-bearer for USA

No pressure now and athletes are dancing it out at the arena

And, the last day of Rio Olympics happens to be the 30th birthday of Usain Bolt, who completed a sprint triple-triple in the Games

The athletes are now in the arena, accompanied by music

Bronze medal winner Sakshi Malik is the flag-bearer for India at the closing ceremony

We spotted the Tricolor. Yet to see who's holding it

Flags of all the other nations enter the area now. We're looking for the Indian flag

Wow! Loved how the flag was shown - in right Brazilian spirit

The flag of Brazil enters the area as children sing the national anthem

The performance is by Brazilian group Barbatuques, we learn

And they go onto make the Olympic rings, concluding their performance

The dancers make a formation and an image that can be easily identified with Rio de Janeiro - Christ the Redeemer, the tall statue

The dancers take over. A colorful sight to behold

Oh yes, the fireworks!

The closing ceremony begins now and stay with us for live updates

At 2012 London Olympics, India was 55th

As all events completed, India stands at 67th in the medal tally

India had its struggle on the track and field, and had two women medalists - PV Sindhu (Silver in badminton) and Sakshi Malik (Bronze in wrestling)

It has been a great spectacle for the world and the moments to be cherished from Rio are uncountable

16 days and we've come to the end of Rio Olympics 2016

The Olympic Flame has arrived at the Candelária Church, where it will stay on display during the Games

Rio opening ceremony believed to have cost only half of $42 million spent by London in 2012

Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul to open India’s campaign in shooting in 10m women’s air rifle today

India's men hockey team to face Ireland in the opening clash in men’s hockey Pool 'B' game, 7.30 PM IST today

That brings us to the conclusion of opening ceremony.

Following the incident, he fell back from first to third place, winning the bronze medal. He was later awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship for that race.

Who's Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima? He received international renown after a spectator attacked him at the 2004 Olympics marathon while he was leading the race at 35 km.

She gives it to Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima who lights the Olympic Cauldron. Let the Games begin!

Kuerten passes the torch onto Brazilian basketball star Hortencia

There he is! Brazilian tennis great Gustavo Kuerten running on to light the Olympic Cauldron

Music and dance back on! Carnival it is at the Olympics venue

Now, it's the time for Olympic oath

Olympic anthem being performed now

Brazil formally opens the 2016 Rio Games and fireworks light up the sky again

Kipchoge Keino is awarded the first Olympic Laurel, recognizing notable contributions to the Olympic movement

76-year-old Kipchoge Keino, two-time Olympic gold medalist, who helped and inspired many others to enter athletics, being felicitated

"Dear Refugees...you bring a message of hope to others", says Thomas Bach

Refugee Olympic team gets thunderous applause from the crowd

Respect yourself, respect each other and respect the Olympic values: Bach's appeal to participants

In this Olympic world, we're all equal: Bach

Thomas Bach, president of International Olympic Committee, speaking now

The best place in the world is here and now! - Brazil Olympic committee president Carlos Nuzman

The Olympic rings are revealed - and they are green in color, in sync with the eco-friendly nature of the Games

WOW - that's some scintillating fireworks!

Brazil, the hosting nation, is here! They're known for celebrations and not making it any less here

Uruguay team dancing it out there

Tonga's flag-bearer is in his ethnic getup, half-naked and is flaunting his oiled muscles

Portugal gets loud applause as the team attends the parade

Pakistan takes out the marchpast at the opening ceremony

The Indian hockey team did not take part in the parade as they have matches scheduled in hours

The Malaysian team looks colorful in their ethnic attire

Zahra Nemati, Iran's flag-bearer, makes history as the athlete took part in both the 2016 Paralympic Games and Olympic Games

Sprinter Shelly Ann Fraser leading Jamaica

And, on a lighter note - shuttler Jwala Gutta stands out in the Indian contingent, thanks to her hair color

There is India! Shooter Abhinav Bindra, India's lone individual Olympic gold medalist, is holding the flag

India to soon make its entry at the marchpast. We're excited!

Tennis star Andy Murray holding the flag for Great Britain, one of the most successful Olympic nations

Colorful these teams look, we must say and a splendid show so far

Here comes USA, the clear favorites of the Games. Swimmer Michael Phelps, who is the most successful Olympian ever, leading the US team

Tennis star Rafael Nadal holding the flag of Spain as he leads his country in the parade

There will be 208 species of plants in the forest planted by athletes - good initiative

China, who will be a strong challenge to US for the top spot, is at the parade now

The 12,000 seeds will form the Athletes’ Forest in the Radical Park in Deodoro

At the opening ceremony, all the athletes will receive a seed and a cartridge with soil to seed a native tree of Brazil

Bahrain, Belarus and Belgium attend the parade now

Oh, we like what the Azerbaijan is wearing!

Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan follow

Athletes, competing under the flag of IOC, take out the parade too smiling

Armenia and Aruba are here

Argentina, South America's largest contingent, takes out parade

Saudi Arabia and Algeria now

Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda take out the parade.

Germany next up. The country has a big squad - 500+ they've

The short contingent of Albania dancing as they do their parade

Afghanistan and South Africa follow

The athletes are here - ready for their marchpast. As per tradition, Greece is the first nation in front of the parade

Yet another video being played now; it focuses on agriculture

Singers and dancers are rocking this show!

That catwalk by Gisele Bündchen - her last catwalk. We're in awe of the model-actress

And, a plane just flew inside the Maracana stadium!

Box city: 16 buildings from Brazil and the world were represented as a stage

Some brilliant coordination from the performers

From days of history, the opening ceremony moves forward to portray contemporary Brazil

US president Obama tweets: Ready to root on #TeamUSA! Our team's unity and diversity makes us so proud

Leander Paes has just tweeted a photo of himself with Abhinav Bindra with the caption - Preparing for my 7th Opening Ceremony. 7 Olympics - whoa!

From science, we move onto history now

Meanwhile, seeing the opening ceremony, Twitterati ask: Do we've to learn science to understand this?

The dancers are on now and they represent the indigenous heritage of Brazil

Did you know? This is the first Olympics ever taking place in South America

The national anthem is performed by Paulinho da Viola

Time for the national anthem of Brazil, lights go off

Boa noite (good morning) world! The opening ceremony has begun, tweets Rio Games' Twitter handle

The countdown itself is stunning.

Here we go! What a spectacular sight

The crowd is excited; there goes the introduction video

After seven years of preparations, the time has come now. Maracana and the world is ready for Rio Olympics

However, the Games opening ceremony is likely to be unaffected by the protest and the event will start soon

The protest, which grouped a few hundred people, was apparently against corruption and overspending on the Olympic Games

There's some concern too. Brazilian riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a small protest near the Maracana stadium, we hear

Kuerten was picked after Brazil soccer great Pele declined to take part because of health problems

Brazilian tennis great Gustavo Kuerten will be lighting the Olympic Cauldron at the Rio 2016 Games

Performers are in place, athletes are ready. Are you ready??

The opening ceremony is hardly 15 minutes away

Welcome to our coverage of the Rio Olympics opening ceremony