London 2012 Olympics: Day 16 - Olympic Live coverage - The Independent

London 2012 Olympics: Day 16

The latest news and views from the London 2012 Olympics

Our coverage of the last day of the Olympics and the Closing Ceremony. It has been a phenomenal success for Team GB and London as a whole - and the final day saw GOLD for Anthony Joshua in boxing, SILVER for Freddie Evans in boxing and SILVER for Samantha Murray in the Modern Pentathlon. . Here are today’s main events:

The Closing Ceremony: London officially extinguished the Olympic flame and handed over the Olympics to Rio. The paralympics start in two weeks.

Modern Pentathlon: Team GB’s Sam Murray won SILVER in the last event of the Olympic games and fellow Brit Mhairi Spence finished 21st.

Boxing: Team GB's Anthony Joshua won GOLD in the men's super heavyweight division. Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev won the welterweight gold medal after defeating Team GB's Freddie Evans 17-9. Evans claims a SILVER medal.

Basketball: US 'Dream Team' (2012 edition) have won the gold medal after defeating Spain 107-100.

Athletics: Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda has won the marathon! He wins their first medal in this event and becomes only the second ever gold medallist from Uganda.

Cycling: Team GB's Liam Killeen crashed out of the men's cross-country event suffering a suspected broken left ankle.

These are some of today’s best stories and features from today’s Independent… www.independent.co.uk

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by Majid Mohamed edited by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:11:08 PM

Closing Ceremony: Coe says we witnessed heroism and heartbreak from the athletes.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:44:52 PM
Closing Ceremony: Coe: "The spirit of these Olympics will inspire a generation."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:45:12 PM
Seb's holding back tears here isn't he. Good for him.
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:45:34 PM
Closing Ceremony: Coe: "When our time came, Britain we did it right."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:45:54 PM
Closing Ceremony: Olympic president Jacques Rogge now takes to the stage. "We are indebted to so many tonight."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:47:00 PM
Closing Ceremony: Olympic president Jacques Rogge: "We will never forget the smiles and support of the volunteers."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:47:32 PM
Sounds of a helicopter whirring above the stadium. The Queen's not here either. There's a chance. There's a chance.
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:47:53 PM
Closing Ceremony: Olympic president Jacques Rogge: "You have shown the world the best of British hospitality."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:48:10 PM
Closing Ceremony: Rogge's speech also looks ahead to the paralympics.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:48:38 PM
Closing Ceremony: Rogge: "These were happy and glorious games."

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:49:23 PM
Closing Ceremony: Rogge calls an official end to the game and asks people to meet again in four years time in Rio.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:50:24 PM
Closing Ceremony: The cauldron opens out and explodes in flame.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:51:32 PM
Closing Ceremony: A phoenix rises from the flames.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:51:47 PM
Closing Ceremony: Take That appear on stage and start to sing Rule The World.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:52:17 PM
Closing Ceremony: Rule The World proves to be a wonderful anthem for the closure.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:52:47 PM
Closing Ceremony: Specially poignant moment as Gary Barlow appears on stage despite the tragedy of his still-born baby last week.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:53:27 PM
Gary Barlow has turned up. Amazing. His daughter Poppy was still born last week but he appeared for the #closingceremony #takethat
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:53:35 PM
Big respect to Gary Barlow, performing after current events!

by DaleBREW via twitter 8/12/2012 10:53:49 PM
Gary Barlow, what a legend.... after what he has been through and still performs amazingly!! #respect #olympics #takethat

by Daveee_x via twitter 8/12/2012 10:53:54 PM
I don't want to treat Gary Barlow like a little kid but he is a brave guy. Loving this to end a memorable 2 weeks!

by FutbalFox via twitter 8/12/2012 10:54:09 PM
Closing Ceremony: Don't tell them I tweeted this, but even the people in The Independent office have tears in their eyes.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:54:45 PM
Closing Ceremony: See even the cynical hacks at The Independent are big softies really.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:55:07 PM
Fair play. New found respect for Gary Barlow, not his biggest fan, but after what he's been through, top bloke, wish the best for him.

by allthingsbryn via twitter 8/12/2012 10:56:26 PM
Yup, that's Darcy Bussell coming in on a high wire #closingceremony
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:56:55 PM
Closing Ceremony: The Olympic Flame is now extinguished.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 10:59:53 PM
If they don't put the flame out, the Games won't be over. Someone stop them!!
— Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:00:54 PM
Closing Ceremony: Roger Daltrey comes on stage and livens things up again! We're not finished yet.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:01:34 PM
And we end with The Who - which is considerably better than ending with Macca #closingceremony
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) August 12, 2012

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:02:06 PM
The end of the Olympics is so sad. No one has watched more of the XXX Olympiad than I have. I can't wait until Rio 2016. #ClosingCeremony

by WyattManhunk519 via twitter 8/12/2012 11:03:57 PM
I don't want this to end #closingceremony #TheWho

by StephNettleton via twitter 8/12/2012 11:04:15 PM
Amazing. cant believe its over already, its been emotional...lets do it all over again in 2 weeks :o) #closingceremony

by Lilster32 via twitter 8/12/2012 11:04:21 PM
Incredible, so proud of Team GB. Sad to see it all end though. See you in 2016. #ClosingCeremony

by molliehorne55 via twitter 8/12/2012 11:04:42 PM
We lit the flame and we lit up the world - Seb Coe. (Getty Images)

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:05:59 PM
That's all folks! On behalf of the Independent web team, thank you for joining us each day, tweeting away and sending your comments.

by Alan Cleaver 8/12/2012 11:09:14 PM

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